Senior Regional Process Technology Manager

Sherwin-Williams•Cleveland, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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
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
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
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
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