Continous Improvement Manager (m/f/d)

For our plant in Haßloch (Palatinate) we are looking for a Continous Improvement Manager (m/f/d)

Key responsibilities:

• Implement AMPS (Ardag Metal Packaging System) model
• Identify major opportunities for plant to improve level of operational focus and other potential BE initiatives
• Promote CI culture through the introduction of data/fact-based decisions, systems thinking, employee empowerment, teams, and various statistical tools
• Lead efforts to gain control and improve capability of processes and products
• Train local employees, e.g. Yellow/Green Belt
• Communicate CI through the plant organization, management of visual communication
• Manage the CI project portfolio of the location. Reporting of progress development against Objectives, KPI’s, planning etc.
• Serve as a project manager, depending upon project selection. Assist with project execution, provide functional input and identify functional resources
• Responsible for integrating project, and process improvement achievements into daily activities of the plant
• Perform data analyses as part of an integrated program of process control and designed experimentation
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective SPC system using infinity, Apriso and others, including training

Requirements:

• Possesses excellent communication skills with that ability to build consensus and sell ideas at all levels of the organization. 
• Familiar with statistics, determines the quality of data, is comfortable comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions and establishes effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions
• University degree preferably in Engineering / Black Belt certification advantageous
• Detailed operational IS skills, such as MS Office, SAP, statistical packages (e.g. Minitab, SPC).
• Significant exposure to Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC) and Kaizen principles
• German and English fluently - verbal and writing

What do we offer?

You can expect a competitive salary and benefits package in an international environment and a dynamic team. In addition, you will be part of our exciting and growing company. We have a hybrid working model.

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Meet our AMP - Europe Team - YouTube

If you would like to share our beliefs and want to work in an environment based on trust, teamwork, and excellence, we cannot wait meeting you!

About Ardagh Metal Packaging

Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) is a leading supplier of sustainable and infinitely recyclable beverage cans to brand owners globally. A subsidiary of sustainable packaging business Ardagh Group, AMP is an industry player across Europe and the Americas with innovative production capabilities. AMP operates 24 production facilities in nine countries, employing more than 6,300 employees with sales of approximately $4.7 billion.

AMP is 75%-owned by Ardagh Group and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMBP.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group operates 65 metal and glass production facilities in 16 countries, employing more than 21,000 people with sales of approximately $10 billion. Ardagh Group produces:

· many of the cans and bottles that contain your favourite beverages.

· packaging made from metal and glass – permanent materials that can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality.

· more than 160 million containers per day.