Manufacturing Manager

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At Amcor, we are proud to provide packaging solutions that help our customers succeed through collaboration and innovation driven by art and science. As one of the world leaders in responsible packaging solutions, we supply a broad range of flexible plastic packaging products to enhance the products consumers use in everyday life.

Amcor Flexibles provides flexible packaging solutions to the healthcare and food sector with manufacturing operations throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. At Amcor we provide innovative solutions to enhance customers brand and deliver to market.

Reporting to the GM Operations, an opportunity has become available for an Manufacturing Manager to join the team at our Port Melbourne manufacturing plant. You will be part of a team who are on a journey to out-performance through manufacturing excellence and will be comfortable in an environment of change and challenge to the status quo.

The Manufacturing Manager will be responsible for:

• Being an active leader in all safety initiatives and improvements undertaken by the company
• Driving a quality culture through all aspects of site operations
• Overlaying a continuous improvement approach and identifying and implementing CI and profit improvement opportunities
• Providing a strong point of advocacy for our customers and suppliers alike
• Focus on Talent and Employee growth programs across all functions ensuring continual skill and capability development
• To achieve efficient manufacture of the company's current products through effective assessment and control of the available manpower, materials and machinery
• Actively participating in and contributing towards scrap and waste reduction initiatives, analysis and reduction programme's
• Ensuring consistent high quality products are manufactured by constantly monitoring that the production methods undertaken throughout the plant achieves the standard of finished product required
• Controlling the hours of work to ensure wages are maintained within the budgeted limits
• Drive opportunity across all plant based cost lines
• Working closely with the supply chain team for the delivery of products to meet customer requirements.

To be successful in this role you will ideally be:

• Energetic with a focus on delivering results and leading the site management team
• Commercially astute and the ability to exercise mature judgment
• Able to think logically, develop and deliver practical solutions to complex business problems
• Able to clearly articulate ideas and opportunities and not be afraid to champion these ideas or to speak their mind
• Knowledgeable and have experience in financial management, gained within a major manufacturing organisation
• A people manager with proven ability to support the development of high performing work teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to join a world leading organisation and progress your career in Operations Management. Salary package on offer is dependent on skills and experience of the right individual. This role is a full-time, permanent position in Port Melbourne, Victoria.