Director, Manufacturing

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Manages and directs all manufacturing activities and plant or production process, including production, materials, quality control, and manufacturing engineering, to produce products in the most cost-effective way, while meeting shipping requirements and sales commitments. Plant may be a stand-alone facility or a relatively independent unit within a larger site.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the overall organizational strategy by developing and delivering operational plans and outcomes for a large portion of the business.

• Develop and gain agreement to annual business plans for a function or substantial business area, ensuring alignment with strategy; quantify business outcomes (i.e. revenues or other key performance indicators); detail expense and headcount budgets; and develop business cases for key projects, ensuring cross-functional integration.

• Communicate the function's strategy and its relationship to the organization's mission, vision and values; clarify the actions needed to implement it within the area of responsibility; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve the organization's business goals.

• Ensure that business activities and individuals (e.g. employees, contractors and visitors) within the area of responsibility adhere to the organization's HS&E policies, procedures and mandatory instructions; to safeguard the environment , protect the wellbeing of individuals and minimize business risk.

• Develop monthly and annual production plans for multiple factories across the business with dependencies on other processes/units to include resource planning and monitoring and reporting on performance against the plan. Provide input to the overall production planning framework and systems.

• Initiate, formulate, and implement new manufacturing methods and processes while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the company's manufacturing process improvement program.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Chem, Bio or relevant field.

• 10+ Years Exp.

• Leadership in work-related systems, processes, and challenges.

• Interpreting strategy and policy to set and deliver medium to long-term objectives.

• Developing plans and actions based on recommendations and requirements.

• Planning, organizing, prioritizing, and overseeing activities to meet business objectives.

• Developing, monitoring, and interpreting policies and procedures to align with organizational strategies.

• Reviewing and creating effective reports.

• Using clear verbal communication to express ideas, request actions, and formulate plans or policies.

• Managing and applying safe systems of work.

• Developing solutions based on business environment and objectives.

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach.  Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

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