Production Manager

Amcor Limited; Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Amcor Limited seeks a Plant General Manager for the Saint Seurin site in France. You will lead safety programs, optimize production performance, and drive cost-out initiatives while aligning with the global Amcor culture and strategy.

You will manage a 24/7 production operation, oversee a 100-person team, and collaborate with site leadership to deliver.continuous improvement and operational excellence across packaging processes.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in a manufacturing environment and supervision.
• Fluent French and English language skills required; additional languages advantageous.
• Experience with Lean and continuous improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.).
• Knowledge of production machines, process control equipment, energy management and shop-floor systems.

Aufgaben

• Lead safety programs and promote a strong safety culture across the plant.
• Deliver production budget, cost-to-produce and cost-out targets.
• Define and assign goals and improvement projects to line managers to drive competitiveness and efficiency.
• Manage organizational processes: roles, headcounts, shifts, and activities within budget.
• Promote Amcor values and maintain high motivation and engagement within the team.
• Lead CI improvement projects and report KPI performance to Plant Leadership.
• Support PGM and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues.
• Share best practices with other plants and drive implementation of new technologies.

Kenntnisse

Fluent French

Fluent English

Team leadership

Ausbildung

Science/Engineering degree

Advanced degree advantageous

Tools

SAP

Jobbeschreibung

Line Manager's Job Title: Plant General Manager

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Job Purpose

Saint Seurin site belongs to our Wine & Spirits (W&S) Business Unit. The W&S Business Unit of Amcor Flexibles EMEA utilises sophisticated coating, printing and forming technologies across several sites in Europe and Americas, supplying a range of closures and overcaps to prestigious actors of the Wine & Spirits global market.

The Production Manager within our Saint Seurin site is responsible for managing Production and Operations Excellence areas and the main priorities will be as follows:

• Safety
• Compliance with company/plant policies and procedures
• Alignment with customer satisfaction objectives, plant performance and cost control targets
• Focus on continuous improvement
• Within Plant Leadership Team, support PGM in the plant management, with a drive for excellence approach.

Job Dimensions & Scope

• Turnover for the Plant: €29Mil
• Process: transformation of raw materials in end products
• Member of the Site Management Team
• Staff: 100 people (5 direct reports, shift leaders, Curative maintenance leader, Ink and Paint Supervisor)
• Scope & Geographical spread: Saint Seurin Plant, France.
• Plant operating 24/7

Principal Accountabilities

• Supporting the organisation for the management of 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, cost-to-produce and cost-out.
• 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, number of headcounts, shifts, activities), according to company policies and budget
• Promoting Amcor Culture (Values and Behaviour) within the plant
• Maintaining high level of motivation and engagement within his organisation.
• Heightening own team performances, knowledge and leadership
• Leading and supporting CI improvement projects
• Defining, reporting and analysing the correct KPIs to control processes performance
• Supporting PGM and Plant Leadership Team in the plant management
• Supporting PGM and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues
• Creating value through best practices sharing with other plants and introduction of new technologies

Directs reports of Production Manager are:

• Production Shift Leaders (3), who are responsible for:
• Leading the people on the floor
• Managing daily operations, quality and safety
• Ensuring the shift runs smoothly
• Solving problems in real time
• Implementing improvement initiatives
• Curative Maintenance Leader, who is responsible for:
• ensuring the rapid and effective restoration of the site's machine park following breakdowns or technical failures.
• Optimizing and improving the site's machine park
• Inks and Paint Supervisor, who is responsible for:
• Use and optimization of inks
• Industrializing inks and keeping an eye on technological developments in the processes
• Participating in solving quality problems of stakeholders (clients - operations - suppliers)
• Taking part in the industrialization phases of new products to ensure production quality within their workshop, during their shift.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Formal Qualifications and Experience
• A minimum of 10 years' experience in a manufacturing environment and supervision
• Experience in packaging is an advantage but not a pre-requisite for the role
• Experience of successfully managing significant change / transformation projects within a manufacturing environment.
• First-hand experience of Lean and continuous improvement methodologies e.g. Six Sigma, Kaizen etc.
• Degree in a science, technology or engineering subject preferred, advanced degree advantageous.
• Knowledge of production machines, tools and related process control equipment, energy management, SAP and shop floor systems, safety and environmental regulation (France, EU), use of statistic calculation tools, basics of finance, Integrated Quality Assurance Systems (EHS, quality);
• Specific Skills and Abilities
• Always search team working and a coordinated management of the dept.
• Execute promptly the activities established by the action plans
• Customer orientation (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.
• Fluent French, Fluent spoken and written English; other languages advantageous.