Manager, Global Front End Process Standards

at  Ball Corporation

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Lean Manufacturing, TPM, DMAIC and Kaizen
• Microsoft 365 suite
• Machinery maintenance, mechanical systems, and preventive maintenance strategies, utilizing technical documentation effectively
• Project Management: resource allocation, budgeting, and financial analysis, with experience managing budgets.
• Ability to translate technical verbiage into logically structured, clear, concise language

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION:

Leveraging expert technical leadership, drive standardization of our Front End manufacturing process across the global network of can plants, while deploying change control procedures and continuous improvement methodologies.
Possibility to work remotely.

WHAT WILL YOU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR?

• Responsible for establishing global standards for front end processes (uncoiler, cupper, bodymaker and trimmer) including equipment specifications, SOPs, maintenance standards, operating parameters, troubleshooting methodologies, and defect catalogues.
• Responsible for maintaining global best practices around front end equipment operation.
• Act as technical lead cross-funcitonally to establish global quality parameters, skills matrices and training plans.
• Work closely with Regional Process leads to support best practice discovery, deployment and tracking.
• Support global talent development across regional process teams, establishing a roadmap for technical resource development globally.
• Lead collaboration of Regional Process leads on problem solving issues of quality, efficiency, spoilage and maintenance.
• Work with Global Equipment Wellness teams on standard overhaul activity, critical measurements, frequency and budgets for Front End process equipment.
• Work with Innovation on transition of relevant technology into Operations, including development of new specifications, operating parameters and necessary standards to deploy globally.
• Support Global Spare Parts with necessary recommended spares lists.
• Work with procurement to establish total cost of ownership across competitive supplier equipment.