Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader, Life Sciences (Finance)

ISP Chemicals LLC

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader to join our Life Sciences business at our Calvert City, Kentucky location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Operations function. This position will report to the Global Operations Director for Life Sciences.

The Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader is accountable for ensuring efficient and effective operations across the Acetylenic plant locations (Lima, OH, Texas City, TX, Calvert City, KY).

The Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader will provide strategic and functional leadership in delivering short- and long-term strategy elaboration to meet the safety, growth and EBITDA objectives of the business. This strategic elaboration includes capital expenditure needs, new product introduction, capacity requirements, cost savings and improvement projects along with executable plan to achieve objectives. These plans are developed in collaboration with several stakeholders including Commercial Leaders, Marketing, Manufacturing and Engineering (M&E) and Supply Chain. This position supports and drives the fulfillment of special projects for Business objectives.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Compliance and Safety: Ensuring compliance with regulations, policies, and safety standards across all locations.
• Leadership and Support: Serving as a leader and resource for Acetylenic plant teams, providing training, guidance, and support.
• Coordination and Management: Overseeing and managing the daily operations of Acetylenic sites, including staffing, property operations, and financial performance. Required to balance multiple competing priorities on a regular basis. An understanding of the needs of multiple and competing customers is imperative.
• Operational Efficiency: Ensuring that all operational components, from logistics to supply chain management, run smoothly and effectively.
• Process Improvement: Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance overall site performance.
• Financial Management: Managing budgets, expenses, and financial performance across multiple sites.
• Resource Allocation: Optimizing the allocation of resources, such as staff, equipment, and materials, across all locations.

• Communication and Collaboration: Effectively communicating with site managers, employees, and other stakeholders. Influential / indirect leadership to a wide variety of higher and lower level roles as part of Leadership team.
• Travel: approximately 20%; Training required to perform the job properly may require this position to travel.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Master's degree in chemical engineering or chemistry required, or BS degree with applicable experience
• 15 or more years in a manufacturing environment inclusive of at least 8 years of plant leadership experience, 5 years of process or reliability engineering and 3 years of process improvement or Lean Six Sigma experience
• Must have Multi-Plant site leadership experience
• The candidates must also be able to wear and properly utilize appropriate personal protective equipment if required to work or visit within the manufacturing process area. This may include hard hat, safety glasses, respirators, ear plugs, steel-toed shoes, or other equipment as required by the work performed and location the work is being performed. Other physical activities may include walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, lifting 25 lbs., or reaching depending on the work activity required. Work is performed in an office/plant environment with frequent trips to the operating areas to formulate plans, inspect equipment or processes and collect data.

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Strong technical, project management, and basic financial knowledge skills
• Demonstrates influential leadership and communication skills; flexible and adaptable to changing business needs
• Coaching and managing skills
• Understanding of Capital Project Management and Execution principles
• Able to work effectively across cultures and time zones
• Knowledge of process engineering and improvement tools and Process safety basics.
• Root Cause Investigation experience

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.