Job Purpose
Chalon 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 Chalon site is responsible for managing Production and Operations Excellence areas.
Job Dimensions & Scope
- Turnover for the Plant: €45Mil
- Process: transformation of raw materials in end products
- Member of the Site Management Team
- Staff: 120 people (8 direct reports, shift leaders and CI Engineer)
- Scope & Geographical spread: Chalon-sur-Saône Plant, France.
- Plant operating 24/7
Principal Accountabilities
- Support the organisation for the management of the safety performance of the plant
- Deliver budget in terms of production volumes, cost-to-produce and cost-out
- Define and assign goals and improvement projects to the line managers
- Define and manage organisational processes and improvements
- Promote Amcor Culture (Values and Behaviour) within the plant
- Maintain high level of motivation and engagement within organisation
- Heighten own team performance, knowledge and leadership
- Lead and support CI improvement projects
- Define, report and analyse the correct KPIs to control processes performance
- Support Plant Leadership Team in the plant management
- Support Plant Manager and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues
- Create value through best practices sharing with other plants and introduction of new technologies
Directs reports of Production Manager are:
- Production Shift Leaders (7)
- CI Engineer
Qualifications/Requirements
Formal Qualifications and Experience
- A minimum of 5 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.
- Strong leadership & coaching skills
- Drive and energy
- Hands-on
- Pragmatic
- Analytical and structured
