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Site Operations Manager
Location: Cumbria, GB
Department: Operations/Production/Manufacturing
Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time
Job Type: Employee
Shift: On site
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.
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Site Operations Manager
Location: Cumbria | Employment Type: Full-Time | Role: Manufacturing Leadership
Are you an experienced operations leader with a passion for driving performance, improving processes, and developing high-performing teams? We are looking for a Site Operations Manager to play a key role within our Site Leadership Team, leading production operations and supporting the delivery of world-class manufacturing performance.
About The Role
As Site Operations Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing multiple production areas, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations while delivering exceptional quality and customer service. You will lead operational strategy, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to the overall success of the site.
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Working together with the Plant General Manager and wider leadership team, you will help create a culture of excellence, safety, engagement, and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead site operations to achieve production, cost, and capital expenditure targets.
- Manage operational performance through effective KPI monitoring, including output, waste, efficiency, and labour utilisation.
- Ensure production plans are delivered on time through effective capacity and resource management.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing principles and methodologies such as Six Sigma and Kaizen.
- Develop and optimise operational structures, processes, and workforce planning.
- Support inventory reduction and working capital optimisation initiatives.
- Foster a high-performance culture through coaching, development, empowerment, and employee engagement.
- Champion health, safety, environmental, and quality standards across the site.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant quality, food safety, hygiene, and manufacturing standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align operational objectives with business and customer requirements.
About You
We're looking for a confident and inspiring leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and has a proven track record of delivering operational excellence.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Significant senior operations management experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading teams through change and transformation projects.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and people development skills.
- A proactive, solution-focused approach with strong analytical capability.
- Proven ability to drive performance, engagement, and cultural change.
- Results-driven with a strong focus on safety, quality, and customer satisfaction.
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Desirable
- Experience within packaging, printing, extrusion, or similarly regulated manufacturing sectors.
- Degree qualification in Science, Engineering, Technology, or a related discipline.
- Working knowledge of SAP.
- Six Sigma or other continuous improvement qualifications.
What You'll Bring
- A passion for manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement.
- The ability to inspire and motivate teams at all levels.
- Strong commercial awareness and operational focus.
- A collaborative, hands-on leadership style.
- Energy, resilience, and a commitment to delivering outstanding results.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a manufacturing operation. You'll be empowered to lead change, influence site performance, and develop talented teams while contributing to a strong culture of safety, quality, and operational excellence.
Ready to take the next step in your career? We'd love to hear from you.
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.
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