Director of Manufacturing Job at Air Liquide in Richmond

An Air Liquide Healthcare company, subsidiary of the Air Liquide group, Seppic has been designing, manufacturing, and marketing unique ingredients for over 75 years. These ingredients are used by consumers, patients, and professionals. Worldwide, a vast team of talented women and men serve customers for health, well-being, and beauty of all. At Seppic, our vision is to help everyone enjoy a healthy life in a healthy environment. The Director of Manufacturing is accountable for the execution of manufacturing operations in accordance with the manufacturing schedule and with respect to the budget. Responsibilities will include: Quality of products manufactured and for the compliance with the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Cosmetics & Pharmaceutical Ingredients. For the health and safety of employees and subcontractors in the plant. For the compliance with concerned laws, in particular environmental laws and permits. For ensuring a good level of plant security and Intellectual Protection of the plant. For maintaining the plant in a good safe of cleanliness and repair. For ensuring that expenses are optimized to ensure good competitiveness. For plant organization to ensure good compliance with production schedule. Main activities: In charge of people management in accordance with HR policies to hire & ensure adequate training of employees and ensure the plant organization. Represents the plant with local authorities & stakeholders. Leads a prevention risk policy in different fields of HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) in accordance with Air Liquide Safety Policy. Ensures good compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (FDA, EFFCI). Focuses on customer satisfaction and makes investigations for each customer complaint. Provides monthly reports regarding Quality, HSE, supply and costing. Motivates staff to improve all plant performances (Cost and delay, quality, safety). Justifies investment requests to the board and ensures that investment projects have no overtime and no overcosts. Director of Manufacturing Duties: This position also ensures that the manufacturing leadership team understands and supports the strategy, and that the manufacturing plant is fully operational and staffed to ensure success. Develops, communicates and executes our manufacturing strategy through the leadership of the team responsible for our production facility. Successfully leads and manages all operations and functions within manufacturing including safety, productivity, budgets, quality and continuous improvements. Ensures plant is appropriately staffed and cGMP compliant. Creates a culture that drives high quality manufacturing which adheres to regulatory requirements and integrates best practices. Develops metrics to drive performance. Communicates metrics and partners with team to analyze, assess and respond to inconsistencies or lower performance levels. Responsible for developing and managing the Manufacturing budget, including long-term capital investment strategy to ensure manufacturing plant is fully operational while aligning with budget. REPORTING & INTERFACES: Seppic Inc CEO Supply chain teams Financial department Executive committee members Are you a MATCH? Good knowledge of environmental and work regulations. Ability to understand chemical processes. Experience in safety management. Safety and quality oriented. Good analytical and synthesis skills. Leadership, enthusiastic. Adaptability. Reliable in crisis situations. Decision maker. Good relationship and ability for negotiation. EDUCATION: Master's degree or Bachelor's in chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanics or equivalent. EXPERIENCE: Strong experience in a process industry at a management level (manufacturing or maintenance). A successful experience in chemical unit start up is appreciated. Our Differences make our Performance At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world. Helping diverse candidates find great careers is our goal. The information you provide here is secure and confidential. #J-18808-Ljbffr