LyondellBasell-posted 9 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Carpentersville, IL
Chemical Manufacturing

The primary role of the Operations Manager is to plan, organize and control production for the Advanced Polymers Solutions division to ensure safe, efficient and effective operation and that all products are produced efficiently, on time, within budget and to standard. This role reports to the Site Manager. This requires overall coordination of production, scheduling, health and safety, quality assurance, coaching and development, and continuous improvement activities within the process areas. Responsible for leading the plant in its mission to meet or exceed all of our customer's expectations while meeting process metrics. The Operations Manager complies with all policies, regulations and values for safety, quality, environmental and financial stewardship. Objectives: Defines goals, improve processes, and resolve problems in conjunction with managers across the organization. Translate customer requirements into manufacturing strategies and processes, resulting in cost-effective processing and profitable manufacturing of products. Develop operations-related plans, policies and procedures.

  • Drive a culture of GoalZero safety performance
  • Set priorities based on 1: Safety, 2: Quality, 3: Production using GoalZero principles in all decisions
  • Monitor and strictly enforce excellent housekeeping disciplines that meet Safety, Quality and site management expectations
  • Drive manufacturing performance by directing all production and warehouse activities in the plant, to meet schedules that allow for superior customer satisfaction and high plant efficiency by establishing and executing operating plans and objectives
  • Provide plant floor supervision and leadership to ensure compliance with all Safety, Operational Excellence and Quality standards
  • Work out and implement standard operating procedures for production operations and warehouse activities
  • Ensure that standard operating, health and safety procedures are adhered to
  • Monitor quality standards of products and enforce quality control and tracking programs to meet quality objectives
  • Analyze production and quality control to detect and correct problems
  • Determine and implement improvements to the production process
  • Prepare and maintain production reports
  • Manage production budget and costs
  • Direct process capability and efficiency efforts to reduce overall operating costs and improve plant operations
  • Lead corrective action and problem-solving activities and participate in continuous improvement activities
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers
  • Ensure efficient collaboration and coordination between relevant departments including Technical, Maintenance, Quality and Warehouse departments
  • Drive and champion risk reduction activities
  • Staff, manage, coach, motivate, train and assess performance of production and operations employees
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Management or other technical field with at least 5 years managing in a manufacturing environment, or 5+ years demonstrated leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience with Operational Excellence programs and Continuous Improvement in leadership and contributing roles
  • Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills; including the ability to interface with internal & external customer contacts
  • Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization
  • High level of initiative and independent decision-making ability
  • Knowledge of quality systems and standards with a focus on creating improvement standards based on root cause analysis
  • Knowledge of engineering and technology principles and practices
  • Knowledge of business, finance and management principles as well as the ability to review and comprehend financial reports
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