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Back End Team Leader – Sustainable Aluminium Packaging
About the Role
Join Ball Corporation, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging that powers innovation for brands solving our world’s biggest challenges.
Make a meaningful impact while advancing your professional development in a culturally vibrant organisation. Ball is passionate about environmental sustainability, people growth, and team belonging.
Celebrated as Newsweek’s 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace, the company empowers 16,000 employees worldwide to create endlessly recyclable aluminium products—from cans and cups to aerosol bottles—that strengthen a better future for communities and society.
Dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and the power of everyone’s unique contributions, Ball Corporation fosters a world where making a difference is the foundation of work.
As the Back End Team Leader, your mission goes beyond operational excellence. You will lead a team to:
- Deliver high-quality aluminium cans with the lowest spoilage rates
- Optimise production efficiency while maintaining cost-effectiveness
- Ensure safe, sustainable, and highly efficient processes
- Improve tooling, machinery performance, and cost management
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership &Communication
- Conduct daily and monthly team briefings, sharing progress and KPIs to drive accountability and growth.
- Provide daily/weekly reports to shift managers, keeping leadership informed on operations.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and front-end leaders to address challenges and streamline production processes.
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Operation &Process Excellence
- Monitor usage of parts/tools and maintenance spending against budget, finding cost-saving opportunities.
- Drive innovative initiatives to enhance sustainability and operational efficiency.
- Develop and document maintenance and overhaul procedures for back-end equipment.
- Manage maintenance software and scheduling as applicable to production.
Process Understanding &Project Management
- Provide expertise and support on the printing process, internal spray, and necking systems.
- Lead back-end projects, including downgauging projects, in close collaboration with engineering teams.
- Oversee improvement projects, applying process innovation best practices.
- Implement Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) activities to increase operational efficiency.
Requirements
Essential Qualifications
- Proven people management experience, with the ability to lead a diverse, operational team.
- Proactive attitude, strong problem-solving skills, and analytical decision-making.
- Exceptional attention to detail, the capability to identify defects, errors, and improvement opportunities.
- Competency in adopting and implementing new processes and procedural changes.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with readiness to articulate complex concepts clearly.
- Intuitive understanding of lean methodologies and principles for waste elimination.
- Compliance with statutory health, safety, and environmental (H&S) standards.
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Benefits
- Contribute to a purpose-driven, sustainable future through aluminium innovations.
- Join a world-class organisation recognised for workplace excellence and leadership.
- Support a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging—fuelled by the individual talents of our global team.
- Continuous professional growth in a dynamic, evolving industry.
Note on Job Titles
Current job designations may vary by region or company policies due to global HR practices. This position prioritises impact over title.
We Value All Talents
Ball Corporation celebrates differences of every kind and invites every candidate—regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation—to apply. The company prides itself on embracing diversity as a catalyst for a deeper sense of belonging.
Find your calling. Make a difference at Ball.
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