Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Leader

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry.

Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry.

Chemours is seeking a Value Stream Leader / Continuous Improvement Process Leader – Manufacturing Operations to join our growing Thermal and Specialized Solutions (TSS) team. This position will be available at the Corpus Christi Plant in Ingleside, TX and report directly to the Plant Manager.

The primary responsibility of this role is to increase the manufacturing value for a defined product family and ensure it meets or exceeds customer requirements. Through understanding of the value stream and capabilities of the processes, they will eliminate inefficiency in overall operations from start to finish. They will identify value as defined from a business perspective and lead efforts to achieve improvements.

Within their assigned area, this role drives implementation, alignment, and execution of business processes to ensure maximum benefit is derived. Identifies complex problems and ensures resolution through the appropriate channels and work management processes. May participate in the design, testing, and implementation of system upgrades. Support Urgent or high impact operational needs with task organization, troubleshooting, and removing roadblocks. work through influence to achieve value stream excellence.

• Charter and lead Agile projects related to plant cost (Variable and Fixed) and capacity improvements.
• Implements lean process activities (daily accounting process, leader standard work, managing systems, standard KPIs, 5S, and troubleshooting techniques) and monitors processes for adherence, coaching and improvement opportunities.
• Establish tools and managing processes that focus organization on Total Cost of Manufacture competitiveness, including reporting and communication from operator up to Operations Vice President.
• Provide focus and alignment within area for improvement initiative identification, prioritization, and completion with Initiative Owners.
• Site resource for integrating improvements to data analytics, Agile ways of working, and digitization initiatives, including but not limited to machine learning, AI and automated dashboards such as Power BI.
• Understands profitability of the site with regards to site RONA (Return on Net Assets) and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization).
• Active networking with Continuous Improvement Leaders to share and implement best practices and objectives from the Manufacturing Effectiveness Leader.
• Promote a learning organization by assessing and developing training to support identified gaps while coaching team members on lean principles understanding and use.
• Process owner of the annual Site Business Review.
• Actively participates on the site leadership team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with minimum 3 years’ experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment or other technical field; OR minimum 10 years’ operations experience OR Military Equivalent Experience
• Experience driving Lean manufacturing principles and implementation/understanding of production systems, including setting, and maintaining…