Senior Change Management Consultant (contractor/freelance)

• Full-time
• Department: Operations

Company Description

Remember the last time you poured from a bottle of wine, or opened an ice cold bottle of beer after a hard day’s work? Well, it was probably made by us. We are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world. O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands: we are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food and non-alcoholic beverages.

O-I is a truly global maker of glass packaging: from engineering and manufacturing to brand development, design and innovation, we are dedicated to providing unique solutions to exceed our customers’ expectations and fuel consumers’ desire for glass.

Job Description

Are you a change management pro ready to make a big impact? We're on the lookout for 4 dynamic Senior Management Consultants to lead the transformation of our manufacturing operations in Italy. You'll be rolling out a proven management system and education approach that's already a hit in our pilot program in our US plant in Toano, Virginia.

Your mission? To bring this approach to life across 8 Italian plants, ensuring it's adopted and sustained at a local level. You will be coordinating a team of 8 trainers and a team of O-I engineers in each plant.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Lead the Charge: guide our plant teams through the change process with your expertise.
• Coach and Mentor: be the go-to advisor and facilitator for our staff.
• Drive Success: help us achieve lasting change in our sophisticated manufacturing environments.
• Lead and Facilitate: manage a team of 8 trainers and 8 local O-I engineering teams (one in each plant).

You will be trained on our method in the US and you will work both with international and Italian teams: an excellent knowledge of both English and Italian is a must for this project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, or related fields.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in change management, organizational transformation, or management consulting.
• Strong knowledge of production system management frameworks (e.g., Lean Thinking, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Theory of Constraints).
• Experience with Operating and Maintenance Management Operating System (MOS) models.
• Demonstrated experience leading medium to large-scale change initiatives in complex manufacturing environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proficiency in English and Italian.

Additional Information

• You will be hired as a freelance/contractor by O-I for the full project, 18 weeks.
• We plan to train you on the project methodology in the US, from April 23 to April 29.
• You will work with the 8 Italian plants and the local O-I teams from May 5 to August 29, full time from Monday to Friday.