Regional Manufacturing Excellence LeadVerified as a real position

Who we’re looking for

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience deploying Lean methodologies in a manufacturing environment
• Proven experience managing and leading others, ideally in a matrix organization
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead initiatives end to end
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results through influence rather than direct authority
• Solid working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies
• Understanding of financial statements and manufacturing cost drivers
• Experience with coaching, training, and capability development
• Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging from shop floor to senior leadership
• High level of computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluency in English

What you’ll do

• Lead and support Manufacturing Excellence Managers in deploying a standardized Lean-Based Management System across EMEA plants
• Define and execute deployment strategies, planning, training, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Facilitate change management and ensure effective adoption and long-term sustainment of Lean thinking
• Identify, clarify, and remove barriers to operational excellence within manufacturing plants and regional production groups
• Lead multiple strategic and operational improvement projects from identification and analysis through implementation and sustainable execution
• Deliver measurable manufacturing cost savings and efficiency improvements
• Drive the continuous evolution of the Manufacturing Excellence Model to improve competitiveness in cost, quality, and service
• Partner with leadership to define, scope, launch, and deliver initiatives aligned with organizational priorities
• Make complex decisions and recommendations with limited direction, using sound judgment and initiative
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the regional manufacturing organization
• Proactively manage risk and communicate project progress, results, challenges, and lessons learned
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, best practice exchange, and benchmarking within the region and across Continuous Improvement networks

About the position

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium 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.

Benefits

• Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award!
• Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions 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.