Plant Manager - Itupeva Plant/SP

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

This is a Director Level role. The Plant Director manages operational processes from start to finish in assigned plant. They work with their plant leadership teams to manage operations in the plant and achieve assigned production and operational goals. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall safety performance in the plant by ensuring plant focus on programs, procedures and KPI’s in accordance with Ball safety programs.
• Provide oversight for the operations management team including production, engineering, maintenance, quality and safety along with a strong connection to planning, procurement, logistics, finance and human resources.
• Ensures plant performance is closely linked to customer requirements.
• Confirms the plant complies with all environmental regulations by maintaining effective environmental programs. 
• Works collaboratively as a member of the plant leadership team, providing direction and collaborating with central support functions including finance, Lean Six Sigma, quality, commercial, engineering, sourcing, human resources, health/safety, and technical services.
• Develops and manages the plant budget and operating plans. 
• Supports the achievement of plant-level KPI’s in areas of EHS, quality, delivery, cost and human resources. 
• Responsible for the selection, training, growth and development of shift and staff personnel to attain organizational goals.
• Supports positive employee relations in the plant, including with local/national union leadership, if applicable.
• May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas.
• Orchestrate activities, assignments and projects to maintain optimal level of customer service for both internal and external customers.
   

Main Requirements:

• Completed Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain (MBA-Preferred)
• Manufacturing leadership experience (high speed manufacturing/packaging preferred)
• Advanced or Fluent English 
• Ability to participate with functional counterparts within the organization at the earliest stages of planning and development to meet plant objectives; directing, allocating the plant’s resources, timing, etc., resources needed to assure meeting the plant’s objectives.
• Must be able to handle sensitive related and proprietary information in a confidential manner.
• Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
• Must follow company policies, procedures, practices, and standards of conduct as outlined in the Ball Corporation manuals.
• Must maintain professional competence, ethical integrity, knowledge, and skills.
   

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
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