Sr Manager of Operations

The Opportunity:

Avantor is looking for a dedicated Senior Manager of Operations to optimize our Performance Materials organization.

The Senior Manager oversees all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing to ensuring policies and procedures are followed. They develop processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality and productivity, monitor operations and trigger corrective actions and are responsible for production output, product quality and on‑time shipping.

They will also have the opportunity to manage a large team within a complex discipline or department, comprised of intermediate/experienced professionals.

This Paris, KY role is full‑time, on‑site. Candidates throughout the USA will be considered.

Work Schedule
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Mon‑Fri, 8am‑5pm with additional hours as needed.

• Education: Bachelor's Degree required.
• Experience: 5+ years of related experience to include working with manufacturing‑based processes and principles.
• Senior management of people and operations experience.
• Experience working in a chemical, pharma or medical device related industry.
• Strong Process Safety Management (PSM) and Management of change (MOC) experience required.
• cGMP, Quality/ safety experience.
• Additional Qualifications: Ability to travel up to 10% as needed.
• Must have corporate level communication skills.
• Training/ experience in continuous improvement methods including 6 sigma or lean manufacturing.
• Experience developing operational processes to increase efficiency/ productivity.
• Team collaboration and building skills with the ability to also work cross‑functionally with other teams.
• Experience overseeing production output/ quality and on‑time shipping a plus.

Serving customers worldwide, The Avantor Performance Materials organization manufactures and markets chemical products such as acids, advanced silicones, biological buffers, denaturants, and electronic chemicals, as well as diagnostics solutions.

This SME role offers significant opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.

Reporting to the site Senior Director, the Senior Manager of Operations will:

• Oversee all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing while ensuring policies and procedures are followed.
• Maintain/ implement policies, processes and procedures to meet the requirements of regulatory and compliance standards, safety standards, GMP policies, product requirements, customer requirements, and business requirements.
• Manage a multi‑department team comprised of individual contributors to management.
• Determine responsibilities of team.
• Lead the team to accomplish business objectives, daily schedule completion, training, and professional development plans; inclusive of associate hiring, training, advising, developing, and performance management.
• Lead/ participate on project teams to identify and evaluate process improvements (safety, quality, efficiency, capacity, capability, automation, etc.).
• Utilize lean manufacturing, and other process improvement methods to establish world class manufacturing and inventory management.
• Establish, develop and manage processes/ systems to allow for effective and efficient production operations that meet or exceed operational requirements for quality, procedural adherence, schedule adherence, work completion, lead times, budget/work standards, and optimal workflow.
• Prepare/ assist in preparing departmental budgets.
• Build business cases, cost models and financial justifications for process improvements and projects as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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