Specialist, Manufacturing Excellence (EMEA)

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.

Position overview:

This position will develop, deploy, implement and manage a lean based Manufacturing excellence model to ensure standardization, operational excellence and significant value across specific region (EMEA). Manufacturing Excellence Specialist will support and manage key assignments and improvement efforts as needed including deployment strategy, planning, training, coaching, problem solving, project management, people development and resource development.

Key responsibilities include:

•    Facilitates change and supports deployment, adoption and sustainment of Lean thinking and a standard Lean-Based Management System within specific Ball region (EMEA)
•    Identify, clarify, and resolve barriers to achieving operational excellence in Manufacturing plants/Regional production groups.
•    Lead multiple strategic and operational improvement projects from identification, inception, and analysis to implementation and sustainable execution that delivers Manufacturing cost savings.
•    Drive successful evolution of and execution on Manufacturing Excellence Model to be the most competitive in cost, quality and service by continually driving for efficiencies in our processes.
•    Deliver on the organization’s priorities, working closely with leadership in defining, scoping, launching, and implementing new initiatives. Collaborate with decision makers and stakeholders to minimize risk.
•    Facilitates and makes complex decisions and recommendations under limited direction and uses a high degree of initiative and independent judgment.
•    Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the specific Ball Region manufacturing team.
•    Manage risk by effectively and clearly communicating project effort, progress, achievements, problems and failures on a timely basis.
•    Facilitate knowledge sharing by initiating best practice sharing and benchmarking within the Hub and outwardly to the Region by liaising with the other Sub-Regional CI Leaders.

What are we looking for? 

• Technical qualification to degree level or/and relevant working experience in executing Lean methodologies in Manufacturing industry
• Lean Six Sigma (desirable black belt or green belt)
• Deliver results through influencing and motivating others Can manage people and projects remotely
• Excellent understanding of CI concepts, including, Lean, Six Sigma, Change Management, Project Management and Problem-Solving concepts
• Able to design, develop and monitor KPIs aligned to implemented projects while communicating horizontally and vertically
• Can flex style to effectively interact with different audiences (from senior leadership to shopfloor)
• Fluent English language

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.

No agencies please.

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