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Position Overview:

As the Manager, Global Research and Development (R&D) Engineering, you will lead the Innovation R&D Engineering team, reporting to the Director, Innovation. You will contribute to the success of Ball by directly leading and managing strategic, complex, and cross-functional global innovation projects contributing to Ball's Global innovation strategy.

Your Key Areas of Responsibilities Include:

• Engineering Team Leader/People Leader/Grower:
  • Provide direct leadership and supervision over a team of Engineers ensuring project work from the Global Product Research & Development (R&D)team is completed on time and to a high level of quality.
  • Demonstrate leadership via high level project management skills and the ability to make and help others make data-based quick, definitive decisions.
  • Lead Engineering team to think systematically in order to identify, support, and at times lead the research/project/trial effort.
  • Use and advocate for analytical and statistical evaluation tools such as: DOE, FMEA, Cost analysis, Statistical relevance, C2Q control limits among others.
  • Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
  • Lead 1-3 high-profile strategic and R&D projects from inception and analysis to operational implementation.
  • Where required, write AFE's with detailed scopes, accurate cost estimates, and clear, thorough communication of the project goals and justification.
  • Manage, review, provide feedback and lead the group to achieve their collective goals. Work directly with Engineer team and immediate Director to establish goals and assist them in planning and achieving.
• Collaborative Cross-Functional Leader:
  • With R&D leadership to execute against project priorities and ensure smooth workflow between; Metal/Process/Non-Metal R&D, Design, and Pilot facility teams.
  • With regional/global functional leaders, finance, global beverage, sourcing, engineering, and IT to build out and manage the project timeline, funding, resources and deliverables.
• Project Management Leadership:
  • Maintain the project status, project plan, timeline, milestones, meetings, meeting minutes, risks/issues and general project reporting .
  • Identify and manage program dependencies and critical path.
  • Executes project risk mitigations in anticipation of critical path impacts - manages & accelerates critical path timeline
• Executive Communication:
  • Provide executive updates and facilitates steering committee meetings to drive prioritization, standardization and guide project trade-offs.
  • Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations illustrating progress toward milestones and deliverables.
  • Define program success criteria and disseminates them to involved parties throughout program life cycle
  • Keeps project cost control updated by continuously reforecasting to ensure project aligns and is executed within defined funding (Operational and Capital).

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree: 4 year technical degree in Engineering or related field or broad training in a related field usually acquired through college and/or equivalent work related experience.
• 8 + years of job-related experience in technical/industrial management.
• Manufacturing Project Management experience
  • Experience in executing large, global projects / programs.
  • Experience with vendor evaluation and selection processes.
  • Strong experience with project management practices and portfolio reporting.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
  • Culture champion, relates openly and works well with diverse groups.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Problem Resolution & Analysis:
  • Statistical analysis principles.
  • Strong ability to overcome roadblocks by enabling others with clear communication, troubleshooting, and supporting others where needed.
  • Capable of making critical decisions under pressure.
  • Strong ability to multitask and troubleshoot in a non-linear manner.
• Working Knowledge of:
  • Industrial manufacturing & heavy equipment, experience in analysis of technical concepts.
  • New product development tools; FMEA, Ideation, Solution Selection, Stage/phase gate, Process flow, etc.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Advanced degree(s) (such as: MBA, MSc, etc.) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Strong familiarity with project & portfolio management software tools.
• Experience with Continuous improvement processes such as Lean, Six Sigma.

Compensation & Benefits

• Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: Based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Travel ( up to 25%) and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.
• Hiring Salary Range: $93,100 - $142,140 (Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
• This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, please visit our career site and "Total Rewards" page to learn more.

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 22,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles to aerospace solutions that enable our customers to have a deeper understanding of our planet and the universe.

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.
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