Plant Director — Injection Molding Operations Leader

Amcor Limited; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Flexible time off

Company-paid holidays

Wellbeing program

Health Savings Account

Life insurance

Job summary

Amcor is seeking a Plant Director in Kentucky to oversee all day-to-day plant operations, drive safety culture, and lead a high-performance team. You will manage budgets, production statistics, and capital expenditures while directing continuous improvement and quality programs to meet customer expectations.

Key responsibilities include optimizing production capacity, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of injection molding manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of and experience in leading a progressive manufacturing facility.
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent analytical skills required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team setting and effectively communicate findings to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Foster and enhance the safety culture to achieve safety excellence.
• Provide operational and employee leadership to the facility.
• Manage financial performance and make required changes to meet business commitments.
• Manage all aspects of the plant cost structure including direct and indirect labor, maintenance and consumable spending; pro-actively control to business volume swings to preserve profitability.
• Assist operating management with budgeting, production statistics, cost analysis, justification of capital expenditures and asset management.
• Lead the facility in establishing and meeting continuous improvement objectives.
• Partner with department managers to develop and maintain a positive culture consistent with Amcor values, behaviors and mission.
• Encourage and support the development of all plant employees.
• Responsible for overall performance efficiencies and competitive service level for the plant.
• Participate in process improvement and cost savings efforts.
• Responsible for incorporating continuous quality improvement principles into daily quality culture.
• Assures compliance with state and federal regulatory matters including OSHA, EPA, EEO and affirmative Action, Quality Audits.
• Overall management responsibility for the implementation of mandatory and best practice sharing for cost savings, safety compliance and reduced employee hazard exposure.
• Coordinates the effective utilization of production capacity, staffing and equipment through planning, organizing and scheduling.
• Continuously improves customer satisfaction through programs to provide on-time delivery that meets and/or exceeds customer quality and cost expectations.
• Overall management responsibility for all aspects of quality including product performance, complaint resolution, customer satisfaction and maintenance and improvement of quality systems.
• Maintains a sense of urgency and accountability in the plant to ensure prompt responses to employee needs.
• Ensures the protection of company assets through appropriate maintenance methodologies.
• Monitors raw materials and supplies on hand to ensure adequate supply.
• Maintain 24 hour/day on call availability to deal with potential problems/issues

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amcor is seeking a Plant Director in Kentucky to oversee all day-to-day plant operations, drive safety culture, and lead a high-performance team. You will manage budgets, production statistics, and capital expenditures while directing continuous improvement and quality programs to meet customer expectations.

Key responsibilities include optimizing production capacity, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance.