Site Director

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future. We are looking for a leader who embrace our Nouryon values in everyday life: Aim high, Own it & Do it right, to join our team of Changemakers. Does that sound like you?

About the job

In this exceptional role as Site Director at our Site Äänekoski you will play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and delivering successful operations at our world scale CMC production facility. You will be responsible for achieving agreed targets while fostering a culture of continuous improvement with a local team of approximately 200 fte. Ensuring safe, compliant operations and building strong stakeholder engagement are key to your success. Through inspiring leadership, coaching, and development, you will empower your team to perform at their best and contribute to the long-term success of the site.

In your future role as Site Director, you will

• Plan, lead, organize & control the delivery of set targets (in terms of safety, reliability, productivity, service, cost, quality and material/eco-efficiency) and provide insights regarding developments based on analysis

• Respond effectively to minimize hazards in safety, health, security and environment

• Develop a strong talent bench for key positions at site

• Set the example by living the Nouryon values and working across Functions and Businesses to drive the Nouryon and Intergrated Supply Chain (ISC) strategy and specific site related operational improvements

• Communicate and ensure that ISC strategy is cascaded to the site organization effectively to ensure appropriate alignment on focus

• Engage stakeholders to maintain and oversee external relations to ensure that the company values and license to operate are sustained

• Manage and plan relevant (departmental) budgets Report on progress on a continuous basis

We believe you bring

• Profound knowledge and extensive experience in People Safety, Process Safety, Asset Integrity and HSE in general

• Strong experience in Continuous Improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma and relevant tools and processes

• Proven leadership experience in the chemical industry

• Proven people management and labor relations experience

• Bachelor’s, master’s degree or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, or similar discipline

• Strong communications skills orally and in writing both in English and Finnish

Great if you have          

• Six sigma green belt, black belt or master black belt certification

We believe you embrace our Nouryon values in everyday life: Aim high, Own it & Do it right! You demand high standards and builds a culture of ownership and accountability within your organization. You communicate promptly, accurately, and transparently to build trust, both internally and with customers. You challenge the status quo through a continuous improvement mindset and by embedding data, analysis, and reasoning into decision-making and business practices. You build an environment that values shared successes and encourages collaboration at an enterprise level.

We offer you

A unique ability to join and lead a site organization to continuously improve and to push the boundaries for operational excellence allowing the Aänekoski site to deliver on all stake holder aspects. At Nouryon, we provide a great job and friendly coworkers, plus benefits in addition to salary such such as bonus, health care allowance, sport and culture benefit.

Good to know

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to Bouke Ankone, Regional Manufacturing Director, based in Äänekoski, Finland. Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/ 

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors. We encourage you as a valued Nouryon employee to share talents from your network to help us to bring in new Changemakers through our new Employee Referral Program! Bringing in new, skilled people with a great mindset is beneficial for both you and Nouryon. All info you need to make a referral is here. Join us in growing Nouryon!

About Nouryon

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today.

If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

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Contact

For additional information about the vacancy please contact hiring manager Bouke Ankone, Regional Manufacturing Director bouke.ankone@nouryon.com

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or your application or need assistance, please contact: Recruiting.SE@Nouryon.com

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