Regional Controlling & Digital Solutions Manager

Regional Controlling & Digital Solutions Manager

• Full-Time
• On-site

Mcdonough, GA 30253, USA

Build a Career, Not Just a Job

Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi Co, and many more.

As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. Whether you're an experienced manufacturing professional or looking to start a new career, we provide the support and development you need to succeed.

At ALPLA, we invest in our people, promote from within, and foster a culture focused on safety, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. From apprenticeship programs and technical training to leadership development opportunities, ALPLA is committed to helping employees build long-term careers.

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Childcare and dependent care savings programs
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Employee recognition programs
• Hands-on training and professional development
• A stable, growing company committed to sustainability

• Manage, control, and continuously improve operational controlling processes across the region
• Establish and maintain standardized operational KPI definitions, governance and reporting processes
• Support the development, modification and deployment of operational KPIs aligned with regional and business objectives
• Ensure consistency, accuracy and data integrity of operational reporting across plants
• Monitor compliance with established reporting standards and Corporate Business Rules
• Analyze operational performance trends, benchmark facilities and identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards and other performance reporting tools
• Provide actionable performance insights to regional operations leadership to support proactive decision making
• Validate and track operational improvement benefits and savings
• Support regional leadership reviews and business performance discussions

• Lead regional deployment of the digital solutions strategy
• Lead and develop assigned Digitization and Smart Manufacturing team members by establishing priorities, performance expectations and accountability for project execution
• Identify, evaluate and deploy digital tools and automation opportunities that improve operational effectiveness
• Support implementation and sustainment of Smart Manufacturing initiatives across the region
• Drive adoption and effective utilization of approved operational technology platforms
• Govern operational data structures and databases to support consistent and reliable use of manufacturing data
• Ensure alignment, integration and sustainment of BPM, Digital Friend, eMIS, Power BI, ALPLA production systems and future operational platforms.
• Ensure compliance with Corporate Business Rules related to operational information systems
• Partner with plants and regional functions to implement, sustain and continuously improve operational systems and digital tools.
• Lead and support projects related to operational reporting, data analytics, digital solutions and Smart Manufacturing implementation.
• Provide analytical and data support for regional Operational Excellence and continuous improvement initiatives
• Establish measurement approaches and validate benefit realization for improvement projects
• Support operational assessments, maturity evaluations and performance reporting
• Identify improvement opportunities through operational data analysis and performance benchmarking
• Partner with OPEX leaders and plant teams to translate performance data into improvement priorities and actions
• Support development and sustainment of standardized tools and reporting methods used to measure continuous improvement performance

Education:

• 4-year degree (STEM discipline preferred) or 15 years of relevant operational excellence related experience

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in a manufacturing. Ideal assignments include process analysis, supply chain, operations and lean management.

Skills:

• Knowledge of Project Management;…