Product Manager

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

Business Context

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals and specialty chemicals, producing the raw materials that are essential in the manufacturing of a wide range of goods. The chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life. INEOS is the 3rd largest petrochemical company in the world with 194 manufacturing sites across 29 countries and employing more than 26,000 people globally.

INEOS Oxide is one of the most diverse, dynamic and successful businesses within INEOS, operating 4 manufacturing sites in Europe and North America. These are located at Antwerp, Belgium;
Koln, Germany;
Lavera, France;
Plaquemine, US. INEOS Oxide is one of the world’s leading producers of Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EODs), producing a broad range of 200+ products spread across 4 key value chains – Ethylene Oxide;
Propylene Oxide;
Oxo-alcohols & Esters; ENB. The total EO production capacity is currently > 1 million mt and the total production capacity for the overall business is ~ 3.4 million mt.

Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important building block for the preparation of a wide variety of EO derivatives (EODs), including various surfactants, as well as many other chemical intermediates including Ethylene Glycols, Glycol Ethers, Polyethylene Glycols and Ethanolamine's.

In 2024 INEOS Oxide acquired a new site in Bayport (TX) and the respective business in the US, which increased the total production capacity of the business to ~ 4.4 million mt and through this acquisition INEOS Oxide has achieved a true global footprint, in particular for the Ethylene Oxide value chain.

Role Description

The Product Manager Ethanolamine's is a key member of the INEOS Oxide US Business Team.

The post holder is responsible for providing support to the Business Manager for EOAs across the full extent of the tasks involved with managing the business.

Focus will be on:

• executing and optimizing in-month business performance to maximize EBITDA and cash delivery
• defining and delivering the rolling three-month business-operating plan with the Business Manager
• providing/maintaining databases for the annual Operating Plan
• maintaining a planning and modelling tool for the business that includes all input-variables to enable optimization for the business as the output
• Ensuring reliable product-movements to ensure optimal plant-operations/run-rates

This is achieved by the Product Manager driving and coordinating a large cross-functional business team including procurement, manufacturing, supply chain, customer service and sales managers, and requires the post holder to have a deep and detailed understanding of production asset capabilities and economics, market dynamics, and customers’ service requirements and associated cost-to-serve. The Product Manager performs a key role in monitoring and responding to changing market demand for each individual product group and managing challenges arising from feedstock supply and production reliability issues.

INEOS Oxide – Internal Interfaces & Factors

The Product Manager will interface with, and positively influence, a large cross functional team across the INEOS Oxide business, as follows:

• Business Managers & Product Managers – EO swap, EOA sales in Europe, EOA arbitrage, optimizing margins on a global basis together with Lavera EOA volumes.
• Raw Material Procurement Team – agreeing and executing raw material procurement objectives.
• Plaquemine Site Operations – monitoring manufacturing performance; managing product supply.
• Logistics & Supply Chain Teams – agreeing and executing drumming, storage, and transportation…