Chief Operations Officer - Industrial Solutions

ALKEGEN • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Chief Operations Officer for Industrial Solutions leads global operations across Alkegen Industrial Solutions’ diversified specialty materials portfolio, which has approximately $700 million in revenue. The role drives operational excellence, safety, quality, supply chain resilience, manufacturing performance, and customer fulfilment. The COO scales transformative innovation into robust, reliable production so advanced materials reach customers with industry-leading quality, speed, and cost competitiveness.

The position oversees manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and environmental health and safety, while setting and executing operational plans and multi-year strategy. It includes responsibility for budgets and operational profit-and-loss levers, global footprint and asset utilization, and capital investment. The role requires working in Dallas two weeks per month with the Industrial Solutions leadership team; additional travel involves visiting customers and plants. Travel is 80–90%.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive leadership in industrial manufacturing, advanced materials, chemicals, or related sectors.
• Required multi-site/global operations experience.
• Prior executive-level experience as COO, VP of Operations, Supply Chain, or Quality supporting a multi-site and global manufacturing company.
• Proven track record scaling new materials or process technologies into high-volume, high-quality production.
• Expertise in Lean/Operational Excellence, S&OP, quality systems, and CAPEX project execution.
• Experience supporting diversified end markets such as energy storage, automotive, industrial, and construction, and complex product portfolios.
• Strong EHS leadership and sustainability orientation aligned with energy savings, pollution reduction, and fire safety outcomes.
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration, talent development, and change management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

• Engineering or technical degree preferred.
• MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead global manufacturing, supply chain (including S&OP, planning, procurement, and logistics), quality, and EH&S to ensure safe, high-quality, on-time, cost-competitive delivery.
• Deploy Lean/Operational Excellence and SQDC KPI management to improve OEE, yield, throughput, and delivery.
• Own budgets and P&L levers, including conversion cost, productivity, scrap, freight, and inventory, to expand margins and optimize cash flow.
• Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing global team, fostering a safety-first, data-driven, accountable culture and strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop the Annual Operating Plan, execute against targets, and report performance, risks, and mitigations to the executive suite and Board of Directors.
• Establish and execute a multi-year operations strategy.
• Optimize global footprint and asset utilization.
• Prioritize and deploy CAPEX for capacity, technology, automation, safety, and environmental improvements, delivering on time and at or above ROI targets.
• Scale new materials or process technologies into high-volume, high-quality production.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive