Cooper River Plant Leader

Plant Manager

At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it's providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world's most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. DuPont is seeking a Plant Manager for the Cooper River Site located near Charleston, South Carolina. This role provides overall leadership for a plant supporting the Molykote specialty lubricants business. The site has enjoyed tremendous growth and investment over the last few years, which is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. The plant operates utilizing a high-performance work system (HPWS) model in which Operator / Mechanics are developed in all areas of plant operations and common maintenance skills. A servant leadership mindset and a commitment to HPWS, fostering a culture of employee engagement and empowerment, is essential and critical to success.

The DuPont operation at Cooper River is home to over 35 employees and more than a dozen resident contractors and is situated on ~50 acres of a 2,100 acre site. The greater Charleston area is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States and has all the amenities of a big city along with southern charm and affordability. It is home to many museums, outstanding parks, and beaches.

Plant Leader is an experienced leadership role that delivers profitable results and long-term value consistently aligned to business objectives. The Plant Leader engages all employees in DuPont's Operational Excellence framework; instills behaviors and mindsets for operating safely; manages plant financial performance with discipline and rigor and builds a sense of pride and ownership at all levels.

Your key responsibilities include :

• Embraces and role models DuPont Core Values; cultivates a culture of excellence
• Partners with leaders to stay informed of the business strategy and needs; engages with employees to communicate business strategy and gain insight on strengths and challenges to delivery of strategy; leads change to meet business needs
• Establishes financial accountability and rigor to deliver against plan and gain value from our assets and investments by pulling the right levers to manage expenses, margins, etc.
• Establishes and communicates challenging performance goals, metrics and outcomes for site to safely and efficiently meet or exceed production and quality goals aligned to customers' needs
• Hires, retains and develops talent to meet current and future capabilities; promotes a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment; coaches and provides performance feedback to team members to align on expectations and overall team effectiveness; uses reward and recognition to drive the right behaviors and results; defines a plant leadership learning and development plan tied to capability and development needs
• Fosters and matures established High Performance Work System organization and culture
• Promotes commitment and ownership to Operational Excellence by engaging team members to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, eliminate waste and remove barriers; uses lean and digital tools effectively
• Collaborates across functions (R&D, Supply Chain, EHS, Engineering, Finance, Quality, etc.) to align resources, eliminate inefficiencies and deliver value
• Interacts in a timely fashion with customers, community, regulatory and media to maintain strong external relations

Qualifications include :

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