Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations

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Date: Sep 23, 2026

Location:Greater Cleveland, OH

Job Type
:
Full-Time(4 days on site, 1 day remote)

Travel Requirments
: ~50%

Shape the Future with Us.

At Lubrizol, we’re bringing to life the chemistry behind clean water, efficient transportation, reliable infrastructure, critical medicines, and the products people rely on every day through science, sustainability, and a culture of inclusion.

As part of our global team, you’ll be empowered to make a real impact - on your career, your community, and the world around you. The Senior Americas Manufacturing Operations Director leads one of Lubrizol Additives' largest and most complex manufacturing organizations, with responsibility for over 1,000 employees across six strategically critical facilities in the United States and Brazil. Charged with ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations, this leader drives performance across safety, quality, delivery, productivity, capital investment, and continuous improvement.

With direct oversight of Plant Managers and stewardship of an operating budget exceeding $180M and annual capital investments of $30-40M, the role is instrumental in enabling business growth, strengthening customer supply reliability, and building a high-performing manufacturing culture throughout the region.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Represent six manufacturing plants on the global manufacturing team and regional business team.
• Act as a partner for business and commercial teams using a collaborative approach.
• Cascade the vision for operations and lead the Americas team to develop a strategy for improvement. Prioritize actions and ensure results are achieved.
• Develop a culture of commitment to safety and risk reduction to reduce OSHA recordables, lost time accidents and process safety incidents year on year. Provide leadership for the implementation of process safety standards across facilities.
• Ensure manufacturing operations comply with all environmental regulatory requirements.
• Manage a regional OPEX budget >$180M and identify opportunities to reduce costs without impacting performance.
• Manage a capital budget $30-40M/year and support the plants to ensure projects are implemented on time and on budget.
• Work with Plant Managers to identify and implement productivity improvements.
• Lead the team to improve asset reliability with a focus on OEE performance.
• Support plants to drive improvement in mechanical integrity and planned maintenance performance.
• Create a quality culture focused on reducing non-conforming and non-working slow moving materials.
• Build a continuous improvement mindset from the shop floor to site leadership teams.
• Focus on developing and recognizing our people so they are fully engaged to achieve results.
• Lead and support talent reviews and succession planning.
• Promote leader standard work to make sure plant leadership is visible and engage with front line operators.
• Create opportunities for plant teams to share best practices, establish communication links and drive towards standardization.
• Establish, monitor & improve key manufacturing metrics across the plants.
• Build strong relationships throughout operations to ensure teams are well connected and focused on delivering product to customers on time. Be highly connected and communicative with supply chain, procurement & process technology.
• Set the example for how an operationally centric and highly engaged leader behaves.

Required Qualifications that Enable Your Success

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, or advanced degree in Chemistry paired with significant chemical manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 10 years manufacturing leadership in the chemical industry
• Ex…