Pipeline Finishing Business Unit Leader (Experienced) SRC

Michelin • Louisville, KY

18h • Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the Manufacturing Operations team, the mission of the Business Unit Leader is to create the conditions and empower their teams to succeed in delivering sustainable value for People, Profit & Planet. As a representative and role model of the Group values, purpose, and strategy, the Business Unit Leader is also accountable for developing areas of excellence within their Business Unit to ensure current and future performance. This is achieved by using CARE (I-CARE, empowerment & operational excellence) with TECH (engineering innovation & manufacturing 5.0) as the two primary operating modes. The Business Unit Leader leads their team towards success in creating sustainable people, profit, and planet value. Michelin is building a world-leading manufacturer of life-changing composites and experiences, pioneering engineered materials for more than 130 years, and is uniquely positioned to make decisive contributions to human progress and a more sustainable world. Drawing on its deep know-how in polymer composite materials, Michelin is constantly innovating to manufacture high-quality tires and components for critical applications in demanding fields as varied as mobility, construction, aeronautics, low-carbon energies and healthcare. The care placed in its products and deep customer knowledge inspire Michelin to offer the finest experiences, from providing data- and AI-based connected solutions for professional fleets to recommending outstanding restaurants and hotels curated by the MICHELIN Guide.

Requirements

• BS degree in a technical field.
• 8+ years of overall experience.
• 5+ years of growing management/leadership responsibility or applicable military experiences.
• Strong history of successfully managing teams or units.
• Outstanding Leadership skills with the ability to motivate and influence others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate throughout all levels of the company.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve goals using organization change principles.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• Experience in a process centered manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate good safety practices and strict adherence to Safety guidelines prescribed by the plant.
• Ensure that People and Asset Safety is at the right level.
• Share best practices between Business Units and help to contribute to the Plant performance in a collaborative manner.
• Detect & develop talents that will grow their career in the Shop.
• Develop and export talent from their Business Unit to other activities to support business needs.
• Support Shop decisions even when uncertainty and unfavorable circumstances may impact their own Business Unit.
• Improve the performance of the Business Unit through regular coaching and feedback of support team members.
• Provide input on the performance of support team members as well as recommendations for development.
• Deploy a life-long learning mindset in the teams, through evaluation of competencies and identifying development opportunities to close the gaps.
• Ensure the development of people through the avenue of Spoke training by support teams or through social promotion projects.
• Utilize career paths accessible for all their employees.
• Build and believe in the value of diverse teams.
• Support competency development through mentoring & coaching.
• Give Positive and Scope for improvement feedback.
• Consistently live out the values and act as an example to inspire their employees by their behaviors.
• Motivate their teams by leveraging the Michelin purpose & Dream.
• Make sure that everyone in their Team understands the Plant strategy and understands the role that they play in the collective success of the vision.
• Align the vision at the shop level and engage the teams to make that vision a reality at the site.
• Embody the values of the Company by ensuring employee issues are addressed in a timely fashion.
• Ensure accurate, on-time completion of time and attendance for employees and address attendance issues in a timely fashion.
• Develop Safety as a value in the Business Unit, such that each employee is responsible for their safety and the safety of others.
• Develop an understanding of the Customer/partners and their requirements and the role their Business Unit has in meeting their expectations.
• Steer their Business Unit, focused on all dimensions of economic value creation.
• Support the business through a cooperation with local teams for: industrializations, modifications, digitalization, Industry transformations, etc.
• Promote a culture that is aware and values sustainability and environment.
• Comply/Implement the strategy for environmental impact and biodiversity.
• Inspire and transfer their passion for ICARE to all employees at all levels, through the animation of a continuous deployment of the model in their Business Unit.
• Create the condition for inclusion, safe-space, collaboration & collective intelligence in their team.
• Foster empowerment through the engagement of their shop Support Teams, so that everyone can feel responsible for the plant’s future and fully take part in the evolution and transformation.
• Ensure activities are driven by applying MMW(MDP+OR/MAPP), because the teams understand the value of such practices of excellence.
• Ensure foundations are sustained over time, in order to create the conditions to achieve industrial performance.
• Ensure the driving of continuous progress in the Business Unit, looking for variation reduction and non-added value tasks reduction, is vigorous.
• Achieve Business Unit SMQDC expected performance levels and respect of standards to satisfy customer demand.
• Ensure the team and its members are empowered and visibly committed.
• Ensure autonomy increases through the evolution of polyvalence, competencies and responsibility.
• Use sound problem solving methodology to eliminate root causes of problems as they arise.
• Seek opportunity to apply and encourage team to work with and use digital application where appropriate.
• Apply “use cases” to help team move forward to data driven approach.
• Help to build the foundations necessary for the transformation (data quality, competencies, organization, plant roadmap, collaboration with Site Digital Department).
• Support and trigger projects and initiatives that will develop capabilities aligned with the Michelin strategy.
• Highlight the importance to copy/paste digital good practices.

Benefits

• Personalized development plans
• Mentorship
• Cross-functional opportunities
• Unique career paths and opportunities for advancement
• Thrive in a diverse, supportive environment where your competencies, contributions and behaviors are recognized
• Option to join one of our Connected Communities
• Work on projects that matter—from sustainable materials to digital transformation
• Be part of a company that does what's right. We use sustainable business practices while balancing the needs of our customers and communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees