Plant Manager - Oevel Site (Belgium)

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.  

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life. 

Job Title: Plant Manager

Job Location: Oevel, Belgium

Job Type: Permanent

Type of role: on site

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Plant Manager!

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the Chemical industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do:  

As a Plant Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation, leading the Lubrizol Advanced Materials Oevel site to support business requirement, operations management, performance requirements and objectives. You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Your work will directly impact HSE processes with a relevant impact in Security of our processes and people, oversee the production and maintenance of the site with a straight focus in quality. You also may be involved in CAPEX projects for Continuous Improvement, maintenance, and capacity expenditure at plant level.

What We're Looking For: 

• Develop a culture of Oevel operations manufacturing team as high ethical standard, commitment to HSE, business driven, high performance expectation and functional excellence
• Develop and execute annual operating plan of Oevel site based on business AOP and operations functional requirement.
• Manage, lead, coach and develop the team and organization
• Manage the site annual operations planning and management such as objectives setting, budgeting, capital planning, performance review, organization planning, talent review and engagement
• Manage the manufacturing performance of the Oevel site including: HSES, Quality, Delivery, Costs, Capital, Continuous improvement, Asset efficiency, and Organization development
• Continuously improve and implement operations functional excellence management system by working with operations COE functions such as HSE, Quality, Manufacturing Technology, Operations Excellence, etc
• Build strong relationships throughout operations to ensure teams are well connected and focused on delivering product to customers on time. Be highly connected and communicative with supply chain, procurement & manufacturing technology
• Act as a partner and build strong relationship related business and commercial teams with a business driven and one team collaborative approach

Skills That Make a Difference:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, chemistry, polymer, material, or relevant engineering field, advanced degree in engineering or MBA is a plus
• Minimum 10 years manufacturing leadership in the chemical or relevant industry
• Successful track record in career development in manufacturing or engineering functions
• Experienced at driving team development and performance, ensuring a high level of employee engagement.
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, sense of urgency, attention to detail
• Proficiency in Dutch and English are required
• Experience working with unions are a plus

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

• Develop your professional career with a highly respected, industry-leading, multinational company that is part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
• Become part of a culture that is based on accountability and empowerment and which values diversity and inclusivity.
• A competitive remuneration and benefits package

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Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers, and communities.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their ethnic origin, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic.