Amcor
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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.
Amcor Flexibles North America (AFNA), a division of Amcor, operates across 35 plants and employs 9,000 colleagues within North America with headquarters in Chicago, IL and Oshkosh, WI. AFNA makes flexible packaging solutions for food and beverage, healthcare, and home and personal care applications.
Job Description
About the role
The Network Infrastructure and Telecommunications Manager will be responsible for leading teams who support all of Amcor’s business groups across the Americas, ensuring alignment with global standards. The teams will be responsible for the design, implementation, support, and continuous service improvement of the network infrastructure (voice and data) and related hardware/software. Reporting to the Group IT CoE Senior Manager, this role will be located near one of our Midwest sites (Deerfield, Miramar, or Oshkosh).
Key Job Accountabilities
- Manage an Americas based team including key activities such as analyze, design, test, install, document and support enterprise voice and data network infrastructure
- Manages and track the progress of multiple projects and team objectives to include work plans, resource planning and control, status reports, and budgeting
- Provide guidance for current and proposed investments in telecommunications and network infrastructure solutions for enterprise deployments
- Evaluates and recommends new products and maintains knowledge of emerging technologies
- Manage change in a demanding global and regional environment
- Demonstrate solid judgment in reactively solving problems as well as proactively identifying issues and proposing solutions
- Work with Security Team to coordinate network security measures to protect corporate data
- Manage all network and telecommunications suppliers and establish strong partner relationships; drive suppliers to expedient service restoration during system/infrastructure failures that impact our ability to provide service to the business
- Prepare and manage annual operating expense and capital budgets
- Lead team maintenance efforts including annual hardware asset refresh and annual software maintenance and patching
- Ensures that all changes are reviewed and approved by appropriate management before resources are committed – this includes scheduling reviews with management and appropriate personnel to review the risks to business processes
- Interact with global peers within the network technologies and across other departments, to solve the more challenging escalated problems as well as change implementations from the simple, to the more complex
- Demonstrate skills to facilitate and coordinate internal team projects
- Collaborate and work closely with other members of the IT Operations team
- Driving value with innovation of services, processes, and solutions
- Work and lead cross-functionally with a proven high level of facilitation skills in a dynamic environment
- Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and competencies that foster a productive relationship between IT and their business partners
- Demonstrate strategic orientation and participates in area roadmap process with the business
- Be a subject matter expert having extensive experience in the design, delivery, and operation of a regional enterprise voice and data network through insource and outsource processes
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
- 10 – 12 years of experience with 5 or more years of experience leading technical teams in a large Cisco network environment
- ITIL certificate will be advantageous
- Possesses a strong drive, purpose, high engagement and ownership in leading employees in our high performance culture
- Ability to communicate effectively and distil large amounts of information to all levels of the organization
- Has energy and passion with an eye towards continuous improvement
- Agility, sound judgment, independent thinking, follow-through, and initiative
- Results orientated with the ability to multi-task, respond to needs quickly and meet deadlines
- Good knowledge of infrastructure subjects, technological trends and innovation
- Solid knowledge of Cisco technologies, VoIP, firewalls and WiFi
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of systems monitoring and experience in setting up monitoring tools
- Experience in project management with a good attention to detail
- Ability to communicate in English, both written and oral
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time within the United States and once a year to Latin America
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 Flexibles North America 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.
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