Production Manager

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?

About the job

In this exiting role you will be one of our keyplayers at Site Stockvik. You get to thrive in a developing environment surrounded by a great team. You will feel the Production pulse in everyday life. Challenging goals can both be met and exceeded in the joint efforts within the team.

The Surfactants plant is a key global asset for the manufacturing of fatty amines, a necessary ingredient in so-called Surfactants, for example: Hygiene products, Detergents, Asphalt, Emulsifiers, Flotating agents in the mining industry, Impregnation agents, Agricultural chemicals, and Cosmetics.

In your future role as Production Manager you will

Manage the production unit by providing competence regarding production, productivity, quality control, and process safety – with continuous improvement as the main driver in everything we do. You as Production Manager have 14 direct reports: Production supervisors, Production engineers, Planners/Schedulers and a Gatekeeper.  You report to the Stockvik Site Director and is a key member of the Site Management Team.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for the Surfactants production units and continuously improve productivity, HSE performance and quality performance.
• As a member of the site management team, contribute to the formulation of site objectives from a production perspective and ensure that site capabilities, constraints and HSE considerations are incorporated into the site improvement plan.
• Member of the site emergency response team.
• Lead an operational excellence agenda by coaching & teaching functional excellence in all areas while achieving sustainable improvement in the safety, reliability, productivity, quality of plant operations.
• Responsible for department budget, and production scheduling.
• Ensure compliance with Swedish legislation, regulations and the Nouryon standards and directives.
• Develop and drive change to continuously build and strengthen the HSE culture. Be a role model, act on deviations and immediately stop ongoing work if not performed in a safe way.
• Develop individual team members and build a team that collectively is capable of and fully involved in achieving the task.
• Responsible for the implementation of new product introductions, including evaluation of capability from a productivity as well as quality point of view.
• Manage human resources including but not limited to succession planning and identify talents with growth potential.
• Walk the talk by living the Nouryon values and working across functions and departments to drive the overall strategy for improved and leading performance within Health, Safety, Environment and Security.

We believe you bring

• Several years of experience in either direct or indirect managerial roles or equivalent.
• Academic degree within engineering and/or science, preferably chemical engineering.
• Proven track record in Operations or Integrated Supply Chain from Process Industry
• Extensive knowledge about health, safety, work environment and security.
• Knowledge and experience in LEAN and Continuous Improvement 
• Fluent in both Swedish and English.

Great if you have

• Experience in driving digitalization projects within production and process industry

We believe you are a person that takes responsibility for your task and drive its processes further in a independed and structured way. You got the ability and interest to coach, lead and teach colleagues and enjoy being in an environment of change. You are a good team player, knows how to build own network and ability to gain respect and trust through situational leadership and integrity. We also believe that you are risk-aware and self-directed, able to take a decision quickly within uncertainty.

We offer you

At Nouryon, we provide a great job and friendly coworkers, plus benefits in addition to salary. Our collective agreement is with IKEM. Plus, we offer unilateral perks, such as bonus, reduced hours, wellness allowance, lunch allowance, and more.

Have we got your interest?

This is a permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to Peter Nilsson, Site Director, Site Stockvik and based in Sundsvall.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

About Nouryon

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today.

If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

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Contact

For additional information about the vacancy please contact hiring manager Peter Nilsson, Site Director Site Stockvik at peter.nilsson@nouryon.com

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or your application or need assistance, please contact: Recruiting.SE@Nouryon.com

Union related contacts included here:
Ledarna: Jan Filipsson +46 70 519 97 09 
Sveriges Ingenjörer: Ted Svensson +46 72-217 55 84    
Unionen: Jens Magnusson +46 72 215 24 10