Manager, Growth Management Office (GMO) (NCA)

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Position Overview:

 

As the Manager, Growth Management Office you’re a key member of the Technical Process Team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Operational Efficiencies.  You will contribute to the success of Ball by establishing and enforcing project  excellence standards to optimize project processes, enhance project analysis techniques, and provide practical recommendations to improve Ball's project outcomes, ensuring project success and alignment with organizational goals. 

 

Your Key Areas of Responsibilities Include: 

 

• Develop comprehensive project plans considering business case, customers, suppliers, scope, timelines, comprehensive budgets, resources, and lead project execution timely and within-budget execution. Project scope includes but not limited to new line startups up, Green Field and new line capability projects.  
• Facilitate and coordinate the efforts of multiple business projects within Beverage Packaging North & Central America (BPNCA)  happening simultaneously with cross functional stakeholders; drive the scope of the project, project structure and processes:  from demand management, strategic alignment, to portfolio categories and criteria, through evaluation, selection and prioritization; to execution, tracking and measuring the achieved results.  
• Manage & align the budget/funding process for the projects in assigned portfolio, which may span multiple functional/technical teams and/or years and make subsequent budget changes where necessary. 
• Provide project oversight, quality reviews, and coordination of deliverables, ensuring effective project reporting. Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the projects in the portfolio, and resolve conflicts. 
• Effectively communicate and influence cross-functionally with plant personnel, Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Quality, and Supply Chain stakeholders, and Executive Leadership team on project expectations, progress, timeline and updates clearly and effectively.
• Responsible for startups and other project outcomes which will be direct link that will positively impact BPNCA’s critical Key Performance Indicator’s (KPIs); including the development of new KPI’s for project success measurement. 
• Provide clear and effective formal project updates through cadences and presentations to the Executive Leadership team.
• Lead review of all projects in portfolio in various stages of their lifecycle, including those that are challenged and execute recommendations to get back on track: continue on path, be significantly changed, placed on hold or stopped. 

 

Required Experience and Skills: 

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering or 5-7 years of work related experience.  
• Minimum of 6 years’ work-related experience in manufacturing technical activities and/or  project management activities. 
• Experience with phases of Information Technology, innovation projects, and/or Engineering project planning. 
• Experience with project KPI's and project milestone tracking. 
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in leading and developing teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Demonstrated Skills: 
  • Organizational, analytical, interpersonal communication and presentation and attention to detail.  
  • Experience with financial assumptions and budgeting. 
  • Data Management activities and data analysis skills.
  • ERP systems knowledge  (such as:  SAP or JDE) .

 

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