Plant General Manager

Amcor
Appleton, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 6/14/2022 CLOSED ON 11/16/2022

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant General Manager position at Amcor?

We are global, we are impacting the lives of millions every day, we are making a difference!

At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.

Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future?
At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions.

Amcor Flexibles North America (AFNA), a division of Amcor, operates across 35 plants and employs 9,000 colleagues within North America with headquarters in Chicago, IL and Oshkosh, WI. AFNA makes flexible packaging solutions for food and beverage, healthcare, and home and personal care applications.

Job Description

To manage and lead overall plant operations ensuring the achievement of plant targets for Safety, Quality, Service and Cost. This will be executed through providing strong leadership to the plant team and managing the systems, equipment, people and materials according to the established policies, procedures, specifications, and customer requirements. This individual reports directly to the Director-Manufacturing. The Plant Lead Team members will report directly to the Plant Manager (typically 6-10 direct reports) Scope for this Plant Manager role is a medium to large-sized facility with typically greater than 300 employees and mid to high-level complexity.
WHAT YOU GET TO DO
  • Leads and drives plant safety culture and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
  • Leads identification of opportunities and problem areas for targeted improvement by creating, reviewing and monitoring data or reports that show performance to KPI's. (specifically, safety, quality, waste, and productivity)
  • Oversees all aspects of human capital planning & management for the facility, including HC goal setting, improvement targets for KPI's, salary planning, performance management.
  • Attract, hire, develop direct reports and create strong succession plans
  • Ensure compliance with department safety, product safety, fire protection, Company polices/procedures, and housekeeping programs.
  • Ensures effective, timely and well-developed communications for all product associates.
  • Manage process control initiatives by ensuring manufacturing SOP's exist, and that they are sufficient for quality, safety, and process control.
  • Leads plant budgeting processes
  • Ensures execution of plant Cap-Ex
  • Lead and ensure growth of CI culture by providing resources, participating in teams, and leading teams as necessary.
  • Ensures facility compliance with local, state and federal regulatory agencies.
  • Drives employee engagement action planning for the facility
  • Leads communication to all plant associates regarding business needs and results
  • Leads efforts at Best Practice sharing with other facilities
  • Meets safety targets and drives a safety culture and environment to send every employee home everyday without injury.
  • Meets or exceeds plant business plan and KPI’s.
  • Delivers on established budget.
  • Best Practices leadership
  • Effective, cost-efficient planning and utilization of manpower, materials and machinery.
  • Strong Human Capital planning, development and management for the facility.
  • Drives High Performance Culture
  • Plant talent to deliver on plan
    WHAT WE VALUE
  • 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
WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU
  • A Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related field
  • 10 years of relevant experience in a production environment
  • Demonstrated passion for safety
  • 7 years of leadership experience, preferably in flexible packaging
  • Lives Amcor Values and leads by example
  • Proven ability to lead and drive continuous improvement
  • Strong Customer Service mindset
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge of BNA customers and plant capabilities
  • Demonstrated understanding of drivers of plant results, including ability to interpret financial results
  • Demonstrated CI knowledge, Six Sigma Black Belt certification strongly preferred

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:
  • Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
  • Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
  • Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
  • The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Amcor Flexibles North America is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the links "EEO is the and "EEO is the Law" Poster Supplement. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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