Plant Manager DSIDA

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Plant Manager DSIDA 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The primary responsibilities of this role, Plant Manager DSIDA, are to:   

• Provide leadership and technical oversight for the DSIDA plant at the Luling site;
• Responsible for the personal development and mentoring of production along with maintenance engineers, first line leadership, and operations personnel within the DSIDA plant;
• Enhance team members performances and developments by properly coaching;
• Create and execute career development, succession and progression plans accordingly;
• Effectively network with other leaders to identify, share, and implement best practices that are agreed upon for the benefit of the business and site;
• Ensure compliance with Safety, Environmental, and Quality requirements as well as identify and promote continuous improvement in these areas;
• Manage cost performance for the DSIDA plant;
• Identify and implement improvements to deliver cost reductions;
• Ensures budgets, schedules, and performance requirements are met;
• Partner across the site to engage, develop, and retain employees;
• Maintain operating and organizational policies and procedures for responsible areas;
• Embrace change initiatives and positively lead the organization through the modification;
• Utilize technical knowledge to expediently diagnose and solve problems to ensure delivery;
• Serve as the key conduit between planning and production, ensuring coordination and achievement of delivery targets;
• Develop and drive plant continuous improvement efforts including oversight of plant’s annual capital budget and Long-Range Planning (LRP);
• Exhibits our Bayer Leadership, Intergrity, Flexibility, Effieciency (LIFE) values.

WHO YOU ARE  

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following: 

Required Qualifications: 

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent degree;
• 8+ years of manufacturing experience and 2+ years of people leadership experience preferred;
• Demonstrated leadership ability including, people, Contract or project management;
• Exhibit integrity, ensuring freedom to operate;
• Promote flexibility to meet business objectives;
• Identify, manage, and champion change.

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