Plant Manager - La Porte and El Dorado

The Chemours Company•La Porte, TX

20h•Onsite

About The Position

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry. Chemours is seeking a Plant Manager to join our growing Chemours Manufacturing team. This position will be available at our LaPorte, TX location to lead both our LaPorte, TX and El Dorado, AR manufacturing locations and report directly to the Thermal and Specialized Solutions (TSS) Vice President of Operations. The Plant Manager is accountable for the overall performance of the manufacturing site, and responsible to direct and enable the site teams to execute operations strategy to meet the business and customer needs while being a strong community partner. Responsibilities include leveraging knowledge of industry best practices, systems modeling, financial analysis and collaborating cross-functionally (e.g., Supply Chain, Sales, R&D, Legal, Procurement) to solve problems and create opportunities to improve site and business performance profitability, and enable best-in-class service to internal and external customers. Our LaPorte site has approximately 125 Chemours employees and El Dorado site approximately 30 employees. The successful candidate will have experience with High Hazard processes, Manufacturing Safety, and overall Process Safety Management.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in operations / manufacturing (chemical industry preferred) including leadership in high hazard process environments.
Proven leadership in global manufacturing and cross-functionals teams.
Proficiency in cost management and continuous improvement.
Management experience in one or more supply chain functions (manufacturing, S&OP, procurement, logistics, etc.).
Knowledge of batch and continuous mass process technologies.
Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a cross-functional organization and can clearly communicate with employees at all levels.
Process Safety Management (PSM) experience.
Commitment to EHS compliance and community engagement.
Experience with highly toxic materials and high hazard process operations.
Willing to travel to second site bi-monthly

Responsibilities

Manages overall operation and all aspects of two manufacturing facilities including production, maintenance, technology, and other manufacturing units/functions.
Responsible for environmental, safety, security, quality control, accounting, distribution, human resources, purchasing activities, and landlord contract negotiations.
Able and willing to learn, implement, and drive lean principles into the daily management of the plant as part of the Chemours Business System
Fosters a culture of employee engagement, inclusion, and high performance.
Delivers on budget commitments with multiple production areas and as a site tenant.
Drives continuous improvement in safety, capacity, quality and cost for efficient production to meet the needs of the customers and the business.
Sets expectations and work environment standards necessary for successful operation.
Ensures appropriate personnel planning, staffing, and performance management and develops talent to enable successful and necessary transition of personnel.
Ensures compliance with policies and procedures and safety standards.
Assures the right to operate is maintained by meeting permitting requirements and engaging with the community.
Leads Management Reviews for core systems (Safety, Environmental, Quality, Cost and Uptime OEE).
Achieves on-time and on-budget completion of capital projects.