Printing and Publishing Manager Employment Opportunity - Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)

Organisation: Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

Reports to: Managing Director

Uganda

Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) is a body corporate established by

the UPPC Act 1992 Cap.30 as a leading Government printer mandated to provide

printing and publishing facilities to the government ministries, departments,

and parastatal bodies .private companies, individuals and organizations. The

corporation prints and publishes all government legislation and documents and

undertakes security printing works.

Job Summary: The Printing and Publishing Manager will primarily

ensure the effectiveness and efficiency along the production value chain

process by managing all activities of printing and publishing, scope of work,

including day- today management of desk top designs, pre-press, printing,

finishing and dissemination of all UPPC’s documents and publications.

Integration of emerging publishing technologies across all aspects of

operations is a vital role.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Production processes

for effective work delivery:

• Schedules and manages timely and quality
  
  production of all printed matter, including desk top publishing, color
  
  separations, films and plate processing, offset printing, duplicating,
  
  photocopying and print finishing.


• Develops and sets quality standards for the
  
  originals and to ensure printability


• The jobholder sets quality standards for all
  
  inputs, processes and outputs to achieve high and constant quality
  
  reproduction.


• Co-ordinates and effectively plans for timely
  
  production of jobs in the department;


• Initiates product and service innovations to
  
  foster the Corporation’s competitiveness in the printing market;


• Ensures timely reporting on the availability
  
  of raw materials, work in progress, quality of finished products, status
  
  of machinery and status of client satisfaction proposing any improvements
  
  in the system;


• Develops preventive maintenance schedules for
  
  all production equipment and sets operational standards to optimize the
  
  lifespan of the equipment


• Offers technical advice to the substantive
  
  divisions/ sections with regard to expected quality on document
  
  production, advises on selection of better formats, input, substrates,
  
  printing processes and print finishing methods.

2. Oversight of effective

utilization of Resources

• Ensures that quality printing and publishing
  
  works are delivered in time to clients in approved quantities.


• Ensures that daily production, stores and
  
  engineering reports from supervisors are checked;


• Regularly monitors accurate receipt,
  
  recording and processing of orders from customers;


• Manages external woks, performance, cost and
  
  services;


• Keenly analyses all production processes,
  
  periodically undertakes market surveys on emerging trends in the industry
  
  and advises management of acquisition of new equipment and replacements of
  
  Old and obsolete ones


• Decides on processes to be automated through
  
  application of new technology in’the Print industry in order to maintain
  
  reproduction cost and quality constant.


• Recommends and coordinates installation of
  
  new equipment, ensures staff training for new installations and ensures
  
  continuous staff training in all areas of production processes to set up a
  
  well-balanced technically sound workforce.

3. Operations and

Management:

• Develops and implements strategic plans for
  
  the printing and publishing department.


• Ensures effective contract management by
  
  availing clear specifications of production requirements and proper
  
  accountability of the same;


• Puts systems in place to ensure proper value
  
  chain and production process management;


• Develops, mentors and manages departmental
  
  staff so as to create an effective and efficient working team;


• Confers with substantive Section Heads and
  
  converts their needs into manpower materials and machines, capacity for
  
  better utilization resource and meeting of delivery schedules


• Actively participates in Management meetings
  
  as member of UPPC’Senior Management team and head of department.


• Effectively controls, disciplines and ensures
  
  workshop cleanliness within the printing and publishing section;


• Ensures health and safety of staff in the
  
  factory;


• Attends management meetings;


• Maintains an exceptionally high standard of
  
  productivity in pursuance of UPPC strategic objectives.


• Carries out any other functions as assigned
  
  by Management from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant should hold an MBA with an Honors
  
  Degree in Commercial Printing or any other related field


• Applicants with diplomas/certificates or any
  
  post graduate qualification(s) specifically in Printing from a reputable
  
  Institution is of an added advantage.


• A minimum of eight years’ experience at a
  
  management level position, five of which should have been gained at a
  
  senior level from a reputable printing organization;


• Broad knowledge, understanding and experience
  
  of Printing, Publishing, Designing and Marketing;


• High level skills and experience in Printing
  
  and familiar with a modern printing environment both nationally and
  
  internationally;


• Can easily adopt to new technological changes


• Ability to influence;


• High level of Integrity and ethical standards
  
  of personal conduct;


• Previous experience of managing, training and
  
  supporting staff and delegating responsibilities;


• Computer literacy and proficiency in Design
  
  Suite i.e. Illustrator, Photoshop, in design and Corel draw packages among
  
  others and Microsoft Office Suite (primarily MS word for reporting
  
  purposes).

All

suitably qualified and interested candidates should hand deliver their

applications including a CV and cover letter to:

Uganda

Printing and Publishing Corporation,

P.O.

Box 33, Entebbe – Uganda.

Deadline:  15^th

April, 2016