Integration and Project Delivery Manager

Opal; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal ANZ is seeking an experienced Integration and Project Delivery Manager to drive the translation of business priorities into actionable delivery plans across sites and functions. The role focuses on leading change, integrating processes and systems, and ensuring value realization for a major packaging business in Australia.

You will coordinate complex programs, manage budgets, and deliver practical, scalable solutions that support Opal’s regional operating model.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project delivery, integration, operational improvement or business transformation.
• Proven delivery of complex change involving multiple sites, business units or functions in manufacturing or comparable industrial environments.
• Sound operational understanding and commercial judgement, including business cases, project costs and benefits tracking.
• Clear communication, analytical problem solving and concise executive reporting.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and project planning and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders, driving and managing change throughout the packaging business.
• Lead assigned integration activities across business units, functions and sites, including operating structures, processes, systems, service arrangements and ways of working.
• Develop and execute integration plans covering workstream sequencing, resource requirements, dependencies, transition risks and operational readiness.
• Establish practical project briefs, schedules, milestones, workstream owners, budgets and acceptance criteria aligned to the business’ priorities.
• Ensure plans are delivered on-time and within budget, delivering practical and sustainable solutions.
• Bring together multiple areas of the business and create lasting change.
• Track costs and benefits against the approved business case, distinguishing implemented changes and remaining opportunities.
• Use operational and financial analysis to identify delivery gaps and recommend corrective action.

Skills

Project delivery

Integration

Operational improvement

Business transformation

Executive reporting

Excel/PowerPoint

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Project planning tools

Job description

We manufacture goods that you see, touch, and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.

We stand for innovation, smart solutions, and sustainability!

Discover the opportunity...

Opal ANZ is an industry-leading paper and packaging business. We have an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest packaging companies in Australia as we are currently looking for an experienced Integration and Project Delivery Manager to join the Opal packaging team.

Reporting to the Chief Executive - Packaging, the role translates agreed business priorities into practical delivery plans, coordinates operational and functional teams, resolves implementation barriers and drives accountable delivery of milestones and measurable business benefits.

This role can be based at either our Burnley, VIC head office or at our Revesby, NSW site.

Playing a critical role in our transition to a regional operating model, this role will contribute to the success of Opal by:

• Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, driving and managing change throughout the packaging business
• Lead assigned integration activities across business units, functions and sites, including operating structures, processes, systems, service arrangements and ways of working.
• Develop and execute integration plans covering workstream sequencing, resource requirements, dependencies, transition risks and operational readiness.
• Establish practical project briefs, schedules, milestones, workstream owners, budgets and acceptance criteria aligned to the business’ priorities
• Ensuring that plans are delivered on-time and within budget, ensuring solutions are practical and sustainable
• Bring together multiple areas of the business & create lasting change
• Track costs and benefits against the approved business case, distinguishing implemented changes, realised outcomes and remaining opportunities
• Use operational and financial analysis to identify delivery gaps and recommend corrective action

We can offer a varied career journey with learning gained from cross-functional and lateral moves. We embrace diversity in all its forms, and we look for curious individuals who thrive in an environment of change.

We would expect the successful candidate to possess:

• Proven delivery of complex change involving multiple sites, business units or functions in manufacturing, packaging, FMCG, or a comparable industrial environment
• Significant experience in project delivery, integration, operational improvement or business transformation, with demonstrated responsibility for implementation outcomes
• Sound operational understanding and commercial judgement, including business cases, project costs and benefits tracking
• Clear communication, analytical problem solving and concise executive reporting
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and project planning and reporting tools

Discover more... by visiting our website at www.opalanz.com

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