Full time
Americas - North America - United States - Evansville - CORP Evansville Head Division Office IN
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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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Position Overview
Subject matter expert in corrugate packaging. Strong technical knowledge, able to identify value opportunities in corrugate that will generate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) value as well as simplified product offerings and supply base. Will collaborate with the plants, procurement leadership and commercial to successfully execute projects.
WHAT YOU GET TO DO
Establish a category strategy for corrugate packaging.
Build and maintain relationships with main corrugate suppliers.
Travel to plants and identify corrugate opportunities that will generate value.
Understand market dynamics in the corrugate industry. Able to identify reasons for increases and forecast future corrugate dynamics. Can interpret industry standard indexes as it relates to corrugate price and can suggest or develop alternate indexes that are reflective of actual cost increases.
Able to identify cost to produce elements of a box.
Strong project management skills. Proven track record of driving a project from idea to completion.
Able to work collaboratively and influence multiple stakeholders from operators at the plants to executive leadership.
Anticipate and identify supply and business continuity risk and supports developing mitigation plans with category and cross functional teams.
Publish regular status reports outlining project status, risks, and issues and effectively present and communicate with senior leadership
WHAT WE VALUE
Results Orientation
Collaboration and Influencing
Functional Expertise
Customer Orientation
Negotiation
Process Orientation
WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU
Education: Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field
5+ years packaging engineering and manufacturing experience with corrugate and other paper products.
3+ years of accomplished project management experience
Industry knowledge a plus – established relationship with key corrugate suppliers, work experience in the corrugate industry or plastic packaging industry.
Proven experience in developing cost models, managing multiple projects, and complex projects
Proven strong interpersonal skills to communicate project plans, goals and objectives and coordinate resources to complete projects within scope.
Proven ability to communicate, influence others and manage multiple resources
Understanding of corrugate contracts and key elements.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Experience with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, and SAP.
English language capability.
Our Expectations
We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:
Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products
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