Continuous Improvement Manager

Amcor

About The Position

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business. To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook I YouTube Job Description This position is responsible for deploying, implementing and leading Continuous Improvement initiatives and facilitating World Class Operations Management methodologies for the plant. The incumbent is a member of the plant leadership team and will be assigned additional responsibilities in other functional areas as required to deliver the plant’s annual operating plan.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree is required. Prefer a major in a technical background such as engineering or industrial technology
Prior supervisory experience is preferred
A minimum of 7 years of operations management experience is preferred
Intermediate to advanced computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, SAP

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing lean principles or other continuous improvement methodologies preferred.

Responsibilities

Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
Works in conjunction with the EHS Manager to establish and maintain all policies and programs to assure a safe working environment.
Facilitate deployment and integrate the philosophy of Continuous Improvement into the culture of the Plant.
Identify the highest value cost savings projects and coordinates the various project teams assigned to ensure proper resourcing to drive completion of projects.
As a member of the plant leadership team, also involved in daily production and operations issues to ensure that we produce a quality product, deliver against our committed customer service goals, and optimize efficiency/productivity.
Be recognized as a leader and problem solver at the site by providing leadership and expertise that will solve problems and improve performance.
Motivate, coach and instill good management skills in engineers, shift supervisors, and hourly employees.
Establish a strong presence on the floor to set and communicate expectations, standards, and evaluate results so all employees understand expectations.
Initiate and lead employee training to further instill the continuous improvement skill set in the organization.
Develop new processes and programs as need and where gaps exist.
Lead major projects as necessary to improve plant results.
Be able to extract useful data from a variety of systems to facilitate identification of improvement opportunities.
Coordinates the work necessary to improve our overall Continuous Improvement results as measured by regularly scheduled audits.
Assist in generating reporting tools and progress reporting for assigned business area.
Facilitate a process of best practice sharing internally within the plant as well as externally with peers and other facilities.
Management of communication process to present the status of plant improvement projects.
Lead project selection process and drive policy deployment so that all employees have a clear understanding of goals and objectives for a successful year.
Ability to drive change and overcome obstacles.
Demonstrate and foster Amcor Core Values and actively contributes to a high-performance culture.
Demonstrated ability to absorb new technologies and management techniques.
Utilize an approachable and participative style in motivating people to achieve higher standards and performance levels.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision plans
Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
Paid Parental Leave
Retirement Savings Plan with company match
Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)