Specialist, Spare Parts (NCA)

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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.

Position Overview: 

As the Specialist, Spare Parts for North and Central America (NCA), you’re a key member of the Process & Reliability team , reporting to the Sr. Manager, Regional Process – Maintenance (NCA). You will contribute to the success of Ball by controlling and optimizing spare part stock in collaboration with NCA production plants and central purchasing department.    

Your Key Areas of Responsibilities Include: 

• Develop and implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress, formulate action plans, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.  
• Work with key stakeholders across leadership levels to ensure plants have the correct amount of spare parts available. 
• Collaborate with plant stakeholders to identify opportunities and improvements in storeroom process to reduce spare parts value, leveraging best practices and standards implementation such as “model storeroom” initiatives. 
• Work collaboratively with Global Process/Spare Parts teams to implement and improve best practice initiatives.
• Create and implement processes to review and eliminate slow moving and obsolete parts.
• Support the creation of projects by defining budgets and necessary planning to optimize results.  
• Closely monitor the evolution of results and trends, anticipate  actions through analysis of indicators and strategic meetings with plant teams.  
• Actively promote a culture of safety, 5S in the workplace, quality, and encourage adherence to standards and practices of excellence.  

What Are We Looking For? 
 

• High School Diploma or equivalent education; with a preference toward a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or other related discipline.  
• Minimum 3 years spare parts management for in an manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in process optimization. 
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in problem solving activities and leading cross-functional teams and projects. 
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience influencing and coaching cross-functional teams in process optimization activities and continuous improvement activities.
• Demonstrated Skills: 
  • Communication Skills:
    • Strong communication, coaching and leadership skills to collaborate with different departments & suppliers & stakeholders to achieve and sustain targets and objectives. 
  • Leadership: 
    • Management style heavily oriented to training and coaching as well as leading and influencing cross-functional project teams and stakeholders to generate cost savings and process optimization.
  • Analytical/Technical Skills:  
    • Experience in industrial process analysis with a systemic approach and knowledge of continuous improvement tools. 
    • Technical analysis skills to evaluate and optimize spare part potentials across production stages and manage data analytics.  
  • Computer Skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, with an emphasis in Excel;  ability to  manage computerized data.
• Working Knowledge of: 
  • Operational excellence tools/Lean Manufacturing tools for identifying and implementing process improvements to reduce all different kinds of waste as well as spare parts inventory in the production process  

Compensation & Benefits: 

• The preferred location for this role is our Westminster, CO campus; but we will consider a REMOTE candidate, dependent on experience, qualifications and willingness to engage in regular travel to Colorado.  Travel (30-40%) and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations will be required.  If 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).
• Hiring Salary Range: $82,300 - $116,390 *. 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 offers a comprehensive offering of benefit offerings. More information can be found on our Total Rewards page.

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. The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position.  It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ball Corporation.

***No agencies please. ***

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