Operations Manager

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 ever‑changing 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.

Position Overview:

This position directs the day‑to‑day operations of the facility in an industrial organization. Manages local scheduling and real‑time operations that facilitate the maximization of resources (human and automated) to achieve customer satisfaction, productivity, schedule adherence and economic goals.

• Prepare operational schedules and coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
• Evaluate production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to plan facility operations.
• Maintain production efficiencies and scrap minimization and is responsible for scrap reduction.
• Report and team efforts to reduce scrap and increase efficiencies.
• Direct and coordinate production processes, and operational functions to all performance and safety standards to achieve goals and optimal production performance.
• Oversee the functions of all production activities on the respective shift to ensure compliance to
• Assist in directing plant activities to achieve optimum utilization of machinery and equipment and maximum efficiency of operations.
• Recommend capital improvements to the plant which result directly in improved safety conditions, improved quality of finished product, resulting in value‑added, improved efficiency, or reduction of plant variable or fixed operations costs.
• Develop or revise standard operational and working practices and observe to ensure compliance with standards.
• Resolve operational, manufacturing, and delivery problems.
• Communicate areas of accountability and performance expected of personnel assigned.
• Responsible for monitoring and ensuring positive overall morale of the facility.
• Keeps informed of technical and management developments to ensure continued personal growth and to coach employees toward optimum performance.
• May be assigned special projects by the Plant Director.

• Manage the departmental manager(s) who in turn supervise department personnel of the facility. Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the facility.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities also include interviewing, addressing complaints, problem solving, and coordination of the financial and political responsibilities of the plant.

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or equivalent.
• Eight to ten or more years of related experience or the combined equivalent.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, forecasting, scheduling, real‑time operations management and coordination of people and resources.
• Ability to write and analyze reports, and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond in group environments.