Midland Plant Leader at DuPont

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At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers The Midland Plant Leader serves as the senior leader of DuPont's Automotive Adhesives & Fluids manufacturing operation in Midland, with overall responsibility for the safe, reliable, and efficient performance of the site. This highly visible role provides the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the facility, drive operational excellence, and build a culture centered on safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement across a complex manufacturing environment. Leading a team of approximately 125 employees, the Midland Plant Leader is accountable for translating business strategy into operational results while developing organizational capability and fostering a high-performing workforce. The successful candidate will champion DuPont's values, drive sustainable growth and productivity, and ensure the site consistently delivers on its commitments to customers, employees, and shareholders. This is an exceptional opportunity to make a lasting impact on both the business and the future of the Midland operation. Job Description: Plant Leader is an experienced manufacturing leader accountable for delivering safe, reliable, customer-focused, and cost-effective plant performance while building a culture that grows and improves every day. This leader aligns plant priorities with business strategy and customer requirements, establishes disciplined operating systems, develops strong teams and leaders, and drives continuous improvement through lean manufacturing principles. Key Responsibilities Lead Safe, Reliable, Customer-Focused Operations Establish clear expectations for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity, Cost, and Compliance performance. Ensure operational risks are identified, understood, and managed through strong operating discipline. Build an organization that consistently delivers reliable supply and superior customer outcomes. Create accountability for achieving business commitments while maintaining high standards of safety and quality Drive Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence Lead deployment and sustainment of lean manufacturing principles throughout the site. Establish Daily Management systems including visual performance boards, tiered accountability meetings, leader standard work, standard work, and action tracking. Promote use of structured problem-solving methods to identify root causes and eliminate recurring issues. Drive waste elimination, variation reduction, improved flow, higher productivity, and better customer responsiveness. Champion continuous improvement efforts including Kaizen activities, value stream improvement, 5S, and operating rhythm disciplines. Lead From the Gemba Spend significant time where work is performed to understand performance challenges and opportunities. Engage employees directly to understand barriers, surface problems, and improve processes. Coach leaders to identify abnormalities early, solve problems at the source, and sustain performance improvements. Reinforce standard work, operating discipline, and accountability through visible leadership. Build a Growth Mindset Culture Foster an environment where employees challenge the status quo and seek better ways of working. Encourage experimentation, learning, innovation, and continuous development. Treat problems as opportunities to improve systems, processes, and capabilities. Recognize and reward learning, teamwork, improvement efforts, and business results. Build resilience and adaptability to succeed in a dynamic manufac