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The Yerkes Plant in Buffalo, NY is looking for a skilled leader with 10+ years of Production and Chemical plant experience to fill a vacant Unit Production Manager position for Tedlar® operations. This individual will oversee the line management responsibility for an organization composed of approximately 100 DuPont production employees including Process Control Technicians, Run and Maintain Engineers and quality control technicians. This position provides strategic and tactical oversight for all aspects of the Tedlar® unit.

This position is part of the multi-site overall leadership team and will oversee other leaders. Role responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Representing the site in community outreach efforts (e.g.: United Way).
• Accountable for unit’s performance including EHS, PSM, cost, quality, capital, production and associated tracking systems.
• Leads cross-functional efforts as the primary interface with off-site personnel including the Tedlar® Supply Chain team and various other leadership roles (including business, technology and manufacturing) as well as corporate support resources.
• Active participation in the site leadership team and associated site improvement initiatives.
• Manage the unit’s infrastructure capabilities, improvement and resource plans. This includes identification and application of Lean and Six Sigma tools to deliver improvements through engagement and problem-solving.
• Oversee the operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with support from other site leadership team members.
• Sets expectations and is accountable for maintaining a unit culture that models and supports DuPont Core Values.

Required Qualifications:

• Cost management experience.
• Prior experience working in a union site; experience with union labor contracts.
• Demonstrated background of leadership experience managing large teams (i.e. Unit/Production Manager, Area Manager, Maintenance Leader, or Functional manager) within production and chemical plant REQUIRED.
• Teambuilding and consensus-building experiences.
• Strategic planning and business analysis experience.
• Process Safety Management in high hazard process experience.
• Personal behavior that models and demonstrates accountability for maintaining DuPont Core Values.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science and 10 years of equivalent experience (production, chemical plant, etc.) REQUIRED.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Process Safety Management (PSM): 1910.119 highly preferred.
• Six Sigma Green Belt/DPS Expert/Lean Management certification desired; Black Belt/DPS Lead Expert.
• Experience and background in Quality Systems.

About the Site:

The Yerkes site employs approximately 435 DuPont employees and another 60-80 contractors. In addition to the Tedlar® operation, Yerkes is the home for Corian® Operations and R&D The Corian® business is part of the Shelter Business Division at DuPont and in turn part of the Water and Protection DuPont business segment. The Shelter business has landlord responsibilities for the Yerkes site with the Tedlar® business as Tenant. The two business units work collaboratively to share, where appropriate, improvement approaches, resources and site infrastructure support. The bargaining unit employees (operators, mechanics, lab technicians and clerical group) are represented by a local 6992 of the United Steel Workers union.

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The Pay range for this role is $118,300.00 - $185,900.00 Annual

How Base Pay is Determined: DuPont has job leveling frameworks that help organize roles based on progressive levels of responsibility, proficiency and qualifications. Each role has an associated pay range (or an established pay rate for some roles) based on the competitive market in each country where we operate. Each individual’s pay is based on a variety of factors, including their role and the associated pay range for that role, their geographic location (i.e., country, state, metropolitan area), as well as their skills, experience, education and certifications, and performance.