Principal, Business Operations Lead

Principal, Business Operations Lead

Entegris is currently seeking a Business Operations Principal, Specialty Chemicals to join our Specialty Chemicals (SC) team. This position will be based on our Ambler, PA facility. In this role, you will work closely with the Product Managers, Business Development and cross-functional teams across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, and R&D to drive business performance, operating cadence, and execution rigor across the Business Unit. You will act as a trusted business partner to the VP, General Manager, coordinating the Monthly Business Review (MBR) process, performance tracking, management reporting, and cross-functional coordination to ensure alignment, accountability, and execution of key business priorities. You will develop a comprehensive understanding of the Specialty Chemicals portfolio and serve as a key source of business insights and performance analytics to the leadership team. This role will also prepare and/or coordinate the non-statutory Management P&L for the Specialty Chemicals business, in close alignment with Finance, translating reported results into business drivers, operational implications, risks, opportunities, and actionable recommendations. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, analytical rigor, executive communication, and the ability to influence decisions without direct authority while ensuring alignment across functions to deliver business results.

What You'll Do

• Support and coordinate the Monthly Business Review (MBR) process by consolidating inputs from functional owners, preparing executive-ready materials, tracking actions and decisions, and ensuring clear follow-up while process ownership remains with the respective Demand, Supply, Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Quality leaders.
• Enable a structured operating cadence linking Forecast, Demand Review, Supply Review, and MBR by coordinating inputs, tracking decisions and actions, and ensuring cross-functional alignment while functional owners remain accountable for their respective processes.
• Prepare and/or coordinate the non-statutory Management P&L for the Specialty Chemicals business, ensuring alignment with Finance while translating results into business drivers, risks, opportunities, and actions for the leadership team
• Define and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) across financial, commercial, operational, and continuous improvement dimensions, including contribution margin, pricing, capacity, productivity, inventory timing, project ROI, and benefit realization.
• Develop business performance reporting that translates KPI results into clear business drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for leadership decision-making.
• Provide clear variance analysis versus AOP, forecast, prior month, and prior year, with actionable insights and recommendations.
• Partner with Commercial teams to track customer, territory, and regional performance, including revenue gaps, pipeline, wins/losses, qualification progress, and order timing.
• Support pricing analytics, including price realization, cost pass-through, product/customer mix, and margin impact.
• Coordinate plant fixed-cost reviews, ensuring visibility to cost drivers, variances, corrective actions, and escalation needs.
• Monitor operational performance metrics such as capacity, throughput, schedule adherence, quality, productivity, and delivery risks, connecting operational performance to financial and customer impact.
• Maintain visibility to the Continuous Improvement (CI) and project portfolio, tracking progress, resource allocation, ROI, milestones, risks, and benefit realization.
• Support development of business cases, project prioritization, capital/resource allocation decisions, and post-completion benefit tracking.
• Drive cross-functional follow-up by maintaining action logs, decision logs, owners, timelines, and accountability tracking.
• Lead the leadership operating cadence by preparing executive summaries, decision materials, and action/decision tracking that translate business priorities into clear owners, timelines, metrics, and measurable outcomes.

What We Seek

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Business Operations, FP&A, Commercial Excellence, Manufacturing Finance, Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement, or similar roles within a manufacturing, specialty chemicals, advanced materials, or technically complex B2B environment.
• Strong understanding of financial and operational business drivers, including revenue, forecast, AOP, contribution margin, pricing, mix, fixed cost, inventory timing, productivity, quality, and ROI.
• Experience preparing, coordinating, or analyzing management reporting or business performance reviews in partnership with Finance, with the ability to translate results into business drivers, risks, opportunities, and actions.
• Proven ability to define, manage, and communicate KPIs that drive business performance, accountability, and execution discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, R&D, and site teams.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in variance analysis, data-driven decision-making, performance tracking, and executive-ready reporting.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, advanced Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI or other BI/dashboard tools preferred.
• Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex results into clear business messages, risks, decisions, and actions.
• Strong ownership, attention to detail, confidentiality, urgency, and ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and accountability.

Why Work at Entegris Lead. Inspire. Innovate. Define Your Future. Not everyone who works for a global company shares the same background, experiences and perspectives. We leverage the differences of our employees to bring new ideas to the table. Every employee throughout the company is encouraged to share input on projects and initiatives. Our decision-making process is truly a collaborative effort as we realize there are leaders at every level of the organization. We put our values at the core of how we operate as an organization not just when it's convenient, but in a lasting and meaningful way. We want the time and energy you spend here to have a positive impact on your life inside and outside of the office.

What We Offer Our total rewards package goes above and beyond just a paycheck. Whether you're looking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals.

• Compensation: $127,000.00 - $169,000.00 a year range with actual pay dependent on candidate overall skills for the role
• Generous 401(K) plan with an impressive employer match
• Excellent health, dental and vision insurance packages to fit your needs
• Flexible work schedule and 11 paid holidays a year
• Paid time off (PTO) policy that empowers you to take the time you need to recharge
• Education assistance to support your learning journey
• Values-driven culture with colleagues that rally around People, Accountability, Creativity and Excellence

Entegris does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need Entegris immigration sponsorship (e.g., H1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) now or in the future. At Entegris we are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital or military status.