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

• 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.
• 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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