Manufacturing Associate

Gemline is an award-winning, design-centric supplier of high-quality branded consumer products to the promotional products industry. Gemline is ranked as the 13th largest industry supplier by the Advertising Specialty Institute and was named the 2021 Supplier of the Year. The Company’s product line consists of a wide range of bags, luggage, business accessories, drinkware, electronics, stationery, writing instruments, gourmet foods and gifts. In addition to its strong portfolio of house brands and Gemline-branded products, the Company offers other high-quality retail brands such as American Tourister®, Anker®, Corkcicle®, Igloo®, MiiR®, Modern Sprout®, Moleskine®, Osprey®, Paper Mate®, Samsonite®, Sharpie®, Slowtide®, Soapbox®, W&P® and Zebra®.

 

On multiple occasions, and as recent as 2021, Gemline has received the honor of being recognized as a Great Place to Work by PPB, a leading industry publication. Providing an exceptional customer experience to all customers is the Company’s number one priority! Every associate has a role in delivering that experience through Gemline’s foundational values of trust, integrity, humility, diversity, community and truth. The Company’s success is driven by its associates’ success – “Pride in People, Pride in Product.”

 

Summary: This position will perform a manufacturing process that contributes to the overall success of the team. 


Job Responsibilities:

**Follow all safety guidelines & regulations.

**Quality focus at all times. Ensure personal quality of item or tool produced is at 100%.

**Responsible for accurate order information.

**Be able to understand & comply with standard work guidelines.

**Ability to produce at pre-determined rates with respective guidelines.

**Willingness to participate in a team environment.

**Ability to recognize waste within process.

**Pro-active problem solve issues/concerns.

**Flexibility in training, work direction and job requirements.

**High adaptability to change

**Able to assist in promoting a positive wok environment.

**Saturday overtime is required.


Core Technical Responsibilities:


Special Decoration = Ability to successfully operate a variety of equipment to decorate product other than print. This includes transfer, deboss, laser, personalization and sewing.

Print = Ability to decorate product through screen printing techniques. Four key areas include:

  • Manual – Printing is done manually by pulling a squeegee; inks are used; loading & unloading of screens onto manual press. Requires ability to register multi-colored jobs.
  • Semi-Automatic – Printing is automated and inks are used; loading & unloading of screens onto standard press. Works on one color jobs only.
  • Automatic – Printing is automated and inks are used, machine indexes automatically; loading and unloading of screens onto press; requires ability to register multi-colored jobs.
  • Pad Print – Printing is automated and inks are used, utilizes pad to print rather than squeegee.

Requires ability to register multi-colored jobs.

Embroidery = Ability to decorate product through an automated sewing process – requires ability to interface with embroidery machines computer system. This includes hooping (manual/pneumatic), steaming, detailed trimming, etc.

GPE = Ability to decorate pens using high speed equipment. Position requires a high level of mechanical aptitude. 

Packing = Seal filled boxes, build pallets, report information into IFS computer system, deliver orders to shipping, and make boxes for packing product. Must lift 50lb.

Special Packing = Ability to follow customer specifications to specially pack items for products (gift boxes, batteries, etc.) before performing packing responsibilities.


Please send your resume to Human.Resources@gemline.comto apply for any of our current openings.