Senior Regional Process Technology Manager

Job-:
Operations

Location:

Cleveland, OH, United States;
Birmingham, AL, United States;
Chester, SC, United States;
Garland, TX, United States;
Los Angeles, CA, United States;
Marengo, IL, United States;
Richmond, KY, United States;
Rochester, PA, United States;
Hagerstown, MD, United States;
Woodburn, OR, United States Posted:
Closes:
Employment Category:
Full-time regular

Relocation Package:
Yes, Within Company Policy Salary Frequency:
Annually Minimum Salary:
Maximum Salary:
Leads high-impact strategic process excellence team for Global Polymers. Collaborates with manufacturing plants and wide range of technical areas to drive improvements across Process Safety, Opportunity and Operational Cost, Productivity, Quality and Service. Provides advanced technical expertise in manufacturing operations, drives process technology transformation & innovation. Manages CAPEX and non-CAPEX projects. Manages scale-up & commercialization, supporting product launching and business growth.

Leads and develop process engineers and technical team members across the region while promoting best practice sharing across the organization.

Additional Information:

Shift: Days, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 25% Travel.

This position is also eligible for bonus and long-term incentive compensation awards based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company’s applicable plans.  Job duties include contact with other employees, operating heavy machinery, and access to proprietary information, raw materials, finished merchandise, and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and vendors.

The selected internal candidate may qualify for the GSC Relocation Adjustment Program. Please click thislink for more details. Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering 15+ years progressive experience in technical, process engineering and/or operations management

Knowledge of reactive chemistry including resin manufacturing

Must have prior experience managing Profit and Loss (P&L), and corporate financial acumen

Must have PC skills including the ability to prepare spreadsheets and use Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Power Point and/or Access) to analyze data and trends.

Must have previous experience/knowledge of coating or chemical processing

Must have previous experience implementing and using continuous improvement/lean tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc. to drive improvement.

Must have demonstrated strong leadership, team building and people development

Must have ability to work across sites and functions for standardization

Must have Process Safety Management experience

Must have CAPEX project experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Chemical Engineering experience preferred

At least fifteen (15) years of progressive technical, process engineering and operations management experience preferred

Green belt certification or higher preferred

Excellent planning and organizational skills with a strategic vision preferred

Excellent interpersonal communication skills across all organization levels preferredA strong ability to be adaptable and flexible is preferred

Strong analytical and decision-making skills is preferred

Ability to work with teams and lead decision making processes in a team environment is preferred

Ability to drive for results, champion change and innovation is preferred

Responsibilities

Key Areas of activity

Process Engineering & Improvement Monitors and Identifies value creation opportunities within manufacturing/operations

Manages project pipeline and resource prioritization

Leads execution of projects focused on manufacturing process improvement

Support sites with reactive chemistry, process safety management, and coating manufacturing process expertise

Process Development & Innovation Manages process design with focus on advanced/new technologies

Leads simplification for new and existing processes

Leads introduction of breakthrough process technologies

Define requirements and validate new process equipment

New Formula Introduction & Scale-up Collaborate with R&D and technical teams on new formula development

Owns all New Formula Introduction to manufacturing plants

Manages all process and formula changes

Ensures process stability on industrial scale and coordinate…