Plant General Manager

amcor; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor is seeking a Plant Manager to lead overall operations at a Des Moines area facility. You will drive safety, quality, service and cost targets by leading the plant team, managing systems, equipment, people and materials per policy and customer requirements.

You will report to the Director of Manufacturing and oversee a small to medium facility with 300 or fewer employees. The role emphasizes budgeting, Cap-Ex, CI, and regulatory compliance to deliver results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or related field.
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience in a production environment.
• Demonstrated passion for safety.
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead and drive continuous improvement.
• Strong Customer Service mindset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skill.
• Demonstrated understanding of drivers of plant results, including ability to interpret financial results.
• Six Sigma Certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads and drives plant safety culture and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement by creating, reviewing and monitoring data or KPI reports (safety, quality, waste, productivity).
• Oversees human capital planning & management for the facility, including HC goal setting, performance management.
• Attract, hire, develop direct reports and create succession plans.
• Ensure compliance with department safety, product safety, fire protection, policies and housekeeping programs.
• Ensures effective, timely communications for all product associates.
• Manage process control initiatives by ensuring manufacturing SOPs exist for quality, safety, and process control.
• Leads plant budgeting processes.
• Ensures execution of plant Cap-Ex.
• Leads CI culture through resources and teams.
• Ensures facility compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Drives employee engagement action planning.
• Leads communications to all plant associates about business needs and results.
• Leads best practice sharing with other facilities.
• Meets safety targets and ensures everyone returns home safe.
• Meets/exceeds plant business plan and KPI's.
• Delivers on established budget.
• Best Practices leadership.
• Efficient planning and utilization of manpower, materials and machinery.
• Strong Human Capital planning and management.
• Drives High Performance Culture.
• Plant talent to deliver on plan.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Communication

Customer service mindset

Financial acumen

Results orientation

Team leadership

Organizational capability

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Change leadership

Business acumen

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or related field

Six Sigma Certification

Job description

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It's our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win - adapting quickly in an everchanging world - and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Job Description

To manage and lead overall plant operations ensuring the achievement of plant targets for Safety, Quality, Service and Cost. This will be executed through providing strong leadership to the plant team and managing the systems, equipment, people and materials according to the established policies, procedures, specifications, and customer requirements. This individual reports directly to the Director-Manufacturing. The Plant Lead Team members will report directly to the Plant Manager (typically 4-8 direct reports) Scope for this Plant Manager role is a small to medium sized facility with typically 300 or less employees and low to mid-level complexity.

• Leads and drives plant safety culture and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
• Leads identification of opportunities and problem areas for targeted improvement by creating, reviewing and monitoring data or reports that show performance to KPI's. (specifically, safety, quality, waste, and productivity)
• Oversees all aspects of human capital planning & management for the facility, including HC goal setting, improvement targets for KPI's, salary planning, performance management.
• Attract, hire, develop direct reports and create strong succession plans
• Ensure compliance with department safety, product safety, fire protection, Company polices/procedures, and housekeeping programs.
• Ensures effective, timely and well-developed communications for all product associates.
• Manage process control initiatives by ensuring manufacturing SOP's exist, and that they are sufficient for quality, safety, and process control.
• Leads plant budgeting processes
• Ensures execution of plant Cap-Ex
• Lead and ensure growth of CI culture by providing resources, participating in teams, and leading teams as necessary.
• Ensures facility compliance with local, state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Drives employee engagement action planning for the facility
• Leads communication to all plant associates regarding business needs and results
• Leads efforts at Best Practice sharing with other facilities
• Meets safety targets and drives a safety culture and environment to send every employee home everyday without injury.
• Meets or exceeds plant business plan and KPI's.
• Delivers on established budget.
• Best Practices leadership
• Effective, cost-efficient planning and utilization of manpower, materials and machinery.
• Strong Human Capital planning, development and management for the facility.
• Drives High Performance Culture
• Plant talent to deliver on plan

WHAT WE VALUE

• Strong financial acumen
• Results Orientation / Delivers on Plan
• Team Leadership
• Develops Organizational Capability
• Strategic Orientation / Enterprise Thinker
• Collaboration & Influence
• Change Leadership
• Facility Business Acumen/Market Knowledge

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or related field
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience in a production environment
• Demonstrated passion for safety
• 5+ years of leadership experience, preferably in flexible packaging
• Proven ability to lead and drive continuous improvement
• Strong Customer Service mindset
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Demonstrated understanding of drivers of plant results, including ability to interpret financial results
• Six Sigma Certification strongly preferred

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win.

We are winning when:

Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high‑performing Amcor team

Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor's quality, service, and innovation

Our investors benefit from Amcor's consistent growth and superior returns

The environment is better off because of Amcor's leadership and products

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