Manufacturing Process Optimization Lead

6 days ago


Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Sealed Air Corporation Full time

**About Us**

We are Sealed Air Corporation, a leading packaging solutions provider dedicated to delivering innovative products that protect essential goods transported worldwide. Our mission is to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that drives consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerates our performance.

As a world-class manufacturer, we strive to partner with customers and suppliers, attract and retain top talent, and create value for our stakeholders. With a global presence in 46 countries/territories and distribution in 115 countries/territories, we generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and had approximately 17,000 employees operating around the world.

**Role Overview**

We are seeking a strategic, results-driven leader to take charge of process engineering and improvement initiatives, ensuring our manufacturing processes are world-class. As our Group Process Leader, you will lead safety assessments, optimize and innovate processes using Lean & Six Sigma, and provide customer technical support.

**Key Responsibilities**

  • Lead safety assessments and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
  • Optimize and innovate processes to drive yield improvement, process development, and operational efficiency.
  • Oversee product development, machinery upgrades, commissioning, and continuous process refinement.
  • Provide customer technical support for seamless new product introductions and troubleshoot performance issues.
  • Ensure food safety, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and hygiene procedures are upheld to the highest standards.

**Requirements**

  • An engineering, technical, or chemical/plastics degree.
  • Six Sigma or similar process improvement training.
  • Proven leadership and project management skills.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

**What We Offer**

A collaborative and supportive work environment, opportunities for growth and career development, and the chance to drive innovation and efficiency across the site. Our core values include Integrity, Determined, Innovative, Collaborative, and Relocation: No.



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