What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finish Color Specialist - Kimball Hospitality, Jasper, IN position at Kimball International?
The Finish Color Specialist is responsible for developing & ensuring finish colors meet specifications.
Responsibilities
Skills to Perform This Role:
Responsibilities
- Produce master & working color panels to correspond to customer request or sample.
- Assist and advise KH project Managers while they are working with customers to determine best finish options for customer projects. i.e. specie, cut, match, sheen etc.
- Owns the retain system. Reviews and updates retains (wet standards) as needed to match color panels.
- Investigate root cause of finish color issues and work with production personnel and/or supplier to resolve across full supply chain.
- Develop customer special finish per customer request; maintain color panels, formulas & materials to produce special finish once matched.
- Verify finish material suppliers’ pour down, spray out & tinting of incoming materials that are not to specification to ensure color consistency. Work with supplier sales tech to make necessary changes and adjustments.
- Maintain and update all finish write up as colors are approved.
- Catalogue and maintain information as required in Materials database.
- Develop or specify of finish touch up materials.
- Keep work space and equipment clean and well organized.
- Perform proper preventive maintenance as required on any equipment being used.
- Follow all safety guidelines and uses required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Support the Vision and Guiding Principles and other policies of Kimball International.
- Support the Quality system.
- Support our Environmental Management System (EMS).
Skills to Perform This Role:
- Team Oriented
- Strong drive for success
- Customer centric
- Possess a high degree of integrity
- Ability to keep humor in the workplace
- Ability to build & sustain relationships
- Flexible and open to change
- Tactful
- Assertive
- Positive attitude
- Patient
- Honest and ethical
- Good listener
- Effective communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Persuasive and credible
- Ability to adapt to and manage change
- Ability to motivate effectively
- Able to coach others
- Understands how they influence results
- Results focused
- Ability to meet deadlines & multiple priorities
- Environmentally conscious
- Ability to comprehend and follow job safety guidelines
- Able to distinguish colors on a variety of substrates
- Skilled in the use of finish equipment
- Skilled in problem solving
- Understands/follows proper lockout procedures
- Able to perform preventative maintenance to tools/equipment
- Able to comprehend and perform proper spraying processes
- Ability to identify nonconformities and disposition appropriately
- Satisfactorily complete color hue test
