Opex Manager

Department : Operations / Production / Manufacturing

Full-time or Part-time : Full-Time

Job Type : Employee

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.

Amcor’s aspiration is to be renowned as the Flexibles industry leader in Operational Excellence. The Operational Excellence function will drive significant and sustainable competitive advantage across the value chain to generate top and bottom line growth. In addition to delivering gold standard performance, demonstrated through key performance indicators, the global Operational Excellence team will build and champion best‑in‑class organisational capabilities. This industry leading performance will be underpinned by developing the Amcor Flexibles Production System (AFPS), systematic collaboration across the Operational Excellence network and a ‘’One Amcor’’ approach across the global Flexibles business.

The OPEX Manager plays a critical role in the Plant performance, supporting the delivery of this step change in Operational Excellence; he / she will challenge accepted thinking and create a culture and a way of working focused on best practice sharing. The position reports to the Plant General Manager and works across the Plant, at a management level.

Alzira is an strategic site in the region receiving a level a high level of investment. The site has been chosen as pilot site globally to implement “Operation+ program” (IWS) and structured Manufacturing Excellence program based in 100% People involvement and Zero Loss Mentality through daily Production management systems.

The role exists to formulate and deliver an annual business cost‑out plan for the business group in line with longer term strategic objectives, and to meet agreed KPIs, by analyzing operational performance at the plants and by creating a best‑practice and transformational mindset.

Job Dimensions & Scope

Thenatureof the role involves applying management skills in Operational Excellence and leadership abilities, to ensure delivery of the key Operational Excellence KPIs at a business group level. It includes close collaboration with the Plant operations management team, middle managers, central functions and productions teams.

The dimensions & scope of the role include the following tasks :

• Progressive “Operation +” Implementation journey across the whole site, being accountable of :

Capability creation, Team coaches and direct leaders and Process Engineers.

Owner of Amcor Flexibles Production System business owner – scope Amcor Flexibles

MES Business owner – scope AFEMEA

Principal Accountabilities

The OPEX Manager is accountable for leading the implementation the Operation+ program across the site and managing and supporting a set of cross functional projects aimed at reducing costs and improving best practice-sharing within EMEA to generate a transformational mindset built around the Amcor Flexibles Production System (AFPS).

The principal accountabilities of the role are :

Qualifications / Requirements

Formal Qualifications and Experience

Reports

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.

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