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Plant General Manager - Marolles

Location: 

Marolles, FR

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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Plant Manager – Marolles

Amcor is a global leader in responsible packaging, and we are seeking an experienced, people‑focused, and operationally strong Plant Manager to lead our Marolles site. This role is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a complex, multi‑technology facility and play a critical part in delivering high‑quality solutions for some of the world’s best‑known Beauty & Wellness brands.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment, enjoy leading teams, and bring passion for safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement, this role offers an exceptional career platform within a global business.

 

About the Marolles Site

Marolles is an exciting and diverse industrial environment made up of:

  • Injection Moulding
  • Assembly operations
  • A unique electroplating unit (one of the only ones within the Business Group)

This combination makes Marolles one of the most technically distinctive Amcor sites, requiring strong technical acumen, disciplined leadership, and a data‑driven mindset.

 

Your Role: What You Will Lead

As Plant Manager, you will oversee the full operational, safety, quality, and people agenda for the site. You will drive the plant’s strategic direction while ensuring flawless day‑to‑day execution.

You will be responsible for:

 Safety & Environment

  • Champion a Zero‑Incident culture
  • Ensure compliance with strict industrial, chemical, and environmental regulations
  • Lead safety training, risk prevention, and emergency decision‑making

Operational Performance

  • Oversee production in injection, assembly, and electroplating
  • Drive operational KPIs including OEE, waste, throughput, uptime, and labor efficiency
  • Ensure stable, predictable operations in a 24/7 manufacturing environment

Quality & Customer Satisfaction

  • Guarantee product quality and traceability
  • Lead audits, compliance, and continuous quality improvements
  • Support customer requirements, specifications, and audits

Leadership & People Development

  • Lead a team of 6 direct reports + dotted lines in Finance, HR, and R&D
  • Develop talent, ensure succession planning, and build technical capabilities
  • Maintain a positive and constructive social climate with unions

P&L Ownership & Financial Performance

  • Manage site financials including €50M sales and 20% EBITDA
  • Optimize material usage, energy consumption, and labor productivity
  • Ensure disciplined CAPEX planning and cost‑efficient operations

Transformation & Continuous Improvement

  • Lead Lean initiatives (5S, SMED, Kaizen, waste reduction)
  • Drive automation, modernization, and process improvements
  • Support innovation, sustainability, and introduction of new materials

 

What You Bring

We’re looking for a decisive, inspiring leader with strong technical credibility and a passion for operational excellence.

Your background should include:

  • 10+ years in manufacturing, with senior leadership in complex industrial environments
  • Strong technical foundation (engineering, plastics, injection molding, or similar)
  • Experience managing P&L, cost levers, and investment decisions
  • Strong understanding of French labor law and unionized environments
  • Leadership of multidisciplinary teams (production, maintenance, quality, supply chain, industrialization, EHS)
  • Working knowledge of Lean tools and continuous improvement practices
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and conflict‑resolution skills
  • A data‑driven, analytical approach to performance management

Education

  • Master’s degree in Engineering preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree acceptable with significant experience

 

What Makes This Role Unique?

  • A multi‑technology site (electroplating, injection, assembly) — extremely rare in the Group
  • A key role in safety, transformation, and technical excellence
  • A broad leadership scope with both direct and indirect teams
  • High visibility within the Beauty & Wellness leadership structure
  • A strong platform for future career growth in Amcor operations

 

Why Join Amcor?

At Amcor, you will join a global organization committed to innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence. You will have the autonomy to make a real impact, influence strategy, and lead a dynamic site through its next stage of growth.

We offer:

  • Leadership autonomy
  • A collaborative and values‑driven culture
  • Opportunities to grow across Europe and globally
  • The chance to lead one of Amcor’s most technically interesting plants

 

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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