Plant Director

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

Position Summary

The Plant Director will monitor and coordinate the effective and efficient utilization of employees through proactive, high participation work team involvement. The position directs all day-to-day activities of the plant consistent with company policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

·         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 as needed to meet business commitments

·         Manage all aspects of the plant cost structure including direct and indirect labor, maintenance and consumable spending and 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

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of and experience with 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
• Strong planning/organizing skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team setting
• Ability to effectively communicate/present findings to a wide variety of audiences

The starting salary for this position is expected to be between $115,000 to $150,000. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Position may also be eligible for Amcor's Management Incentive Plan/Sales Incentive Plan, which is an annual bonus program based on business and individual performance, as well as medical coverage and other health and welfare benefits.

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

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" Poster. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans

• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees

• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location

• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program

• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits

• Paid Parental Leave

• Retirement Savings Plan with company match

• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)

• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)