What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Manager - Kapton position at Dupont?
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Experienced leadership role that delivers profitable results and long-term value consistently in support of business objectives. Engages all employees in DuPont's Operational Excellence framework; instills behaviors and mindsets for operating safely; manages plant financial performance with discipline and rigor; builds a sense of pride and ownership at all levels.
The Kapton® team is seeking a Unit Manager at the Circleville, Ohio facility—30 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. This role will work with a diverse team to improve our competitive advantage for the manufacturing of Kapton® Polyimide Films. The Kapton® facilities consist of polymer manufacturing, solvent distillation and extraction, film casting, and numerous converting operations such as coating, heat treatment, and slitting. This position will be responsible for the leading the operation of some of those assets. The Circleville site also manufactures Tedlar® film and Vespel® resin and have a wide variety of on-site engineering disciplines such as R&D and project engineering.
The Circleville site is a short drive from Columbus, OH, a growing city that is currently the 14th largest in the nation. This proximity to Columbus allows either urban or rural living, great for families and single living. The area offers many museums and arts-scene experiences, professional and collegiate sports, and has several highly ranked golf courses and state/metro parks for the outdoor enthusiast. See www.experiencecolumbus.com for additional information.
The Circleville site is one of three primary manufacturing locations that produce Kapton®, part of the Interconnect Solutions business unit within DuPont. This business unit is part of DuPont’s Electronics and Industrial Platform. Electronics and Industrial is comprised of several high growth global businesses supplying a broad array of materials to multiple consumer electronics and industrial sectors. Dupont recently invested over $250MM to build a new Kapton® manufacturing asset at the Circleville site, as well.
This role reports to the Site Manager and oversees a team of Area Managers, Operations Technicians, Maintenance Personnel, Run Engineers, and other support staff.
The Unit Manager role will provide strategic and tactical direction to the safe manufacture of high quality Kapton® film that satisfies our customer needs and deliver superior financial performance.
Core Responsibilities:
- Accountable for full compliance of all regulatory and internal requirements.
- Accountable for maintaining and improving the unit culture in alignment with DuPont Core Values on EHS, Respect for People, Ethical Behavior, and Sustainability.
- Own and manages the unit’s infrastructure capabilities and resource plan.
- Accountable for unit’s performance and improvement in all key indicators, including EHS, PSM, quality, capital, production, and financial performance.
- Participates and provide input in the development of the Kapton® Business Strategy, and cascade it to the organization for successful implementation.
- Challenge teams and individuals to set, monitor, and achieve goals aligned to the Business Strategy.
- Collaborates with other site and business leaders driving a Zero-Defect Mindset to meet and exceed customer’s expectations.
- Utilizes the principles of Operational Excellence to manage and drive improvements that results in superior profitability.
- Establish and maintain strong rapport across the organization to enable and foster teamwork, collaboration, ownership, and performance.
- Develops and sponsors current and future leaders to ensure stable succession plans and opportunities for the members of the organization.
- Responsible for developing annual budget and delivering against it.
- Oversee the operation24 hours a day, 7 days a week with support from other site and unit leaders.
- Visible and accessible leader to the organization.
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
- 15 years of industrial experience
- 5 years in a leadership role leading people, quality, maintenance, reliability, and EHS
- Process Safety Management on-hands experience
- Cost management experience
- Strategic Planning and business analysis experience (to set priorities and provide direction)
- Teambuilding and demonstrated ability to lead a respectful work environment where everyone can contribute to their full potential.
- TEEP/OEE expertise
Preferred qualifications:
- Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black Belt or Lean certification, a plus
- Experience in Quality Systems
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