Amcor
Plant General Manager
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Plant General Manager | Blackburn
Lead a High-Performing Manufacturing Operation and Shape Its Future
At Amcor, we're looking for an exceptional manufacturing leader to take responsibility for our Blackburn site and help shape the next chapter of its success.
This is more than a plant leadership role. It's an opportunity to lead a strategically important manufacturing operation, inspire and develop a talented workforce, drive operational excellence, and influence the future direction of the business.
Reporting directly to the BMS UKI General Manager, you will have full accountability for plant performance across safety, people, operations, quality, customer satisfaction, and financial results. You'll lead an experienced management team while championing a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and engagement.
If you're a commercially minded manufacturing leader who thrives on building high-performing teams and delivering sustainable business results, we'd love to hear from you.
Why Blackburn?
Our Blackburn facility plays a critical role within the UK business, serving major customers and operating within a dynamic manufacturing environment.
As Plant General Manager, you'll have:
- Full site leadership responsibility with significant autonomy and influence.
- The opportunity to shape strategy and drive meaningful change.
- Direct visibility with senior leadership across the UK and wider organisation.
- The chance to build a culture that empowers people and delivers exceptional results.
- A platform for future leadership progression within a global manufacturing business.
What You'll Be Responsible For
Leading the Site
You'll provide inspirational leadership across all aspects of plant performance, ensuring the business consistently delivers against safety, service, quality, productivity, and financial targets.
Key areas include:
- Creating and executing the site strategy in line with UK business goals.
- Driving a high-performance culture centred on accountability and teamwork.
- Leading and developing a cross-functional leadership team.
- Delivering exceptional operational and customer outcomes.
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Driving Operational Excellence
You'll lead a complex manufacturing operation and continuously raise performance standards by:
- Optimising productivity, efficiency, and asset utilisation.
- Delivering operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Implementing best practice manufacturing processes.
- Supporting transformation projects that strengthen competitiveness and growth.
Creating a World-Class Safety Culture
Safety is our number one priority.
You will:
- Lead from the front on Health, Safety and Environmental performance.
- Foster a proactive safety-first culture where every employee feels empowered.
- Ensure compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement in wellbeing, risk management, and site safety performance.
Leading Financial Performance
With full P&L accountability, you'll play a key role in shaping the site's commercial success.
Responsibilities include:
- Budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
- Capital investment and resource allocation.
- Driving productivity improvements and cost optimisation.
- Supporting profitable growth through excellent operational execution.
Building Great Teams
People are at the heart of our success.
You'll:
- Coach, mentor, and develop future leaders.
- Drive employee engagement and retention.
- Build succession pipelines and organisational capability.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture where people can perform at their best.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a proven manufacturing leader with experience managing large-scale operations and delivering measurable business results.
Essential Experience
- Significant leadership experience within manufacturing, operations, or site management environments.
- Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams through growth and change.
- Strong financial acumen with P&L responsibility.
- Track record of improving operational performance, productivity, and profitability.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and customer requirements.
- Demonstrated success in driving a positive safety culture.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Data-driven, commercially minded decision maker.
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Desirable
- Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen or Operational Excellence experience.
- Experience leading organisational change and transformation programmes.
What Success Looks Like
Within your first year, you will:
- Establish yourself as a trusted and visible leader across the site.
- Further strengthen safety and employee engagement performance.
- Deliver operational and financial commitments.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Develop leadership capability throughout the organisation.
- Strengthen customer relationships and service excellence.
- Create a clear roadmap for the future growth and success of the Blackburn operation.
What's In It For You?
- Lead a strategically important manufacturing site.
- Full plant P&L and operational responsibility.
- High visibility within a global industry leader.
- Opportunity to influence business strategy and operational direction.
- Strong career development opportunities.
- Be part of a company committed to sustainability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Work with talented colleagues who are passionate about manufacturing excellence.
Location: Blackburn, Lancashire
Working Pattern: Full-time, On-site
Reporting To: BMS UKI General Manager
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