We are global, we are impacting the lives of millions every day, we are making a difference!  

At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.   

Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future? At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com.  

Job Description

Drive and contribute to programs to provide solutions to customers while driving profitable growth.  Work may include areas such as: research, applications development, materials enhancements and/or cost-out initiatives. 

Is an advanced level contributor providing input to and executing complex assignments and projects while regularly providing mentoring and coaching direction to more junior professionals.  Operates as a key resource across multiple markets, technologies and regions and contributions are applicable across existing and new to market or new to Amcor technologies.  Works autonomously, requiring “expert” level technical support from others occasionally.  Contributes to influencing decisions, semi-regularly outside of core area.  Technical/product support across multiple products and/or processes – regularly includes key customers and/or initiatives.   

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

• Leverage understanding of customer needs, their perceptions of their business in the market, and their values to rapidly drive results and relationships.  Be valued by the customer in having a “seat at their table” in discussions with key developments. 
• Leverage market and business intelligence to identify trends, emergent technologies in order to influence the business  
• Partner on developing business cases for new market spaces or technologies in alignment with direction of Amcor
• Leverage how existing assets are utilized in order to break into new markets
• Lead programs in stage gate to support start-ups and launches. 
• Chair technical reviews for the most significant and/or complex programs. 
• Ensure technical rigor within stagegate process  Independently plan, execute and analyze production trials with Design of Experiment, Lean, and statistical analysis  
• Contribute to Amcor Intellectual property and protect IP through information management
• Leverage understanding of business processes across functions to continuously improve performance.
• Act as technical mentor within and across functions in order to advance Amcor technical acumen
• Contribute technical skills and aptitude for problem solving toward regional and global challenges
• Ensure proper documentation of work and contribute to knowledge beyond the organization, such as an external presentation.   
• Integrate and communicate complex information beyond core team/function
• Enhance the knowledge and skills of the organization. 
• Support a culture of continuous curiosity and learning with business impact.
• Scope and initiate vendor programs, including new raw material research.
• Use advanced knowledge of materials and processes to influence design solutions across the organization.
• Collaborate with areas such as Engineering, Operations and Quality to resolve technical challenges, supporting sustained solution ownership.  This may include inputs on machine installations and improvements and participating in new capital project teams.
• Define material science capabilities required in the future and resources needed to execute projects in alignment. 

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU

• Undergraduate degree required. (Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science or other related area preferred.) PhD or a Graduate degree is strongly preferred.
• 15 years of experience with demonstrated, progressive success in a technical capacity within a global manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage design choices positively impacting market position with a longer term view considering multiple perspectives
• Demonstration of implementing platform solutions in a collaborative, structured way with appropriate tools and methodologies.
• Expertise in multiple technologies/processes leveraged to deliver value to the organization and business relationships
• Experience with key/national account customer relationship management – from a technical perspective as well as demonstrated ability to scale-up with a customer’s growth.
• Demonstration of conceptual thinking to understand complex issued, apply judgment and proceed an agenda proactively
• .Strong multi-cultural capabilities.

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

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the links  "EEO is the and "EEO is the Law" Poster Supplement. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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