Manager, OE Supply Chain

Who we are

At Aptar, we use insights, design, engineering and science to create innovative packaging technologies that build brand value for our customers, and, in turn, make a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of people around the world.

Every day, Aptar creates "a-ha moments" for its customers and their consumers and patients by continually bringing innovations to market that convert non-dispensing packaging into breakthrough product-dispensing systems, including those that give people more effective ways to put on their favorite fragrance, kids the opportunity to pour ketchup without making a mess and patients connected technologies that help them more easily adhere to treatment.

We have manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and South America and over 13,000 dedicated employees in some 20 countries.

You should work here because we

• Attract and develop high performing people.
• Promote a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Allow for failure by allowing people to make mistakes through an open and trusting environment.
• Invest in the development of employees through local, regional and global career opportunities.
• Contribute to the communities where we reside.

What's new with Aptar

The Manager, Operational Excellence Supply Chain drives global performance improvement by standardizing, scaling, and deploying best practices and by leading cross-regional initiatives that improve customer satisfaction, safety, and P&L impact across Aptar's supply chain network.

This role operates "from analysis to deployment," mobilizing site and regional teams and strengthening capabilities through standardized and increasingly automated processes.

Scope & Key Interfaces

Scope: Global, multi-site / multi-region supply chain processes and performance, leveraging Aptar BPM communities and governance, working with site leadership and supply chain teams to build and execute improvement roadmaps and master plans.

Key Interfaces

• Site Supply Chain teams (Planning, Customer Service / SOM, Warehouse, Transportation, Master Data)
• Regional OE / Process stakeholders (BPC/BPE networks and communities)
• Business & Digital/IS stakeholders for systems/process adoption and automation initiatives

This is how your journey begins

1. Standardize & Scale Global Best Practices

• Identify, document, and deploy standard processes, templates, governance, and tools across regions and sites.
• Drive harmonization efforts for core SC ways of working
• S&OP, Planning, Customer Service, Logistic

2. Lead Cross-Regional OE Programs & Projects

• Manage multi-site initiatives with strong execution discipline (scope, timeline, stakeholders), ensuring consistent roll-out and knowledge transfer.
• Contribute to the governance and cadence of global project review
• Support both CapEx and non-CapEx improvement initiatives; coordinate with sites to clarify scope, timing, and readiness.

3. Performance Management, Benchmarking & Analytics

• Monitor global supply chain performance through KPI tracking and benchmarking, and translate insights into prioritized improvement actions.

4. Build Capability & Strengthen the Community Model

• Play an active role in leading/animating communities of process experts and supporting continuous improvement culture across the network.
• Ensure effective networking and communication routines across process experts (BPE ecosystem).
• Coach sites on defining and executing OE roadmaps/master plans aligned to value creation (risk reduction, lead time, productivity, cost optimization, working capital improvement).
• Support adoption of OE frameworks and tracking routines for initiatives.

5. Partnering & Change Management

• Act as a strategic partner to global/regional/local stakeholders to align OE supply chain initiatives with business priorities and customer expectations.
• Ensure clear, timely communication across all phases of work (analysis deployment sustainability).

What you will bring on the journey

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or related field.
• Operational experience in supply chain 5+ years (planning / S&OP, customer service/SOM, logistics/warehouse, or end-to-end).
• Functional experience in transversal position in multinational organizations in deployment of supply chain processes and/or systems
• Strong knowledge of global/regional systems used in supply chain (examples listed internally include SAP PP, IBP, Supplier Hub, etc.).
• Proven record of supply chain improvements
• Fluency in English (global role)

Preferred

• Lean / Six Sigma experience and/or certification (Green/Black Belt).
• Experience in international manufacturing industries
• French and/or Spanish Language

Core Skills & Competencies

• Program/Project leadership across time zones (influence without authority, stakeholder management).
• Process excellence & problem solving (Lean, CI mindset, root cause, standard work).
• Data & performance orientation (KPI definition, dashboard usage, benchmarking).
• Change management & communication (enable adoption and sustainability).
• Digital/system literacy in core SC toolsets (to actively support system's usage and improvements).

Skills

Analysis Skills, Animation, Automation, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Business Process Management, Cadence, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), Change Management, Channel Strategies, Coaching, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Cost Control, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Support/Service, Documentation Standards, Ecosystems, English Language, Establish Priorities, French Language, Knowledge Transfer, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Literacy, Logistics, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Product Packaging, Product/Service Launch, Profit & Loss, Reporting Dashboards, Risk Management, SAP PP, Sales & Operations Process (S&OP), Six Sigma Black Belt, Six Sigma Certification, Six Sigma Green Belt, Spanish Language, Staff Development, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Sustainability, Technical/Engineering Design, Time Management, Warehousing

About the Company

AptarGroup Inc