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 Primary Purpose of this Position: Manage Plant based Manufacturing Excellence Managers In the deployment of a Lean based Manufacturing excellence model to ensure standardization, operational excellence and significant value across SA region. What will you be responsible for? - Support and manage key assignments and improvement efforts as needed including deployment strategy, planning, training, coaching, problem solving, project management, people development and resource development. - Facilitates change and supports deployment, adoption and sustainment of Lean thinking and a standard Lean-Based Management System within specific Ball region (NCA/SA/EMEA) - Identify, clarify, and resolve barriers to achieving operational excellence in Manufacturing plants/Regional production groups. - Lead multiple strategic and operational improvement projects from identification, inception, and analysis to implementation and sustainable execution that delivers Manufacturing cost savings. - Drive successful evolution of and execution on Manufacturing Excellence Model to be the most competitive in cost, quality and service by continually driving for efficiencies in our processes. - Deliver on the organization’s priorities, working closely with leadership in defining, scoping, launching, and implementing new initiatives. Collaborate with decision makers and stakeholders to minimize risk. - Facilitates and makes complex decisions and recommendations under limited direction and uses a high degree of initiative and independent judgment. - Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the specific Ball Region manufacturing team. - Manage risk by effectively and clearly communicating project effort, progress, achievements, problems and failures on a timely basis. - Facilitate knowledge sharing by initiating best practice sharing and benchmarking within the Hub and outwardly to the Region by liaising with the other Sub-Regional CI Leaders. What are we looking for? - Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Engineering - Experience in deployment of Lean methodologies in a manufacturing setting - Leadership: Management and Leadership of others - Project Management: Project Management - Influence: Delivering results through influencing - Computer Literacy: experience with Microsoft, Excel and PowerPoint - Adaptability: Adapting style to effectively interact with different audiences (shopfloor to boardroom) - Knowledge of: - Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques - Financial statements - Coaching and training techniques - Managing various stakeholders in a matrix organisation - Language: - Advanced/Fluent English (required) 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 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.