Amcor Limited

Department Manager

Amcor Limited$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with technical emphasis or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 7 years in a manufacturing environment.
  • At least 5 years of supervisory or leadership experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead safety initiatives and uphold safety policies alongside the EHS Manager.
  • Communicate and enforce quality and productivity standards to meet plant goals.
  • Manage the Performance Control System by establishing KPIs and leading departmental meetings.
  • Identify continuous improvement opportunities and assist in executing related efforts.
  • Supervise Shift Supervisors, handling hiring, training, and performance management duties.
  • Ensure compliance with best practices and process discipline team representation.
  • Oversee investigations of workplace incidents and implement corrective actions.
  • Investigate customer complaints and ensure effective corrective measures are in place.
  • Maintain accurate Standard Operating Conditions for productivity and process adherence.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Flexible time off starting at 80 hours per year.
  • Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days.
  • Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts available.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage offered.
  • Paid Parental Leave for new parents.
  • Retirement Savings Plan with employer match.
  • Tuition reimbursement for eligible courses.
  • Discretionary annual bonus program for qualifying employees.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Manage all aspects of a manufacturing department including safety, quality, productivity, cost and culture in accordance to established procedures, standards and customer requirements. This role will typically exist in large plants and have oversight to more than 75 hourly employees.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

  • 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.
  • Establishes, maintains, communicates, and enforces safety, quality, waste and productivity standards to meet plant goals. Maintains department housekeeping per 5S and GMP (Good Mfg. Practices) standards. Maintains quality standards consistent with customer's and the company's requirements.
  • Oversees and manages the Performance Control System (PCS) for the department including establishing key performance indicators (KPI's), auditing Supervisor/Operator shift meetings, and leading department meetings. Ensures that standards are met and action item registers are maintained to document, communicate, and eliminate exceptions.
  • Works with the Plant Leadership team to determine the greatest continuous improvement opportunities in the department. Assists with the execution of CI efforts to address the opportunities and ensures standards are updated and adhered to following close out of each improvement team.
  • Provides feedback to the department and individual employees on performance against standards.
  • Supervises salaried staff of Shift Supervisors. Is responsible for all elements of supervision including hiring, terminations, recognition, discipline, training, employee relations, performance management and salary administration.
  • Ensures that Best Practice teams related to process discipline have appropriate representation. Implements changes based on recommendations of the BP team where applicable.
  • Ensures that investigations are completed for any injuries, incidents and near misses and that follow-up action items are completed in a timely manner.
  • Recommends capital projects and ensures needs, ROI and KPI related to these projects are documented and submitted per Amcor policies.
  • Ensures customer complaints are investigated, and corrective actions are implemented and evaluated for effectiveness according to established standards. This includes staff involvement and communication of the issues to crews.
  • Ensures that accurate Standard Operating Conditions (SOC's) are in place and followed. Maintains productivity standards based on SOC's, best practices and continuous improvement.
  • Promotes a strong safety culture and environment.
  • Adheres to Amcor values and actively contributes to a high-performance culture.
  • Meets or exceeds plant business plan and KPI's.
  • Operates within established budget.
  • Best Practices establishment & execution.
  • Effective, cost-efficient planning and utilization of manpower, materials and machinery.
  • Strong Human Capital planning, development and management for direct reports.


WHAT WE VALUE
  • Results Orientation / Delivers on Plan
  • Team Leadership
  • Develops Organizational Capability
  • Drives High Performance Culture
  • Customer Focus
  • Facility Business Acumen/Market Knowledge
  • Continuous Improvement Mindset
  • Collaboration and Best Practice Leadership

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU
  • A Bachelor's degree with emphasis on a technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A minimum of 7 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • A minimum of 5 years supervisory/leadership experience


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


Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:
  • 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)

About Amcor Limited

Amcor Limited is a global packaging company that provides a range of packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, and industrial products. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in Southbank, Victoria, Australia. Amcor operates in over 40 countries and employs more than 35,000 people. The company is committed to sustainability and has set a goal to make all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. Amcor is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
Learn more about Amcor Limited
Size
46,000 employees
Market Cap
$17.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$777.6 million
5 Year Trend
+9.8%
Revenue
$12.4 billion
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