Team Leader

Overview:

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It's our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Responsibilities:

Primary Function: Assists Production Supervisor in daily operations to meet production, quality and scrap performance goals and will act as supervisor in his/her absence. Comply with all Company policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and check production and scrap rates during production shift for non-conformity with company guidelines and to maximize production
• Inspect equipment for proper operation and report any irregularities to maintenance
• Check orders, equipment and JDE system to verify accuracy of resins, additives, order packaging, inventory and scrap
• Assist with completing detailed shift report noting any problems with orders and equipment for the department manager to review
• Take appropriate action to ensure conformance to AIB, and SQF and safety and quality policies and regulations to include employee training
• Attend regular department meetings, safety meetings and company provided training
• Train, evaluate and prioritize shift personnel to equipment
• Assist in troubleshooting production equipment
• Supervise all employee activities during the shift in the absence of the Supervisor
• Oversee good housekeeping practices
• Oversee the plant operations and assist with problems throughout the plant during normal and other than normal business hours
• Job duties subject to change as needed

Front Line Leader Safety Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.
• Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
• Lead all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.) in the absence of the Supervisor
• Assist in the completion of incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
• Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Follow goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving plant/team goals.
• Motivates and coaches' employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.

Additional Requirements:

• Overall responsibility for the production department in the absence of the shift supervisor and is expected to respond to any emergency
• Must accommodate any reasonable request of the managers
• Must be familiar with the safety regulations pertaining to the production department
• Follow all J.S.A. instructions where applicable and ensure other employees in the production department follow all J.S.A. instructions

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, risk assessments, work instructions, operating and maintenance instructions, order forms and checklists
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively with co-workers or groups of co-workers, supervisors or others within the company
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in or from standardized situations
• Ability to successfully use Microsoft Suite (Excel (Basic), Outlook email, PowerPoint and Word); JDE, GDC and CPRO. KRONOS, Self-serve approval via email for Time-off-Requests

Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required. Minimum of 4 years blown and/or cast film extrusion experience/training.

Critical Skills:

• Working knowledge of computers and their function
• Working knowledge of all testing equipment in the lab
• Ability to read, write, hear and speak English proficiently
• Drive a "Can Do" attitude using continuous improvement tools in the plant environment
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and employees both in person and through written and verbal correspondence
• Ability to perform duties with minimal direction and be self-motivated
• Participate and help drive Six-Sigma Projects as assigned

Additional Info:

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Amcor is a global leader in packaging solutions for consumer and healthcare products. With industry-leading innovation capabilities, global scale and technical expertise, we help our customers grow and meet the needs of millions of consumers every day. Our teams develop responsible, more sustainable packaging in flexible and rigid formats across multiple materials. Supported by a commitment to safety, ~70,000 colleagues across ~140 countries bring our global capabilities to local customers and provide local access to global brands. Our work is guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future.