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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 this link for more details.
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 hand-over to manufacturing sites

Quality Performance

• Drive quality improvement on manufacturing process
• Define and implement standard ways of working / standard operating procedures and conditions
• Ensures process capability to deliver product specification and performance
• Interface with wider quality organization within GSC and BU

CAPEX

• Support CAPEX project with process inputs/knowledge
• Support new equipment/line/plant start-ups
• Interface with engineering and other technical areas for best-in-class process solutions

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 preferred
• A 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

About Us
At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:
Life ... with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career ... with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection ... with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
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At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute-it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on "Candidates" to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.
Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
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