Senior Operations Performance Leader

Dow Chemical•Hayward, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Operations Performance Leader located in Hayward, CA. In this role, you will share responsibility and accountability for plant personnel, assets, and achievement of the plant related site, business, and corporate goals. You will lead the plant Operations Team, which includes approx. 25 production, logistics, and warehouse personnel. You will participate on the Hayward Site Leadership Team, serve as the primary back-up to the Production Leader, and will have accountability for the safe and reliable operation of the facility in his/her absence. As a leader, you will cultivate a team culture that emphasizes safety, and maintains a high level of discipline, integrity, and customer focus.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
A minimum of 8 years of relevant working experience.
A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States.
No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.
Leadership is the ability of an individual or a group of individuals to influence and guide followers or other members of an organization.
Cross-functional work is the work that happens between different teams or departments within an organization.
Critical thinking is the analysis of facts to form a judgment. The subject is complex, and several different definitions exist, which generally include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, or evaluation of factual evidence.
Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations.
Behavior management focusses on changing behavior. Behavior management includes all of the actions and conscious inactions to enhance the probability people, individually and in groups, choose behaviors that are personally fulfilling, productive, and socially acceptable.
Professional communication, encompasses written, oral, visual and digital communication within a workplace context.
Employee coaching is helping or guiding someone to achieve their goals and objectives without hampering their morale.

Responsibilities

Develop strong understanding of plant operating expectations, including Dow’s Life Critical Standards.
Maintain strong field presence, and provide regular coaching and feedback to Operations personnel to help continuously improve Operating Discipline.
Develop skills and capabilities of the operations team, by supporting ongoing training / coaching / and skills qualifications.
Oversee operator hiring / qualifications / staffing complement to ensure zero staffing-related unit downtime.
Serve as member of union negotiation team.
Work with Dow HR, Labor Relations, and Union leadership to navigate disputes and ensure ongoing competitiveness and operational excellence of the site.
Serve as interim Production Leader and Site Emergency Manager (SEM) on occasion.
Complete New Leader qualifications and other FWGL-delegate approvals in the absence of the Production Leader.
Lead Root Cause Investigations for unplanned events.
Ensure effective solutions are implemented to deliver safer, more reliable, and competitive operations.
May oversee plant budget, perform monthly expense forecasting, and manage major expenditures to stay within spending targets.
Partner with the Production leader to drive ongoing progress toward the strategic goals for the site.
Support Production Leader to provide motivation, explanation, context, and communication purpose of messages to the empowered organization.
Develop operations employees and ensure career success via goal-setting, performance management, and employee development plans.
Know the business model and strategy for facility.
Explain to operations how the plant fits into the business and corporation.

Benefits

Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only). Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs.
Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)