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- Plant Manager Job
- Location: Piedmont, SC, United States
- Employment Type: Regular
- Category: Manufacturing Management
- Posting Date: Nov 12, 2026
- Plant Manager
- Piedmont, South Carolina | Industrial Adhesives
Position Summary
- We are seeking an experienced and dynamic
- Plant Manager to lead our manufacturing operation in
- Piedmont, South Carolina
. This is a highly visible leadership role for a proven manufacturing leader who can drive change, develop high-performing teams, strengthen accountability, and deliver operational excellence.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on, people-focused leader who can set a clear vision, engage employees at all levels, challenge the status quo, and build a culture centered on safety, quality, continuous improvement, collaboration, and results.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for plant operations, including
- Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Continuous Improvement.
- Lead organizational and cultural change
- , building employee engagement, accountability, and ownership.
- Develop, coach, and strengthen the plant leadership team while building the organization's future talent pipeline.
- Champion a zero-incident safety culture and ensure compliance with EHS requirements.
- Drive operational excellence using
- Lean Six Sigma, OEE, VSM, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools.
- Deliver plant financial, productivity, quality, customer service, and inventory objectives.
- Partner across Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, R&D, Sales, and other business functions to achieve business goals.
- Identify and eliminate barriers, improve processes, and create sustainable improvements in plant performance.
- Maintain a strong presence on the manufacturing floor and actively engage with supervisors and employees.
- Lead and support capital investments and improvement initiatives aligned with business strategy.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing, engineering, or operations experience.
- Proven manufacturing leadership experience with a strong record of leading change and improving performance.
- Demonstrated ability to build, coach, and lead high-performing teams.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to drive accountability and results.
- Experience with Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Chemical, specialty chemical, adhesives, batch/process manufacturing, or similar experience preferred.
The Leader We're Looking For
You are a visible, decisive, and engaging leader who knows how to bring people along through change. You set clear expectations, hold yourself and others accountable, develop talent, and create an environment where employees are empowered to solve problems and improve the business.
Most importantly, you can deliver today's results while transforming the organization for tomorrow.
One Arkema
, comprised of many businesses and brands including Bostik, ArrMaz, and more! and operating with a global reach in 55 countries with more than 20,700 employees. Each one contributes to positioning Arkema as a recognized leader of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, reporting annual sales of €9.1 billion, of which 3.1% allocated to R&D for 1,800 researchers in 17 R&D centers.
If you pursue excellence, love innovation and are inspired by challenges
, we encourage you through to learn more about our values – Solidarity, Performance, Simplicity, Empowerment, and Inclusion – and how we concentrate on advances in bio-based and recyclable materials, new energies, water management, electronic solutions, lightweight materials and design, home efficiency and insulation.
Changing the world requires the right formula.
The right formula consists of our innovative and sustainable materials, and you. Join us to develop the materials of tomorrow and make a difference together.
What are you made of?
The legal information below pertains specifically to positions posted in the United States
, however we strive for diversity, equity and inclusion in all the countries that we hire.
In addition to federal law requirements, Arkema Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting and hiring.
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Arkema is a world leader in
Innovative Materials for a Sustainable World with the ambition to become a pure Specialty Materials player.
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Arkema Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
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