Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader, Life Sciences

ISP Chemicals LLC

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious? Are you always solving? Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for an Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader to join our Life Sciences business at our Calvert City, Kentucky location.

This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Operations function.

This position will report to the Global Operations Director for Life Sciences.

The Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader is accountable for ensuring efficient and effective operations across the Acetylenic plant locations (Lima, OH, Texas City, TX, Calvert City, KY).

The Acetylenic Manufacturing Leader will provide strategic and functional leadership in delivering short- and long-term strategy elaboration to meet the safety, growth and EBITDA objectives of the business.

This strategic elaboration includes capital expenditure needs, new product introduction, capacity requirements, cost savings and improvement projects along with executable plan to achieve objectives.

These plans are developed in collaboration with several stakeholders including Commercial Leaders, Marketing, Manufacturing and Engineering (M&E) and Supply Chain.

This position supports and drives the fulfillment of special projects for Business objectives.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:



* Compliance and Safety: Ensuring compliance with regulations, policies, and safety standards across all locations.


* Leadership and Support: Serving as a leader and resource for Acetylenic plant teams, providing training, guidance, and support.


* Coordination and Management: Overseeing and managing the daily operations of Acetylenic sites, including staffing, property operations, and financial performance.

Required to balance multiple competing priorities on a regular basis.

An understanding of the needs of multiple and competing customers is imperative.


* Operational Efficiency: Ensuring that all operational components, from logistics to supply chain management, run smoothly and effectively.


* Process Improvement: Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance overall site performance.


* Financial Management: Managing budgets, expenses, and financial performance across multiple sites.


* Resource Allocation: Optimizing the allocation of resources, such as staff, equipment, and materials, across all locations.



* Communication and Collaboration: Effectively communicating with site managers, employees, and other stakeholders.

Influential / indirect leadership to a wide variety of higher and lower level roles as part of Leadership team.


* Travel: app...