**Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!** **Primary Purpose of this Position:** Manage Plant based Manufacturing Excellence Managers In the deployment of a Lean based Manufacturing excellence model to ensure standardization, operational excellence and significant value across SA region. **What will you be responsible for?** + Support and manage key assignments and improvement efforts as needed including deployment strategy, planning, training, coaching, problem solving, project management, people development and resource development. + Facilitates change and supports deployment, adoption and sustainment of Lean thinking and a standard Lean-Based Management System within specific Ball region (NCA/SA/EMEA) + Identify, clarify, and resolve barriers to achieving operational excellence in Manufacturing plants/Regional production groups. + Lead multiple strategic and operational improvement projects from identification, inception, and analysis to implementation and sustainable execution that delivers Manufacturing cost savings. + Drive successful evolution of and execution on Manufacturing Excellence Model to be the most competitive in cost, quality and service by continually driving for efficiencies in our processes. + Deliver on the organizations priorities, working closely with leadership in defining, scoping, launching, and implementing new initiatives. Collaborate with decision makers and stakeholders to minimize risk. + Facilitates and makes complex decisions and recommendations under limited direction and uses a high degree of initiative and independent judgment. + Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the specific Ball Region manufacturing team. + Manage risk by effectively and clearly communicating project effort, progress, achievements, problems and failures on a timely basis. + Facilitate knowledge sharing by initiating best practice sharing and benchmarking within the Hub and outwardly to the Region by liaising with the other Sub-Regional CI Leaders. **What are we looking for?** + Completed Bachelors Degree in Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Engineering + Experience in deployment of Lean methodologies in a manufacturing setting + Leadership:Management and Leadership of others + Project Management:Project Management + Influence:Delivering results through influencing + Computer Literacy:experience with Microsoft, Excel and PowerPoint + Adaptability:Adapting style to effectively interact with different audiences (shopfloor to boardroom) + Knowledge of: + Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques + Financial statements + Coaching and training techniques + Managing various stakeholders in a matrix organisation + Language: + Advanced/Fluent English (Required) **Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.** When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world. Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference. Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems. No agencies please.