About this role
Job title: Manufacturing Excellence Leader - EMEA
About the Role
Ball is seeking a Manufacturing Excellence Leader to oversee Plant-based Manufacturing Excellence Managers across the EMEA region. You will deploy and sustain a lean-based Manufacturing Excellence model, drive standardization, and deliver measurable value while partnering with regional and site leadership to achieve cost, quality, and service objectives.
What You'll Do
- Lead and support Manufacturing Excellence Managers in deploying a standardized Lean-Based Management System across EMEA plants
- Define and execute deployment strategies, planning, training, coaching, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Facilitate change management and ensure effective adoption and long-term sustainment of Lean thinking
- Identify, clarify, and remove barriers to operational excellence within manufacturing plants and regional production groups
- Lead multiple strategic and operational improvement projects from identification and analysis through implementation and sustainable execution
- Deliver measurable manufacturing cost savings and efficiency improvements
- Drive the continuous evolution of the Manufacturing Excellence Model to improve competitiveness in cost, quality, and service
- Partner with leadership to define, scope, launch, and deliver initiatives aligned with organizational priorities
- Make complex decisions and recommendations with limited direction, using sound judgment and initiative
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the regional manufacturing organization
- Proactively manage risk and communicate project progress, results, challenges, and lessons learned
- Facilitate knowledge sharing, best practice exchange, and benchmarking within the region and across Continuous Improvement networks
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience deploying Lean methodologies in a manufacturing environment
- Proven experience managing and leading others, ideally in a matrix organization
- Strong project management skills with the ability to lead initiatives end to end
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results through influence rather than direct authority
- Solid working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies
- Understanding of financial statements and manufacturing cost drivers
- Experience with coaching, training, and capability development
- Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging from shop floor to senior leadership
- High level of computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Fluency in English