T100 Building manager

About the Role

Manages and directs all manufacturing activities for a plant or production process, including production, materials, quality control, and manufacturing engineering, to produce products in the most cost-effective way while meeting shipping requirements and sales commitments. The plant may be a stand-alone facility or a relatively independent unit within a larger site.

Responsibilities

• Manage a significant operational area for the organization.
• Contribute to the development of annual and longer-term business plans; forecast performance against business key performance indicators; develop business cases for key activities/projects; and estimate the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets.
• Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Monitor and review performance against HS&E (Health, Safety, and Environment) KPIs and patterns of behavior within the area of responsibility; take action to improve performance and resolve non-compliance with the organization's HS&E policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions.
• Develop monthly and annual production plans for multiple factories across the business with dependencies on other processes/units, including resource planning, monitoring, and reporting on performance against the plan.
• Provide input to the overall production planning framework and systems.
• Identify shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures; suggest and implement improvements; and develop and deliver larger improvement projects with guidance from senior colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with substantial general work experience and comprehensive job-related experience in facilities, engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategic and operational plans within a complex organization, translating long-term objectives into annual priorities, resource plans, and actionable deliverables.
• Comprehensive technical and operational expertise with the ability to assess facilities, infrastructure, processes, and systems; identify performance gaps; and develop solutions that improve capacity, reliability, safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) operations and pharmaceutical manufacturing environments, including the ability to apply applicable standards, procedures, and quality requirements to facility and operational decision-making.
• Proven ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and manage significant resources and budgets, balancing short-, medium-, and long-term priorities while delivering against aggressive timelines and business objectives.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, safe systems of work, quality requirements, and compliance, with the ability to integrate safety and quality considerations into operational planning and execution.
• Demonstrated strategic problem-solving and continuous improvement capability, with the confidence to ask the right questions, identify root causes, and implement solutions that eliminate inefficiencies.
• Proven people leadership and organizational development skills, including the ability to lead through change, develop talent, build accountability, and foster a culture of safety, quality, learning, and performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

About Evonik

At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling, or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed. Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything.