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Our DuPont site in Newark, DE is looking for an Operations Lab Manager . This role is a single site business role providing technical leadership and optimizes the effectiveness of analytical resources to ensure cost-competitive analytical services are provided to support manufacturing operations. This role also serves as the people leader for 5-10 lab personnel across multiple labs on site.

Responsibilities:

Lab Routine Operation:

• Serve as a role model for EH&S, share learning, and ensure follow-up on incident investigations.

• Facilitate analytical requests, negotiate for resources, and direct work to the proper group

• Monitor the progress of requests and address barriers

• Leverage best practices and analytical applications across Analytical Technologies

• Proactively communicate with business, function, and site roles on development of Service Level Agreements and analytical issues

Technical leadership:

• Oversee and lead troubleshooting efforts on analytical tools as required.

• Provide coaching to the team on lab data analysis techniques like measurement system analysis, control charting, etc.

• Develop, implement and track progress of the Site Operations Analytical Strategy

• Identify and communicate opportunities for new and improved analytical technology

• Facilitate the identification of opportunities and implementation of improvements

• Represent Analytical Technologies on multidisciplinary analytical projects.

• Coordinate resources for analytical projects and activities.

People leadership:

• Provide people leadership for analytical roles.

• Lead or participate in capital planning for analytical equipment.

• Facilitate alignment of people resources to business projects and monitor progress

• Coach and mentor new team members and assist in recruiting.

Critical Success Factors:

• Model EH&S behavior.

• Excellent Interpersonal Effectiveness.

• High Initiative and Drive.

• Service minded attitude.

• Desire and talent to learn People Management Skills, and apply these to promote people development.

• Able to deal with different functional cultures.

• Knowledge of and experience in wet chemistry, chromatography, microscopy, spectroscopy, mechanical testing, and surface characterization

Accountabilities:

• Ensure EH&S is the top priority and performance is acceptable

• Establish the Site Operations Analytical Strategy.

• Provide technical expertise on analytical technology and capabilities to resolve raw material, process, product and analytical problems and identify opportunities for improved technology

• Implement technology which adds value to the businesses

• Build a People Centric Performance Culture

• Optimize cost-competitiveness of analytical services

• Ensure continual improvement in the labs

• Ensure delivery of timely and accurate analytical results per the Sample Plan and Service Level Agreements

Qualifications :

• B.Sc. or higher education in a chemistry related field.

• 8(+) Years experience in a technical and/or plant related role.

• Six Sigma training requirement: Green Belt Project Leader certification or Black Belt certification recommended

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