Operations Manager

Position Job Title: Operations Manager

BG and BU:   Meat

Function: Operations

Location: BARCELONA                                  

Line Manager’s Job Title: Plant General Manager

Advertising Legal Entity: AMCOR FLEXIBLES

Work contract Legal Entity: AMCOR FLEXIBLES ESPAÑA SLU

Contract Length: Permanent

Job Purpose

BARCELONA site belongs to our Meat & Dairy Business Unit. The Meat & Dairy Business Unit of Amcor Flexibles EMEA utilises sophisticated coating, printing, laminating and specialist conversion technologies across a number of European sites, supplying a range of flexible packaging products to a prestigious, food customer base.

The Operations Manager within our BARCELONA site is responsible for managing Production, Maintenance, Warehouse (indoor logistics), Technical Services areas and the main priorities will be as follows:

• Ensure safety is prioritised in everything you do and make sure all the Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Site Rules are prioritised and adhered to at all times.
• Lead & manage all aspects of operational activity on the Cramlington site. The principal areas being defined as production, maintenance.
• Set & influence your team to achieve all operational targets and operational excellence programmes and deliver measurable continuous improvement.
• Ensure excellent levels of customer service and product quality are maintained at all times.
• Lead and manage all Engineering and operations activities on site.
• Ensure levels of excellence of customer and product quality service.
• Be a principal member of the sites Senior Management Team (SMT) supporting the development and achievement of the business strategy goals and objectives.

Job Dimensions & Scope

• Turnover for the Plant: €55Mil
• Process: transformation of raw materials in end products
• Complexity: interaction with customers, suppliers, contractors, Amcor corporate (R&D, Sales, Procurement, IT) and other AFEMEA plants.
• Staff: 127 people (8 direct reports)
• Scope & Geographical spread: Barcelona  Plant, Amcor plants, Corporate (Sales, Manufacturing Excellence-CI and R&D) and Suppliers; External services.

Principal Accountabilities

• Leading the management team on the safety performance of the plant
• Taking an active role in the plant’s safety programs and goals, and spreading safety culture
• Delivering budget in terms of production volumes, waste, costs and capital investment.
• Identify and review potential in new equipment.
• Lead on cost reduction incentives.
• Defining and assigning goals and improvement projects to the line managers focused on competitiveness, efficiency and business continuity
• Defining and managing organisational processes and improvements (roles, responsibilities, headcount, shifts, activities), according to company policies and budget
• Defining  and verifying the correct KPIs to control process performance
• Leading innovation and changes
• Promoting Amcor Values within the plant
• Supporting PGM and SMT in the plant management
• Supporting  PGM and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues, report on T&A.
• Heightening own team performances, knowledge and leadership
• Maintaining high level of collaboration, motivation and engagement
• Identifying, requesting and supporting improvement projects
• Creating value through best practice sharing with other plants and introduction of new technologies
• Support apprenticeship programs and training

Major Challenges & Complexities

• Quality awareness withing the industry
• Working with a variety of specific and aged equipment
• Expanding multi-skilled workforce
• Equipment Efficiency and effectiveness to be realised

Qualifications/Requirements

1. Formal Qualifications and Experience

• Proven level of Operations / Manufacturing experience gained within a past paced manufadturing environment
• Minimum 5 years' experience
• Degree in associated subject preferred
• Change Management experience
• First-hand experience of Lean and continuous improvement methodologies e.g. Six Sigma, Kaizen etc.
• Knowledge of production machines, tools and related process control equipment, energy management, GMP’s, SAP and shop floor systems, safety and environmental regulation, use of statistic calculation tools, basics of finance.

2.  Specific Skills and Abilities

• Facilitate team working and a coordinated management of the dept.
• Execute promptly the activities established by the action plans
• Customer orientation focused (final and internal customer)
• Promote active communication and keep a positive attitude towards problem solving.
• Have initiative and be adaptable towards internal and external opportunities and threats.
• Change management.
• Strong leadership & coaching skills
• Train and upskill staff
• Drive and energy.
• Hands-on.
• Pragmatic.
• Analytical and structured.

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