Production Manager St Seurin

Job description

Position Job Title

Production Manager BG and BU: AFEMEA Wine & Spirits Function: Operations Location: Saint Seurin Line Manager’s Job Title: Plant General Manager Advertising Legal Entity: Work contract Legal Entity: Saint Seurin Contract Length: Permanent

Job Purpose

Saint Seurin 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 Saint Seurin site is responsible for managing Production and Operations Excellence areas and the main priorities will be as follows: Safety Compliance with company/plant policies and procedures Alignment with customer satisfaction objectives, plant performance and cost control targets Focus on continuous improvement Within Plant Leadership Team, support PGM in the plant management, with a drive for excellence approach.

Job Dimensions & Scope Turnover for the Plant

€29Mil Process: transformation of raw materials in end products Member of the Site Management Team Staff: 100 people (5 direct reports, shift leaders, Curative maintenance leader, Ink and Paint Supervisor)

Scope & Geographical spread

Saint Seurin Plant, France. Plant operating 24/7

Principal Accountabilities

Supporting the organisation for the management of the safety performance of the plant Taking an active role in the plant’s safety programs and goals, and spreading safety culture Delivering budget in terms of production volumes, cost-to-produce and cost-out. Defining and assigning goals and improvement projects to the line managers focused on competitiveness, efficiency and business continuity Defining and managing organisational processes and improvements (roles, responsibilities, number of headcounts, shifts, activities), according to company policies and budget Promoting Amcor Culture (Values and Behaviour) within the plant Maintaining high level of motivation and engagement within his organisation.

Heightening own team performances, knowledge and leadership Leading and supporting CI improvement projects Defining, reporting and analysing the correct KPIs to control processes performance Supporting PGM and Plant Leadership Team in the plant management Supporting PGM and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues Creating value through best practices sharing with other plants and introduction of new technologies Directs reports of Production Manager are: Production Shift Leaders (3), who are responsible for: Leading the people on the floor Managing daily operations, quality and safety Ensuring the shift runs smoothly Solving problems in real time Implementing improvement initiatives Curative Maintenance Leader, who is responsible for: ensuring the rapid and effective restoration of the site’s machine park following breakdowns or technical failures.

Optimizing and improving the site’s machine park Inks and Paint Supervisor, who is responsible for: Use and optimization of inks Industrializing inks and keeping an eye on technological developments in the processes Participating in solving quality problems of stakeholders (clients – operations – suppliers) Taking part in the industrialization phases of new products to ensure production quality within their workshop, during their shift.

Qualifications/Requirements Formal

Qualifications and Experience

A minimum of 10 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. #LI-MK1