Plant Manager

About the role

This position directs the day-to-day and strategic activities of a highly complex, large plant to achieve financial and operating objectives as determined by the Business Unit. The Plant Manager is a key leadership role which manages all plant operations with overall responsibilities for safety, production, maintenance, warehouse, quality, customer relations, human resources, and finance. This position serves as the senior representative locally and is responsible for compliance with the Amcor code of conduct and for ensuring plant compliance with all regulations (federal and local), as well as other Amcor policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Leadership: Organize activities and identify resources required to achieve Plant, Business Unit, and overall company goals and objectives. Practice and implement Six Sigma.
• Production: Oversee overall plant operation at standard cost while producing quality ware, on time and within customer specifications to maintain and grow market share.
• Financial: Control operating expenses to achieve low variances within target-to-actual cost comparisons while identifying and justifying capital expenditures.
• Quality: Manage raw materials and processes to meet customer requirements and produce product efficiently. Oversee ISO 9000/2000 compliance.
• Business Planning: Develop and manage a business plan incorporating ISO, FDA, and other government regulations, financial goals, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety): Ensure the plant is free of hazards to employees, providing a safe work environment in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (ISO 18000, ISO 14000).
• Employee Relations: Communicate plant performance, training objectives, quality concerns, labor needs, and production process changes to maintain morale. Manage a team of direct reports, including selection, development, mentoring, and performance management. Cultivate an environment of safety, high performance, ethical and legal compliance, and address employee relations issues.
• Managerial Responsibilities: Manage departmental managers who supervise facility personnel. Oversee the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the facility, including interviewing, addressing complaints, problem-solving, and coordinating financial and operational responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (Material Science, Engineering, or Packaging preferred).
• Ten or more years of related experience or the combined equivalent.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond in group environments.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics.

Benefits

• 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 (varies 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).

About Amcor

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through 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. Safety is our guiding principle and core value, integral to how we do business. Our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives, and protect the future. We champion our customers, adapt quickly in an ever-changing world, and make smart choices to safeguard our business, communities, and the people we serve. We invest in our world-class team, empowering colleagues to unlock their potential, because when our people grow, so does our business.