Assistant Plant Manager
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Job Location:
Pilsen - Czech Republic
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 Newsweeks 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader we have over 16000 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:
The Assistant Plant Manager is a high-impact developmental role designed to prepare a high-potential leader for a future Plant Manager position. This role provides strategic exposure leadership development and increasing operational ownership while building deep expertise in the can manufacturing process and cross-functional plant operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Learn and develop deep expertise in the can manufacturing process equipment and production flow
- Partner with the Plant Manager to drive plant performance aligned with company goals
- Lead cross-functional initiatives across production engineering quality and continuous improvement
- Champion safety quality and operational excellence through process improvements
- Participate in strategic planning budgeting and forecasting activities
- Help manage plant costs and support efficient cost-effective operations
- Mentor and develop frontline leaders and supervisors
- Support employee engagement and a positive high-performance culture
- Serve as Acting Plant Manager during absences
- Ensure compliance with environmental safety and food safety standards
- Collaborate with corporate and internal teams to align plant and business priorities
- Take on increasing leadership responsibility through role rotations and an Individual Development Plan (IDP)
What Are We Looking For
- Minimum 4 years of manufacturing operational excellence/continuous improvement experience in a dynamic international environment
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Supply Chain or related field (MBA preferred)
- Capacity to lead a team and build strong employee relations
- Strategic thinker who connects day-to-day operations with long-term goals
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to implement practical solutions
- Financial acumen with exposure to budgets and cost management
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Excellent communication and ability to influence at all levels
- Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to challenge the status quo
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 16000 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Expense Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Six Sigma
- Management Experience
- Food Processing
- Operations Management
- Production Management
- Budgeting
- Plant Management
- Manufacturing
About Company
Ball Corporation is the world’s leading provider of innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging for beverage, personal care and household products, as well as other technologies and services.
