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Position Job Title: Operations Manager

BG and BU: Meat

Function: Operations

Location: BARCELONA

Line Manager’s Job Title: Plant General Manager

Advertising Legal Entity: AMCOR FLEXIBLES

Job Purpose

BARCELONA site belongs to our Meat & Dairy Business Unit. The Meat & Dairy Business Unit of Amcor Flexibles EMEA utilises sophisticated coating, printing, laminating and specialist conversion technologies across a number of European sites, supplying a range of versátil packaging products to a prestigious, food customer base.





The Operations Manager within our BARCELONA site is responsible for managing Production, Maintenance, Warehouse (indoor logistics), Technical Services areas and the main priorities will be as follows:

- Ensure safety is prioritised in everything you do and make sure all the Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Site Rules are prioritised and adhered to at all times.
- Lead & manage all aspects of operational activity on the Cramlington site. The principal areas being defined as production, maintenance.
- Set & influence your team to achieve all operational targets and operational excellence programmes and deliver measurable continuous improvement.
- Ensure excellent levels of customer service and product quality are maintained at all times.
- Lead and manage all Engineering and operations activities on site.
- Ensure levels of excellence of customer and product quality service.
- Be a principal member of the sites Senior Management Team (SMT) supporting the development and achievement of the business strategy goals and objectives.

Job Dimensions & Scope

- Turnover for the Plant: €55Mil
- Process: transformation of raw materials in end products
- Complexity: interaction with customers, suppliers, contractors, Amcor corporate (R&D;, Sales, Procurement, IT) and other AFEMEA plants.
- Staff:



127 people (8 direct reports)
- Scope & Geographical spread: Barcelona Plant, Amcor plants, Corporate (Sales, Manufacturing Excellence-CI and R&D;) and Suppliers; External services.

Principal Accountabilities

- Leading the management team on the safety performance of the plant
- Taking an active role in the plant’s safety programs and goals, and spreading safety culture
- Delivering budget in terms of production volumes, waste, costs and capital investment.
- Identify and review potential in new equipment.
- Lead on cost reduction incentives.
- Defining and assigning goals and improvement projects to the line managers focused on competitiveness, efficiency and business continuity
- Defining and managing organisational processes and improvements (roles, responsibilities, headcount, shifts, activities), according to company policies and budget
- Defining and verifying the correct KPIs to control process performance
- Leading innovation and changes
- Promoting Amcor Values within the plant
- Supporting PGM and SMT in the plant management
- Supporting PGM and HR in industrial relations and disciplinary issues, report on T&A.;
- Heightening own team performances, knowledge and leadership
- Maintaining high level of collaboration, motivation and engagement
- Identifying, requesting and supporting improvement projects
- Creating value through best practice sharing with other plants and introduction of new technologies
- Support apprenticeship programs and training
- Quality awareness withing the industry
- Working with a variety of specific and aged equipment
- Expanding multi-skilled wor

📌 Operations Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Amcor
📍 Barcelona