Global Finished Product Portfolio

Company Description **About O-I** We are reimagining the glassmaking process, we are not afraid to push boundaries as we transform an industry that has manufactured glass in nearly the same way for over 100 years. We threw away the play book and went about designing and implementing new technology, innovating processes and bringing new benefits to our customers. This is just the beginning as we expand our offering and implement future technologies across our operations. We are part of O-I, who with 25,000 + employees and an unparalleled footprint spanning 70 plants in 20 countries, provides us with the opportunity to make an impact on a global scale. **Job Description**: **About the Role**: Are you ready to make a significant impact and play a pivotal role in driving success for a global leader? As the Global Finished Product Portfolio Manager, you will be at the forefront of meeting stakeholder and customer needs on high-value engineering and capital projects. Your expertise will directly influence our ability to serve customers and markets, ensuring that we maintain our competitive edge and financial performance. In this dynamic position, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with global leadership teams and stakeholders to identify and prioritize high-value strategic projects. By bringing objective decision-making and consensus building, you will help shape our global finished product portfolio, aligning it with company objectives and other processes. Your strategic mindset and technical acumen will be key in evaluating project viability and resource availability to drive efficient project execution. **Also, you will**: - Strategically manage the global Finished Product process portfolio, aligning it with other processes, regional leads, and company objectives. - Make objective decisions and facilitate consensus based on strategic priority, technical viability, and resource availability. - Drive active stakeholder engagement to define process objectives, criteria for prioritizing initiatives, and project success criteria. - Assess and monitor the health and value of the portfolio, identifying areas for improvement and optimization. - Coordinate efficient, disciplined, and structured communication across multiple initiatives and projects with stakeholders. - Identify cross-project dependencies and foster collaboration with other process departments within Global Technology. - Develop, implement, and manage global process-specific estimating tools for capital expenditure (CapEx) and resource loading. Serve as a liaison between regional process leads and the strategy, ensuring consistent use and gathering feedback for tool development. - Actively engage in the global engineering council to drive cross-process and regional collaboration and ensure successful execution of the technology portfolio. - Identify staffing and contracting gaps and work with regional process managers to develop immediate and long-term strategies. - Establish criteria and processes for managing the process-specific capital Asset Acquisition and Projects (AAP) portfolio, as well as non-AAP project activities, including plant audits, pilots, technology investigations, supplier audits, engineering fundamentals, and procurement TSC activities. - Collaborate with the FP strategy team to introduce new technologies to the glass industry or O-I manufacturing operations, following a disciplined change management process. - Champion change management for the FP team, with a specific focus on larger automation projects (>3M$). - Facilitate regular interaction between the team, suppliers to ensure effective tracking and management of projects. **We fully embrace the flexibility and benefits of remote work. We believe in empowering our employees to thrive in their roles no matter where they are located. As such, we are excited to offer this position as a remote opportunity, allowing you to work from any country or city where we have operations.** **Travel requirements**: Up to 25% domestic and international travel for visiting regions and plants, partners, and facilitating attending meetings within and outside of O-I. **Qualifications**: **About You**: - You love glass and care about sustainability and the planet - You have Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or in a relevant experience - 6 + years of combined experience working on engineering projects for glass container manufacturing and/or PMO experience - PMP certification or equivalent or LSS Black Belt certification are highly desirable - You’re a good communicator, with strong project management skills - You love challenges, working in a very collaborative environment - Good team player - You have strong communication skills in English - Additional languages are very welcome Additional Information O-I is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that attracts and embraces the brightest minds and creates a culture that welcomes a diversity of ideas and pe