Sr. Director, Regional Supply Chain Execution (South America)

Please submit your resume in English

Join Ball and play a critical role in shaping the future of our supply chain. 

 As Senior Director, Regional Supply Chain Execution, you will connect operations, finance, and commercial teams to drive integrated planning, operational excellence, and sustainable growth. This is a unique opportunity to lead transformational initiatives, optimize end-to-end supply chain performance, and create tangible business impact through data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement. Your leadership will help unlock efficiency, strengthen responsiveness to customer needs, and position Ball for long-term success in a rapidly evolving marketplace. 

Main responsibilities  

• Lead the integration of demand, production, and supply planning to support a cohesive Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. 

• Develop capacity models for short- and long-term planning and adapt plans to changing market conditions. 

• Collaborate with sales, manufacturing, distribution, and finance teams to standardize data inputs and optimize resource allocation. 

• Chair IBP meetings, facilitate decision-making, manage exceptions, and maintain alignment with organizational priorities. 

• Own performance metrics, evaluate production and supply chain efficiency, and establish improvement targets. 

• Optimize freight and warehousing costs and lead working capital initiatives. 

• Oversee supply chain planning and execution for specific businesses, including aerosol and cups where geographically present. 

• Manage the graphics process during printing to support operational efficiency, quality, and timeliness. 

What we are looking for: 

 Required  

• Complete bachelor's degree in related areas. 

• Solid experience leading cross-functional, multi-site Supply Chain processes, including forecasting, operations planning, econometric models, inventory management, and capacity planning. 

• Leadership and project management experience coordinating global maintenance planning cycles, managing capital budgets, and overseeing continuous improvement initiatives. 

• Regional experience and collaborating across regions and functions and integrating Center of Excellence (COE) and Business Operational Excellence (BOE) supply chain KPIs, including customer order fill rates, inventory turnover, production plan versus actual, excess and short-dated inventory, MRP, and forecast accuracy.  

• Demonstrated success in highly complex supply chain environments, managing large-scale SKU portfolios, multiple manufacturing sites, and cross-functional operations in high-velocity, results-driven organizations. 

• Fluent English (mandatory)  

• Intermediate Spanish 

 Additional information  

• Work location: São José dos Campos/SP. 

• Work model: Hybrid - 3x week on-site.

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role.  

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.  

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. 

* This position will be posted internally for a minimum of 5 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants. 

No agencies please. 

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