DESCRIPTION:

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

* Dyneema, the world's strongest fiber, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports

* Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy

* Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint

* Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work. For more information, visit

WHY AVIENT:

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The PP Production Manager is responsible for leading the Technical and Operations support functions and act as a link between the day-to-day and shift operations. This person will manage the medium- to long-term strategies of the area. The PP Production Manager is also responsible for leading area continuous improvement initiatives from managing system(s) for idea generation to facilitating execution of projects.

JOB CONTEXT:

The PP Production Manager has operational responsibilities for the effective management of Process and Technical Support staff. Their leadership should focus on safety, maintaining quality standards, implementing standardized work processes, and driving and supporting a culture of continuous improvement to leverage and implement best manufacturing practices.

The person in this role will interact with colleagues at the local, site, and global levels. They will be knowledgeable of the Avient Protective Materials' processes and product quality requirements. They will analyze process and production data and provide troubleshooting and reporting support and take action to improve processes.

The PP Production Manager must be able to engage and develop their team members by setting clear expectations, providing individualized feedback, and successfully managing the performance of their team.

JOB CONTENT:

Key Areas of Accountability / Responsibility

1. Show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to AVIENT requirements, rules and procedures.

2. Assures that all employees follow established occupational safety rules, housekeeping, Hazmat regulations, and SOPs.

3. Conduct safety incident reporting, corrective action responses, and documenting observed risks.

4. Abides by and enforces Avient procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of intellectual property limited to a "need to know" only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or AVIENT property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of Avient property and keys.

5. Champion sustainability by promoting a "reduce/reuse/recycle" philosophy within their team.

6. Provides leadership to assigned employees by performing the following: leading organizational change; developing and empowering employees; cultivating relationships; putting employees in a position to succeed, meeting their personal career goals while also achieving organizational goals; building effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals; driving engagement and creating a climate where employees are motivated to do their best.

7. Prepares performance reviews for all employees and evaluates personnel performance according to performance management process. Provides feedback for continuous improvement. Holds employees accountable and applies discipline process as required. Assists in hiring staff as needed. Maintains a work environment that fosters teamwork and supports the company's continuous improvement process.

8. Focus on employee growth, development and future performance through ongoing conversations, coaching & succession planning with team.

9. Facilitate the training of new or current Production Support employees in new skills or retraining, to include Safety, Quality, and SOPs.

10. Support and drive productivity to meet plant and corporate initiatives, as outlined in the Manufacturing Plan

11. Responsible for compliance with relevant laws, regulatory requirements, recipes, SOP's, and other related documentation and activities.

12. Manages the finite scheduling for LP operations to ensure that product line loading and equipment scheduling is optimized to result in optimal asset utilization.

13. Manages continuous improvement initiative activities and projects which includes supporting and leading continuous improvements to maintain and improve area safety, product quality and process efficiency.

14. Evaluates and solves operation problems by reviewing the area of concern, developing potential solutions, technically evaluating, or testing the solutions, and preparing summary reports/recommendations for management.

15. Investigates and prepares technical reports related to production opportunities, customer complaints/inquiries, material consumption/reconciliation, process deviations, efficiency, and schedule variances.

16. Active contribution to resolving unplanned deviations. This includes real-time documentation and root cause analysis.

17. Critical point of contact to facilitate teamwork within the LP production support department, LP operations organization, and support departments. Provides necessary resources for the team to fulfill objectives.

18. Participates in quality and safety investigations and ensures appropriate actions are taken to correct deficiencies.

19. Supports the creation, update and review of LP work instructions, procedures and change requests as required.

20. Perform other duties as assigned.

Authorities

Authorized to approve work permits per details included in site procedure. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities.

Projects or Special Assignments

a. Operational Excellence Roles

b. SAP Roles (as required)

c. Process Technology Teams

d. Project Leader as part of RTO

e. Culture Change Leader and Team Roles

COMPLEXITY OF THE JOB:

Process support and finite schedule decisions made by the PP Production Manager will directly impact manufacturing performance, cost, and the area's ability to site and business targets.

Leadership decisions made by the PP Production Manager will also directly impact Manufacturing performance by the impact to morale of direct reports, impact to teamwork within Operations and across site departments, and impact to continuous improvement culture initiatives.

KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:

* Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in a related technical field plus 4 years technical and/or supervisory experience in manufacturing; OR 6 years technical and/or supervisory experience in manufacturing.

* Process or Project Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (preferred).

* Working knowledge and/or routine use of the business processes and platforms such as:

o Microsoft Office Suite and related Digital Platforms

o Manufex, Operational Excellence and Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP), Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt)

o SAP

o Work permitting and work permit software

o SHE requirements and practices

o Relevant SHE assessments and investigation practices

Management of change and continuous improvement methodologies

The PP Production Manager will back fill the Shift Supervisors, when needed. The person in this role will also fill in for the PP Operations Manager.

Due to the above-mentioned complexity of the operations and specific role, it is important the job holder has the ability and skills to work with various levels of personnel within the business. This includes technicians, engineers, sales and marketing, senior management, as well as with external audit bodies and customers. Additionally, the job holder needs the ability to handle stress, function calmly in emergency situations, and be able to confront people at various levels of the organization.

REQUIRED LEVEL OF EXPERIENCES:

* Experience leading a team and developing team members based on team member skill sets, desires for growth and business needs.

* Familiarity with implementing, modeling, following and enforcing safety, health and environment procedures and behaviors.

* Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with support groups and all levels of the organization.

* Strategic planning and organizational skills for short-, medium- and long-term tasks and actions such as planning and ensuring the resources required to execute the production schedule

* Problem-solving abilities to be able to quickly assess production issues and establish the best course of action

* Analytical skills to be able to spot issues/deficiencies of varying complexity within the manufacturing process quickly and take appropriate and timely action to rectify.

* Ability to make informed and data driven decisions quickly, at times under pressure

* Effective at time management to complete urgent-, short-, medium- and long-term tasks and actions

* Effective communication skills to disseminate information related to site and area goals, expectations, and other pertinent information to ensure understanding by team members

* Ability to compile, analyze, interpret, update, and create business and production reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis

* Ability to lead, support, drive and effectively communicate change management

* Ability to coach, develop, empower, and hold team members accountable when appropriate

* Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment and understanding of machine controls and instrumentation

* Broad knowledge of production planning processes

COMPETENCIES:

Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development.

ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, SAFETY, & SECURITY (EHS&S) REQUIREMENTS:

Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.

Security includes physical security and cyber security.