VP Manufacturing Americas

Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.

General Description of the Role

This position is responsible for leading execution of Campari global manufacturing strategies in Americas driving regional growth and capabilities.

The position leads a team of regional operations managers and senior managers developing and executing manufacturing capabilities on multiple product lines with multiple regional customers.

The role requires an individual with manufacturing, program management and entrepreneurial skills with the capability to lead co-development/co-production strategies in the regional marketplace.
Requires innovative approaches to complex problems for non-standard capture and execution of programs in various countries with varying degrees of manufacturing expertise.

Mission/Objectives

The mission of this role is to lead a regionally integrated Manufacturing organization as well as lead Capex strategies and deployment, in order to ensure proper product supply at the right quality and cost.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• Lead a regional manufacturing organization in order to ensure the timely delivery and right first-time execution of manufacturing activities.
• Decide, in alignment with global policies, on third parties co-packing strategies in different regions and businesses.
• Provide operational leadership and and strategic support to CAPEX projects.
• Ensure that all manufacturing operations are compliant with Campari Safety Standards and Quality requirements at all time.
• Maintain the operational facility in the highest level of Campari compliance in accordance with customer expectations.
• Build, train, sustain and motivate a multi technology teams capable of achieving all productivity targets and output requirements in order to guarantee to the customer (internal and external) on time & in full delivery.
• Assist the Site Management in all sites in establishing strategic prioritization by setting relevant operational objectives.
• Implement and execute the right policies in order to sustain an environment of continuous improvement, optimizing schedule adherence, refining operational efficiency, and increasing profitability and productivity.
• Support the identification and introduction of new technologies.
• Represent all manufacturing operations on the Regional Supply Chain Leadership Team.
• Share responsibility for short and long-term resources and facility planning, and perform managerial duties as required, e.g. budgets, personnel performance appraisals, etc.
• Work directly with Quality Assurance, Finance, Engineering, and Project Management functional areas to plan and implement the execution of Campari activities across all manufacturing operations.
• Support project governance activities (e.g., S&OP and NPI).
• Responsible for participating in and representing all manufacturing operations at regional level in Pre-approval Inspections, audits and client meetings/audits.
• Implement quality and business metrics for assessing productivity/profitability of manufacturing.
• Execute the budget requirements for each fiscal year and supervise the procurement of appropriate capital items as required for projects.
• Ensure all company disciplinary policies are followed consistently at all manufacturing sites in Americas.
• Implementing LEAN operating culture at the M&E Americas organization to maximize employees engagement while minimazing unnecessary costs and maintaining reqired quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant environmental, plamming and labour regulations.
• Contribute to the development of cost-effective manufacturing strategies to appropriately support the business, in line with the Technical  Operations operating model.
• Coach, mentor and develop his team
• Lead virtual teams and interact with multiple groups in Campari to develop and implement new product launch strategy.

Key Relationships

Internal: Regional SC Lead Team; local site management teams

External: Suppliers and providers.

Experience & Education

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Suplly Chain, Engineering or Business
• A minimum of 10 years combined experience in Operations/Supply Chain and/or Strategic Planning with a track record of success is required;
• Experience leading regional, cross – sector Supply Chain teams is required;
• Process Excellence/Six Sigma, APICS and/or Project Management certification is preferred;
• Previous Supply Chain experience at leadership level and experience in managing managers is required;
• Experience with 3rd party manufactures and regulatory requirements/policy is preferred.
• Ability to work effectively and drive alignement in a global environment is required.
• Prior experience in designing and deploying efficiency/productivity improvement initiatives is preferred.

Required Skills:

• Has extensive understanding of spirits industry and contract services business issues and trends. External/internal recognition in broad area of expertise; acknowledged expert with proven insight in extending boundaries of existing knowledge. 
• Analytical ability, both interpersonal and issue-related; good judgment and ethics; professional presence and demeanour;
• Strong business orientation and financial skills.
• Excellent negotiation and contracting skills.
• Clear leadership qualities and demonstrated success in management of change.
• Ability to “get the job done” and take responsibility for results without direct authority.
• Ability to coordinate, facilitate and organize resources.
• Ability to develop strategic relationships; strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent presentation skills.
• Superior customer service orientation with strong follow-up skills and attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel.
• Must possess good to excellent writing and PC skills with a knowledge base in Microsoft
• Word, Excel, Power Point, and Project.
• Must have working knowledge of best in class clinical supply operations.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Note to applicants:

Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.

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