Mgr - R&D

About the role

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.

About the role

Lead an R&D team to execute projects in new products and/or processes aligned to customer and business needs. Using business and technical knowledge, connects to all phases of product development and support, from concept to close, and is a key cross-functional and customer liaison. Leadership may include areas such as: research, applications development, materials enhancements and/or cost-out initiatives.

This role typically has in-depth expertise in more than one technical work area. The impact of this role is transitioning from short- to mid-term impacts. Is responsible for meeting targets typically against monthly plans. Resolves issues which can include varied, non-routine circumstances and may require more sophisticated analytical/problem solving techniques to identify causes.

What You Get to Do

• Lead a team in working across the business to design and develop product, process, and/or other project activities to produce value for customers. Facilitate prioritization and schedules.
• Understand market/customer needs, address market/customer challenges, ensuring proper data gathering, analysis and communication.
• Manage the use of existing products and when to offer innovative products that run efficiently in our facilities. Own team project portfolio, aligning prioritization to produce value for customers.
• Leverage standard process execution across technical specifications, design of experiments, statistical data analysis, stage gate, best practice sharing.
• Ensure team engagement in maintaining a knowledge database.
• Understand key business and technical metrics and translate relevance to the team.
• Provide recommendations for consideration, as applicable, for capital projects and ensure team participation.
• Ensure team creation of technical and/or other core documentation.
• Monitor emerging technology and materials and disseminate such information appropriately.
• Partner in developing business cases for product and/or technology research.
• Support planning, evaluating, recommending, designing, developing and implementing new and/or enhanced core materials, products and/or processes for an assigned unit, market or technology.
• Challenge the status quo to uncover opportunities that drive collaboration across functions, accountability and growth.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to troubleshoot complex operations process challenges and communicate with one shared common goal
• Collaborate with other R&D leaders in leveraging technology applications across teams.
• Staff resource planning
• In partnership with Director, develop and maintain a budget.
• Learn and/or build best practices that drive innovation in solutions provided.

What We Want from You

• Bachelor's degree required. Chem. E., Mat Sci., Polymer Sci. or other related area preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical area, with at least 3 years in R&D strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership as a team or project-lead showing professional skills and talent development.
• Demonstrated success with results in a matrix-based manufacturing organization required.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in multiple technologies and/or markets.

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor's quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor's consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor's leadership and products

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity:

Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)