Job Description

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.
Position overview:
Lead the development and ongoing enhancement of Global Manufacturing Excellence standards for Business Management by actively gathering and incorporating feedback from regional teams and external best practices. Ensure standards remain relevant, practical, and aligned with global objectives, driving consistency, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across all sites.
Key responsibilities include:

• Create, update, maintain and continuously improve the Global Manufacturing Excellence standards for Business Management.
• Assess and review plant-submitted improvement ideas to support the Good and Best Practice process and drive enhancement of global standard.
• Coordinating PDCA improvements with global teams and stakeholders, leading cross-functional collaboration to drive sustainable improvements and alignment across functions.
• Scan external sources and industry best practices to identify opportunities for enhancement and innovation.
• Lead cross-functional discussions to validate proposed changes and ensure alignment across functions and regions.
• Implement and manage a structured feedback system to pilot suggested improvements before global rollout.
• Manage the lifecycle of Business Management standard documentation, including version control, governance, and communication of updates.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying gaps, tracking progress, and guiding adoption of standards.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science, Business, SC.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience leading cross-functional teams and driving change management initiatives.
• Demonstrated skills in verbal, written, organizational, and communication areas.
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, Document Management.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. 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.
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.
No agencies please.

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