Site Operations Leader - Dilovasi, Turkey

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.  

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place. 

About you and this role

The Polyurethanes and Construction Chemicals Business has an exciting and challenging opportunity available for a Site Leader/Production Leader position for the Dilovasi Polyurethanes Systems Site in Turkey. 
This role has an overall accountability for the safety, reliability and growth performance of the site. Being an isolated location, the Site/Production Leader represents Dow in the area and directly manages relationships with industrial partners and local authorities. 

Responsibilities

EHS/Reliability Leadership: 

• Maintains site compliance with all internal and external regulations. Represent site and maintain relationships with the local government. 
• Ensures the plant is meeting the operational requirements of Dow’s businesses and continuously improving. This includes environmental, health and safety, product delivery, quality and operating the plant to meet customers’ needs. 
• Maintains Dow’s license to operate by developing and maintaining strong relationships with community, state/provincial and federal political and regulatory leaders. 
• Provide leadership and coaching to operations personnel on issues dealing with safety, environmental, personal health, quality, logistics, cost, productivity, reliability and the business/customers. 
• Drives a strong MOC process in their organization to ensure that reviews are completed thoroughly, risks are adequately assessed, and personnel are properly trained prior to implementing changes in the production facility. 
• Ensures timely and effective investigations are conducted with appropriate corrective and preventative actions to prevent recurrence. Leverages lessons to other facilities. 

Organizational Effectiveness / People Leadership: 

• Creates an inclusive and collaborative work environment 
• Ensures success of all operational excellence elements of site operations including providing the strategic leadership necessary for successful long-term operation of site facilities. The site leader represents Dow locally. 
• Sets vision and ensures goals are established and executed in alignment with business objectives, while adapting to changing conditions. Provides motivation, context, and purpose to the team through frequent communications. 
• Engages established leveraged site services to achieve plant success. 
• Provides a sustainable, highly trained operational work force including contractors. 
• Balances short-term priorities with long-term needs of the site and the business on site. 
• Maintains and improves the expertise index of the facility organization, ensuring that appropriate knowledge remains within the facility – comprehensive training and on-boarding are essential. 
• Inspires and motivates the organization. Continuously Meets the annual expense budget for the plant as set by the function and business. 
• Facilitate personnel development, counselling, motivation, and policy-setting to create environment for employees and work teams that support commitment to continuous improvement and empowerment.  
• Develop annual and long-term operating budgets, operate the plants within these guidelines, and conduct monthly analysis to ensure costs are in compliance with budgetary goals and functional guidelines. 
• Owns the management system and validates its effectiveness via Management System Reviews (MSR’s). 
• Addresses discipline issues in a timely manner. Escalates to proper channels as needed. 
• shows appreciation and maintains a servant-leader mindset. 

Business Owner Mindset / Financial Acumen:  

• Develops and maintains relationships with the appropriate business and functional leaders to ensure that the needs of the business are understood and communicated to the site. 
• Develops financial acumen skills across the organization to accelerate profitability and productivity. Understands business model and strategy for facility and helps the plant team to understand how they fit into the business/company. Uses knowledge of assets, products, customers, and technology to ensure the business strategy maximizes value from the asset. 

Quality / Continuous Improvement: 

• Understands customer needs and drives high levels of quality, responsiveness, and reliability for the customer. Interfaces with customers as needed.
• Drives continuous improvement mindset and actions across the organization using Six Sigma, LEAN, and IPS. 

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent 
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant M&E experience 

Your Skills

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and initiatives
• Work across diverse cultures, communicate effectively and lead by influence, to achieve results at both business and plant level. 
• Ability to embrace Inclusion and Diversity and visibly display a set of behaviors that foster the personal and professional development of team members.   
• Six Sigma or Lean skills is preferred 
• Previous Functional and Operations Leadership Experience 
• Advanced degrees and training are beneficial 
• Demonstrated successful experience in Environment, Health and Safety performance. 
• Turkish language skills preferred due to Site location. 

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 
 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. 
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. 
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. 
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building. 
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs. 
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).  
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.  
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation. 
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
  • Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
  • Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment.  We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.