Sr Director Manufacturing

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.

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Position is responsible for working cross-functionally and proactively in a matrix environment to plan, direct and drive operations across multiple manufacturing locations. Ultimately, responsible for ensuring safe and profitable operations, quality products and exceptional service to customers. This job also has responsibility for coordinating capital project strategy and execution, supply chain oversight and engineering, executing critical initiatives, talent development & optimization across all locations.

• Leads and drives plant safety culture and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
• Work with Plant Managers to proactively and cross-functionally identify and solve problems, drive new best practices, and improve the productivity, profitability, quality and customer service levels of Amcor’s operations.
• Address day-to-day operational issues, as well as the execution of broad, North America-wide initiatives.
• Drive safety initiatives and improvement. Work closely with the plant managers to ensure a safe and healthy work environment.
• Oversee multiple sites in North America, in addition, to business unit wide capital, program and engineering responsibilities.
• Recommend, plan, monitor and support capital improvements across all plants to ensure adherence to short and long term goals.
• Manage the expense and capital budgets associated with manufacturing to achieve operational and financial targets.
• Work with Commercial organization to understand contractual obligations, competition, and product group quality and profitability.
• Assure conformance of finished product to the division, industry, and customer specifications across locations.
• Build intimate relationships, collaboration and clear communication with colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• Develop and achieve budget objectives, product cost, safety, continuous improvement and quality targets.
• Lead the internal capital procurement as well as teaming with suppliers to build lower cost, high quality supply relationships for capital assets.
• Develop, manage, coach and optimize General Managers and talent across sites. This includes involvement in talent selection, as well as executing succession plans, development plans, and talent reviews. Accomplishes this in collaboration with HR Managers.
• Oversees ERP/SAP implementation at assigned facilities in accordance with roadmap and established timelines as well as ensuring adherence to established procedures.
• Supports and provides leadership in Union Avoidance at non-union facilities.
• Provides strategic direction for contract negotiations for organized facilities.
• Ensures proper action planning for driving employee engagement at assigned facilities.

• Strong financial acumen
• Results Orientation / Delivers on Plan
• Team Leadership
• Develops Organizational Capability
• Strategic Orientation / Enterprise Thinker
• Collaboration & Influence
• Change Leadership
• Facility Business Acumen/Market Knowledge

• A Bachelor’s…