Operations Manager

Department: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

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 ever-changing 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.

Amcor Flexibles Sélestat, specialized in the production of aluminum‑based flexible packaging for the pharmaceutical and food industries, employs more than 450 people, generates annual revenue exceeding €170 million, and produces more than 126 million m² of packaging materials.

As part of a replacement, the site is recruiting an Operations Director. Reporting directly to the Site Director, you will be responsible for defining the operational strategy (Production and Maintenance) to achieve the annual business plan (budget) and continuously improve operational performance in order to serve our customers in terms of safety, quality, cost, delivery, and people management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop operational teams (scope of approximately 300 employees, including 3 Production Managers) by setting objectives, developing capabilities, and driving collective performance.
• Ensure operational excellence by strengthening safety, quality, and industrial performance standards.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), lead action plans, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across Production and Maintenance.
• Optimize the use of human, technical, and financial resources to achieve cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
• Define and manage maintenance budgets, while anticipating equipment needs to ensure the long‑term sustainability and competitiveness of the business through investment plans.
• Actively contribute to the deployment of the site’s transformation and continuous improvement program (IWS), ensuring operational excellence through enhanced safety, quality, and industrial performance standards.

Your Profile

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification (Industrial Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, or related field).
• Proven experience (minimum 10 years) in a similar leadership role within a demanding process manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading industrial transformation programs.
• Professional English proficiency (minimum B2 level).

Your Strengths

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to unite multidisciplinary teams around shared objectives.
• Ability to influence, challenge organizations, and successfully lead change.
• Strong results‑oriented mindset with a focus on performance and continuous improvement.
• Hands‑on, pragmatic approach with strong problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to define and implement a strategic vision while ensuring operational excellence.
• Solid expertise in budget management, project leadership, and industrial transformation.
• Strong decision‑making skills in complex and demanding environments.

Why Join Amcor?

• Join a global leader in responsible packaging.
• Take on a strategic role at the heart of the site’s transformation journey.
• Lead impactful industrial projects that shape the future of the business.
• Grow within an innovative and international environment.

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.