Job Description

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

Contributes to the execution of the sales -, expense - and profitability targets established by managing the production and packaging of products on site and continuously improve the performance of the site’s ISC metrics. Focus on Vehicle Refinish and Comercial Vehicle Coatings Business.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans, leads, organizes & controls the production and packaging of products according to requirements set by Supply Chain. 
• Contributes to the formulation of site stragegies from a production and packaging perspective and ensures production and packaging capabilities, constraints and HSE considerations are incorporated.
• Ensures site strategy is cascaded to the production organization effectively to ensure appropriate alignment of focus and relevant information and issues are fed back up.
• Establishes, achieves, enforces and continuously improves the performance levels for the production department in terms of customer service, safety, cost, quality, resource productivity, capital, engagement and eco efficiency and enforces the minimum personal performance level.
• Implements and operates the standard ALPS CoE processes for the site consistent with the agreed ISC functional excellence agenda.
• Implements and operates the common HSE platform and identifies and respond effectively to hazards in HSE and security.
• Coaches, mentors and develops the production department team members and build a team which collectively is capable of and fully involved in achieving the task.
• Establishes a culture of functional and operational excellence, continuous improvement and accountability, professionalism and commitment to company values and behaviors
• Acts as role model in talent management through developing a strong talent bench for key positions at site, enhancing talent development and engagement levels.
• Stimulates talent management by identifying and selecting talents with growth potential and driving exchange of talents across sites with other site department managers.
• Cooperates with other site leaders to develop and share knowledge, experience, leverage best practice and exchange of/and building talents.
• Ensures the In Control interal proces and regulatory and legal compliance.
• Be familiar with all applicable corporate as well as site policies/procedures with regard to personal conduct/HSE standards and acts in compliance with all regulations.

Job Requirements

• 5+ years of related experience and background in manufacturing
• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering or related field is preferred
• Fluent English verbal and written
• Familiar with use of current computing systems i.e. Microsoft and SAP

Rewards & Benefits

Base salary range for this role is: $110,000 to $120,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

• Benefits beginning Day 1
• 401K retirement savings with 6% company match
• Annual bonus
• Medical insurance with HSA
• Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits
• Generous vacation, personal and holiday pay
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career growth opportunities
• Active Diversity and Inclusion Networks

Competencies

Accepting Direction

Accepting Responsibility

Acquiring Information

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: #LI-SS1

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