Continuous Improvement Specialist - Production Waste

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 21,000 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.

Primary Purpose of this Position:

Control and minimize process, line and HFI (hold for inspection) spoilage in collaboration with EMEA production plants. Develop and implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress, formulate action plans, and drive continuous improvement initiatives and influence and drive Plant Managers on goals of efficiency as well cost reduction.

 What will you be responsible for?

•    Lead, coach and control the reduction of spoilage in all areas in the production & work on non-conformance reduction projects  

•    Develop, implement, and periodically monitor KPIs related to spoilage targets and activities  

•    Collaborate with Plants to identify opportunities and improvements in manufacturing processes to reduce spoilage  

•    Map the needs of each unit and request financial resources via Capex for new products and Opex management.  

•    Work collaboratively with the Global Process / Quality and Manufacturing team to implement and improve best practices defined as standard globally.  

•    Implement equipment changes to enhance efficiency, quality, and spoilage reduction.  

•    Support the creation of CAPEX projects by defining budgets and necessary planning to optimize results. Monitor closely the evolution of results and trends, anticipating actions through analysis of indicators and strategic meetings with plants.  

•    Actively promote a culture of safety, environment, health, quality, and the 5 S's in the workplace, encouraging adherence to standards and practices of excellence.

What are we looking for?

•    Minimum of 5 years’ experience in process spoilage  & waste optimization and reduction projects 

•    Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Problem solving activities and leading X-functional teams and projects 

•    Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Influencing and coaching X-functional teams in process optimization activities and continuous improvement activities 

•    University Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering - preferred

•    Fluent written and spoken English

•    Analytics:  

•    Experience in industrial process analysis with a systemic approach and knowledge of continuous improvement tools 

•    Technical analysis skills to evaluate and optimize spoilage potentials across production stages 

•    Leadership: Management style heavily orientated to training and coaching as well as leading and influencing x-functional project teams and stakeholders to generate cost savings and process optimization 

•    Communication: Strong communication, coaching and leadership skills to collaborate with different departments & suppliers & stakeholders to achieve and sustain targets and objectives. Good computer skills – ability to manage via computerized data

•    Motivation: Self-Motivated with a desire to make an impact 

Knowledge of: 

•    Project management and cross-functional collaboration 

•    Influencing, leading and coaching X-functional teams including suppliers 

•    Industry standards, best practice sharing and seeking from outside industries 

•    Operational excellence tools for identifying and implementing process improvements to reduce all different kinds of waste as well as spoilage in the production process 

•    Best practices and technologies from outside the can industry to be implemented to achieve the next level of automatization 

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Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 21,000 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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