Essential Responsibilities:

People – scope is ~50 people.

• Cultivate a positive, engaged culture and organizational capability with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Build a capable team with succession plans for key positions.
• Champion people processes that prepare employees for success, establish performance expectations, and ensure a fair and equitable disciplinary process.
• Training and development to upgrade skills and career options for associates.
• Drive performance management initiatives, including goal setting, regular feedback, and coaching.
• Uphold equal opportunity principles and foster diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
• Promote integrity and adherence to Verdesian's business code of conduct and relevant policies.

EHS

• Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain a safe and healthy workplace.
• Promote environmental responsibility and support the company's ESG goals.
• Accountable for the EHS Management System.

Quality/FDA

• Produce first-quality products for commercial sales. Expand process control, quality, and process improvement.
• Manage the customer complaint process for timely and effective resolution.
• Collaborate with R&D and their QC support function.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, cGMP, and other quality/FDA regulatory requirements.

Service & Delivery

• Ensure high on-time service levels within competitive lead times.
• Optimize capacity through scheduling and OEE improvements (uptime, rates, and first-quality yields)
• Implement lean and six sigma methodologies to enhance efficiency.
• Ensure training and compliance with SOPs for production processes.

Facilities and Infrastructure

• Ensure plant facilities are well-maintained for uptime and reliability.
• Ensure judicious CapEx spend to maintain and upgrade the facility for safety, compliance, quality, efficiency, and capacity.

Cost & Cash Management

• Operate within approved budget spending and optimize costs.
• Reduce costs of poor quality and manage inventories.
• Manage inventories in partnership with Supply Chain and Planning.
• Manage within the approved CapEx budget.

Systems & Reporting & External Stakeholders

• Interface as needed with the local and state community and agencies.
• Connect effectively with key stakeholders of Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and external customers as required by standard business processes and / or sales visits.
• Ability to report effectively to the company’s executive leadership.
• Utilize Oracle ERP systems and Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Weekly, monthly, and quarterly tracking, analysis, and reporting of plant KPIs
• Establish departmentalized key performance indicators and metrics to monitor and report overall plant performance to senior management.

Criteria:

· Minimum B.S. in Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering.

· Minimum 15 years of experience in Chemical, Fertilizer, or Industrial manufacturing.

· Proven leadership in Environmental, Health, and Safety programs.

· Experience in quality management systems, cGMP/ISO preferred.

· Strong leadership skills with experience in change management.

· Ability to analyze and deploy resources effectively.

· Proven success in achieving productive, cost-effective, and compliant results.

· Superior communication skills and experience in Lean Six Sigma is a plus.

· Ability to undergo fit testing and wear a mask as needed.