Project Manager, Manufacturing Operational Efficiencies

              *** This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants. *** 

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.

Position Overview:

As the Project Manager, Manufacturing Operational Efficiencies, you are a key member of the Manufacturing Operational Efficiencies Team;  reporting to the Senior Manager, Operational Efficiencies for North & Central America (NCA) region. You will contribute to the success of Ball by establishing and enforcing project management excellence standards to optimize project processes, enhance project analysis techniques, and provide practical recommendations to improve Ball's project outcomes, ensuring project success and alignment with organizational goals. 

Your Key Areas of Responsibility Include: 

• Develop comprehensive project plans considering business case, customers, suppliers, scope, timelines, comprehensive budgets, resources, and leading project execution timely and within-budget execution.
• Facilitate and coordinate the efforts of multiple business projects within BPNCA going on simultaneously with cross functional stakeholders; driving the scope of the project, project structure and processes, from demand management, strategic alignment, to portfolio categories and criteria, through evaluation, selection and prioritization; to execution, tracking and measuring the achieved results.  
• Oversee multiple complex projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment and delivering results; project scope includes but not limited to new line startups up, and Green Field projects.  
• Manage & align the budget/funding process for the projects in their portfolio, which may span multiple functional/technical teams and/or years and make subsequent budget changes where necessary. Provide project oversight, quality reviews, and coordination of deliverables, ensuring effective project reporting. Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the projects in the portfolio, and resolve conflicts.
• Effectively communicate and influence cross-functionally with plant personal, Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Quality, and Supply Chain stakeholders, and Executive Leadership team on project expectations, progress, timeline and updates clearly and effectively.
• Responsible for startups and other project outcomes which will be direct link that will positively impact BPNCA’s critical KPIs.
• Effectively communicate formal project updates through cadences and presentations to the Executive Leadership team. 
• Lead reviews of all projects in their portfolio in various stages of their lifecycle, including those that are challenged and execute recommendations to get back on track: continue on path, be significantly changed, placed on hold or stopped.

Required Experience, Education and Skills: 

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering
• 5 years of project management activities including:  
  • Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, Trello, Jira, etc.  
  • Experience with phases of Engineering or IT Projects.
  • Experience with various project management methodologies, such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and other continuous improvement methodologies ( e.g., DMAIC, Kanban, and Lean Six Sigma ).
  • Experience with project Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and status tracking.  
  • Experience with phases of innovation projects and complex process mapping.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience  working on large-scale initiatives in an engineering or technology environment.
• Demonstrated Skills: 
  • Organizational, analytical, interpersonal communication and presentation and attention to detail.
  • Experience with financial assumptions and budgeting.
  • Data Management activities and data analysis, BI Tools and dashboard management.

Preferred Skills and Experience: 

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading and developing project teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems functionality (SAP) 

 Compensation & Benefits

• Hiring Salary Range: $96,000 -  $137,180 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, please visit our career site and "Total Rewards" page to learn more.
• Relocation benefits may be available. 
• Hybrid Work Environment: Based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Travel (up to 40%)  and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations will be required.

When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related details—such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates—from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates). 

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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