Business Overview
MACDERMID ALPHA ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS
Through the innovation of specialty chemicals and materials under our Alpha, Compugraphics, Electrolube, Kester, and MacDermid Enthone brands, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions provides solutions that power electronics interconnection. We serve all global regions and every step of device manufacturing within each segment of the electronics supply chain. The experts in our Semiconductor and Assembly Solutions, Circuitry Solutions, and Film and Smart Surface Solutions divisions
collaborate in design, implementation, and technical service to ensure success for our partner clients. Our solutions enable our customers' manufacture of extraordinary electronic devices at high productivity and reduced cycle time. MacDermid Alpha is a business unit of Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI). Element Solutions Inc is a leading specialty chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the products people use every day.
FILM and SMART SURFACE SOLUTIONS (F and SSS)
We are Film and Smart Surface Solutions (F and SSS) and currently active in more than 50 countries. Our main production location is in the UK, with plans in place to realise a second production location in Asia. Our R and D and Technical centres are already in all three territories, Americas, Asia and Europe.
Our target for the F and SSS division is to become the market leader in the in:mold electronics space for the automotive industry. It capitalizes on emerging trends in human:machine interfaces, displays and in:mold electronics. The division combines our extensive offering of speciality films for the industrial and automotive industries with our developing portfolio of flexible and formable conductive and non:conductive inks. The combination of these products with our in:depth materials and process expertise enables our customers to create formed, structurally rigid three dimensional automotive controls and displays that are at the forefront of modern cockpit aesthetics and functionality. This is a unique opportunity to be part of our journey.
Job Purpose
This role is responsible for demonstrating continuous improvement methodology combined with problem solving tools as a key strategy to deliver productivity and engagement objectives. Position leads the operations teams within Films and Smart Surface Solutions (F and SSS) to reach corporate and plant goals. Leads strategic and tactical deployment of various business tools throughout the legacy FIM and Industrial product lines within F and SSS with accountability for ensuring that the functional teams are achieving significant and sustainable results.
Work with business unit and functional leaders to develop process improvement strategies, which includes, but is not limited to:
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Own the management operating system agenda/operations
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Assess manufacturing and business process efficiency and performance and find opportunities for improvement
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Develop business cases, methods and processes to establish financial and non:financial project goals
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Partner in organizational change activities (create transition plans from current to future state and execute)
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Drive initiatives to ensure proper achievement of results
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Develop and execute action plans to achieve strategic goals
Job Responsibilities
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Owns S and OP globally for F and SSS business.
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Contributes to NPI processes and procedures.
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Develops operational talent pipeline by acting as an owner and developing key employees for key global roles
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Manages direct reports and multiple layers of the F and SSS global operations team.
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Partners with Business leadership on Lean process projects using Lean tools and metrics
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Assists in the development of a Lean strategy to be implemented across the legacy HKW business
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Makes implementation and results a top priority and regul