Operations Manager Barcelona

Position Job Title: Operations Manager

BG and BU:   Meat

Function: Operations

Location: BARCELONA                                  

Line Manager’s Job Title: Plant General Manager

Advertising Legal Entity: AMCOR FLEXIBLES

Work contract Legal Entity: AMCOR FLEXIBLES ESPAÑA SLU

Contract Length: Permanent

Job Purpose

BARCELONA site belongs to our Meat & Dairy Business Unit. The Meat & Dairy Business Unit of Amcor Flexibles EMEA utilises sophisticated coating, printing, laminating and specialist conversion technologies across a number of European sites, supplying a range of flexible packaging products to a prestigious, food customer base.

The Operations Manager within our BARCELONA site is responsible for managing Production, Maintenance, Warehouse (indoor logistics), Technical Services areas and the main priorities will be as follows:

• Safety
• Compliance with company/plant policies e procedures
• Alignment with plant objectives and customer requirements
• Focus on continuous improvement and innovation
• Within Plant Leadership Team, support PGM in the plant management, with a drive for excellence approach.

Job Dimensions & Scope

• Turnover for the Plant: €55Mil
• Process: transformation of raw materials in end products
• Complexity: interaction with customers, suppliers, contractors, Amcor corporate (R&D, Sales, Procurement, IT) and other AFEMEA plants.
• Staff: 127 people (8 direct reports)
• Scope & Geographical spread: Barcelona  Plant, Amcor plants, Corporate (Sales, Manufacturing Excellence-CI and R&D) and Suppliers; External services.

Principal Accountabilities

• Delivering budget in terms of production volumes, costs, Capex
• 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
• 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
• Defining  and verifying the correct KPIs to control processes performance
• Leading innovation and changes
• Promoting Amcor Values within the plant
• Supporting PGM and Plant Leadership Team in the plant management
• Supporting  PGM and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues
• Heightening own team performances, knowledge and leadership
• Maintaining high level of collaborators’ motivation and engagement
• Requesting and supporting CI improvement projects
• Creating value through best practices sharing with other plants and introduction of new technologies

Directs reports of Operations Manager are:

Maintenance Manager is responsible to develop and manage preventive and reactive maintenance for machineries, assets and facilities following legal requirements and supplier instructions. He/she coordinate electrician and mechanical supervisors, organizing jobs respecting safety and production priorities

Production Department managers are responsible for:

• OHSE performances and improvement plans
• Compliance with company/plant policies e procedures
• Alignment with plant objectives and customer requirements
• Grown of team performances and knowledge      
• Management of changes in production environment
• Focus on continuous improvement and innovation
• Management in terms of volume, productivity increases, scrap reductions, internal and external quality claims
• Value creation through best practices shared  with other plants and introduction of new technologies
• Management of production and department  targets 

Qualifications/Requirements

1. Formal Qualifications And Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment and supervision
• Experience in (flexible) 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, GMP’s, SAP and shop floor systems, safety and environmental regulation (Spain, EU), use of statistic calculation tools, basics of finance, Integrated Quality Assurance Systems (EHS, quality);

2.  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. 
• Guarantee the application and observance of AF Barcelona Mission, Strategy, Style and Values in team management, assuring coherence and exemplarity of the people in their performance.
• Fluent Spanish, Fluent spoken and written English; other languages advantageous.
• Change management.
• Strong leadership & coaching skills
• Culturally sensitive.
• Drive and energy.
• Hands-on.
• Pragmatic.
• Analytical and structured.

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