Asset Capacity Engineer

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 everchanging 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. To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit  www.amcor.com  I  LinkedIn  I  Glassdoor  I  Facebook   I  YouTube Job Description Reporting to Global Asset Director, the Asset Capacity Engineer provides strategic insight, project leadership, and proposals on critical initiatives and investment decisions that connect market facing strategies with core operations.  You'll be accountable for delivering year over year revenue and profit growth for their respective asset categories (~$200MM – $500MM in annual revenue) by developing strategies that enable profitable growth, improve productivity, increase asset utilization, guide and prioritize utilization of functional resources, drive core product offerings and complexity reduction for the assigned asset category An Asset Category is a subset of an asset group and typically are manufactured by multiple business units and serve most or all market segments. They broadly consist of a suite of products which have similar value streams, end use applications, assets and strategic technologies.  There are ~15 Asset Categories within Amcor Flexibles North America (AFNA).  There are several asset categories within the four Product Group (Bags & Pouched, Rigid & Thermoformed, Printed & Laminated, and Extruded products).  The role serves to be the one source of truth regarding the company’s Asset Category.  This role collaborates closely with market segments, product development, and the respective manufacturing facilities on the development and execution of strategic initiatives to meet market needs and exceed financial performance targets.   The Scope of these roles impact $200 - $500 million in annual revenue.  Asset categories will always span multiple Business Units (BU) and multiple market segments. WHAT YOU GET TO DO F inancial Results Accountable for driving year over year revenue and profit growth of the business Asset Categories Accountable for maximizing business results by optimizing assets and technologies, and delivering against annual operating plans and long-term strategic plans Network Planning Aggregate opportunity pipelines by the respective asset category.  Partner with supply chain to create a network view of the capacity.   Provide long-term forecasting for asset categories which inform market strategies, customer bid/deal strategies, and strategic capital investments Evaluate plant and asset performance against peers.  Drive relevant value streams to the best in class operational position by building recapitalization strategies and deploying central resources to lead best practice teams. With the network expertise and financial analysis build a pipeline of opportunities to maximize AFNA’s best assets.  Bring recommendations forward for AFNA leadership’s approval Provide business leadership to Manufacturing Process Improvement (MPI) and Process Development to ensure strategic alignment of prioritized projects by validating business cases for respective Asset Groups Accountable for determining asset placement in AFNA’s manufacturing network for respective asset groups. Responsible for the creation of business plans associated with any substantive capital investment with respective asset groups. Participate in AFNA’s plant profit teams to lead strategies and projects which improve the plants revenue or operational position. Simplification Lead core specification definition, standardization, and unification within the Asset Group aimed at reducing operational complexity, increasing organizational speed and profit.  Reduce listings of low volume and operationally complex or cost inefficient specifications as appropriate and institutionalize business rules to govern core specification management. Lead the development of a sustainable, commercial team approach to quoting and selling standard/core specifications across market segments. Growth Enablement Provide the business capacity transparency with a view to relevant asset categories and network capacity to manufacture Guide the commercial teams on the profit impacts of customer negotiations.  Support the targeting optimal opportunities when considering AFNA’s capability, capacity, and operational position within the relevant asset group. In partnership with Marketing and R&D use a common approach to developing strategic, multi-generation asset plans for relevant platforms within a asset Category.  Determine common capability, capacity, or operational constraints across AFNA.  Develop and lead strategies to mitigate which maximize AFNA’s growth and profit potential Develop and lead strategies to operationalize platform introductions which are common to multiple business segments (e.g. sustainable platforms).  Prioritize segments where necessary. Lead competitive operation benchmarking of capability, quality, service, and cost.  Build generational strategies to