Operational Excellence Manager
Lyondell Chemical Company

Houston, Texas

Posted in Manufacturing and Production


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Job Info


LyondellBasell

Basic Function

Leads Operational Excellence, regulatory compliance and other audits. Uses strong background in manufacturing and/or health, safety and environmental (HSE) to evaluate conformance to company operating standards and appropriate health, safety and environmental regulations. Coaches and develops auditors performing Corporate Operational audits and site self-assessments. Drives global consistency in the application and assessment of the Operational Excellence Management System. Provides risk assessment and analysis to prioritize improvement efforts in risk reduction and efficiency. Develops and enhances Excellence Models and process to improve performance. Develops tools and actions KPIs for continuous risk reduction efforts. Champions continuous improvements efforts in processes and areas of responsibility. Provides recommendations to facility and senior management regarding conformance and effectiveness of closure plans.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Leads OE Management System improvement efforts globally to more efficiently and effectively reduce risk.
  • Drives global alignment of Operational Excellence process and facilitates preferred practice implementation.
  • Develops tools to assist sites and auditors to proactively identify performance issue and departure for standard requirements. Uses analytics to drive decisions making and improvement planning.
  • Leads the Operational Excellence Network and ensures priorities between corporate and site functions.
  • Provides organization leadership to create and improve the development and integration of OE processes into business units and manufacturing facilities.
  • Working with the OE team, leads and supports the development, implementation and maintenance of a Company-wide audit program focused on the identification and understanding of significant gaps between current operations and the Company standards, to create continuous improvement. Coaches and develops auditor in the Americas region.
  • Leads the advancement of the Operational Excellence culture throughout the Company via communication, recognition, education and assistance.
  • Supports the development, review and revision of Operational Excellence Standards to improve company performance.
  • Leads interdisciplinary teams of 6 to 18 people, including senior manufacturing and technical support staff managers in operations, maintenance, HSE and technical fields, on operational excellence audits of our facilities. Communicates effectively and objectively with facility manager and staff.
  • Documents findings, provides recommendations and prepares assessments of the effectiveness of systems in place. Conveys these conclusions to senior management via written audit reports.
  • Drives system and performance enhancements to further identify and reduce risk.
  • Identifies and implements efficiency and effectiveness improvements to OEMS processes.
  • Provides ownership of assigned Excellence Models and associated Network.
  • Assists in the analysis of process performance to identify best practices and areas of opportunity.

Min. Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent with a minimum of 10- years of chemical or refining manufacturing experience preferred.

Work Experience: Substantial knowledge of chemical, processing or refining plant maintenance, operations and/or HSE. Experience in other functional areas is also desirable

Critical Competencies/Behaviors:
  • Drives Results
  • Ensures Accountability
  • Demonstrates Courage
  • Ability to work effectively in a diverse environment.
  • Ability to translate working knowledge of the business into clear and specific strategies.
  • Ability to utilize functional knowledge expertise to contribute to the success of the business.
  • Encourage creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Have an excellent customer focus to ensure that services are delivered in a cost-effective way.

Skills:
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including executive management
  • Ability to lead through influence, and manage and direct an audit team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Analytica skills and the ability to translate data in to leveraging action
  • Business focus to ensure value adding activities are captured and implemented

Preferred Qualifications

Competencies

Builds effective teams

Collaborates

Cultivates innovation

Customer focus

Demonstrates courage

Drives results

Ensures accountability

Instills trust and exemplifies integrity

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB): As a leader in the global chemical industry, LyondellBasell strives every day to be the safest, best operated and most valued company in our industry. The company's products, materials and technologies are advancing sustainable solutions for food safety, access to clean water, healthcare and fuel efficiency in more than 100 international markets. LyondellBasell places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. The company takes great pride in its world-class technology and customer focus. LyondellBasell has stepped up its circularity and climate ambitions and actions to address the global challenges of plastic waste and decarbonization. In 2022, LyondellBasell was named as one of FORTUNE Magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" for the fifth consecutive year. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

Nearest Major Market: Houston


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