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Operations Manager

Location: 

Kreuzlingen, CH

Department:  Operations/Production/Manufacturing
Full-time or Part-time:  Full-Time
Job Type:  Employee
Shift:  On site

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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At our site in Kreuzlingen, TG, we are looking for a committed and qualified

Operations Manager

The Operations Manager is a key member of the plant management team at AF Kreuzlingen and is responsible for the production and maintenance areas (approx. 185 employees). The role has close interfaces with EHS, Quality & CI, Supply Chain, Technical Management, Finance, and HR. The main focus is on the continuous improvement of production processes in terms of safety, quality, productivity, and waste reduction to ensure complete, on-time, and specification-compliant delivery (DIFOTIS).

Your Responsibilities:

  • Overall responsibility for operational control of production and maintenance, especially managing personnel and machine capacities in close collaboration with the Supply Chain

  • Ensuring timely, cost-optimized, and quality-compliant production

  • Planning and optimization of production processes and capacities

  • Leading and developing employees in accordance with Amcor’s values and leadership principles

  • Empowering employees to reach their full potential, including goal setting, performance reviews, recognition, coaching, training, and development

  • Responsibility for compliance with occupational safety and environmental standards

  • Responsibility for the budgeting process and achievement of financial targets

  • Analyzing KPIs and deriving measures to increase efficiency

  • Initiating and implementing lean management and continuous improvement (CI) measures

  • Maintaining assets and preparing investment projects to support new technologies, respond to market needs, and enhance cost competitiveness

Your Profile:

  • Degree in industrial engineering, production engineering, mechanical engineering, or a comparable qualification

  • Minimum of 5 years of industrial experience in progressive roles and a strong business acumen

  • Thorough understanding of cost and profitability drivers, with a proven track record in identifying and managing KPIs in leadership roles

  • Solid knowledge in key areas of flexible packaging production and technology (lamination, printing, coating)

  • Experience with continuous improvement tools and processes, lean manufacturing, and a record of practical implementation

  • Experience in team leadership, change management, and transformation projects

  • Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken

  • Strong ability to lead change at all levels of the organization

  • Results-driven and goal-oriented work style, with strong analytical thinking

  • Ability to communicate process improvements and convince others of their benefits

  • Excellent communication skills across all organizational levels in a multinational environment

  • Strong customer orientation (both internal and external)

  • Proactive, pragmatic, and a team player with leadership skills

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About Amcor
Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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