Global Project Manager Operational Excellence & Growth - AMP
Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60631
Client: Ardagh Group
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: fbaae37637d6
Job Views: 5
Posted: 20.04.2025
Expiry Date: 04.06.2025
Job Description:
Ardagh Metal Packaging is looking for Global Project Manager Operational Excellence & Growth.
Role overview:
Management of projects related to the definition, deployment and assessment of the initiatives related to Growth and AMPS. The role will support in creating lean standards, auditing, and assessing the workbooks, equipment standards, and reporting status of the plants in both areas. Note: Request for travel up to 50% in the next couple of months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and follow up on the definition of various projects related to different initiatives of Growth and AMPS, including:
- Creation of OPEX workbook
- Implementation of OPEX workbook
- Supporting audits to state Operational Excellence level of the plants
- Deploying lean manufacturing and OPEX mentality
- Creation of materials for lean methodology deployment
- Creation of tracking systems for the projects
- Follow up on the status in terms of AMPS for the plants
- Support in the creation of technical standards
Coaching teams in the implementation of different initiatives with a strong focus on operational excellence initiatives and technical standards.Support AMP Global in identifying opportunities to improve and make the company more competitive.Close collaboration with different regions to identify Best Practices and support proper communication across locations/sites.Collaboration with other functions such as IT, CI, Innovation, Production, Quality.Tracking savings from Operational Excellence initiatives.Standardization and harmonization of activities across Ardagh Metal Packaging locations.Support benchmarking and workshop exercises by collecting and analyzing data to identify and implement improvements.Compliance with Company Management Systems (e.g., Project, Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety Regulations) and keeping it up to date.Act according to Ardagh’s business ethics.Education & Training:
- Graduated engineer.
- Lean/6Sigma certification or equivalent.
- Advanced MS Office and Power BI skills.
Experience:
- Several years’ experience in developing and implementing Lean/6Sigma methodologies.
- International project experience.
- Several years in manufacturing environments (ideally automotive industry).
- Analytical thinking.
- Organizational capability.
- Flexible and resilient.
- Conscientious and highly motivated.
- Highly sophisticated communication style.
About Ardagh Metal Packaging
Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable and infinitely recyclable beverage cans to brand owners globally. A subsidiary of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is an industry player across Europe and the Americas with innovative production capabilities. AMP operates 24 production facilities in nine countries, employing more than 6,300 employees with sales of approximately $4.7 billion.
About Ardagh Group
Ardagh Group operates 65 metal and glass production facilities in 16 countries, employing more than 21,000 people with sales of approximately $10 billion. Ardagh Group produces:
- Many of the cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.
- Packaging made from metal and glass – permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.
- More than 160 million containers per day.
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