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 (https://careers.dupont.com/us/en/whyjoinus) **Area Leader - Vespel®** The Vespel® team is seeking an **Area Leader** at the Circleville, Ohio facility—30 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. This role will work with a diverse team to improve our competitive advantage for the manufacturing of Vespel® Polyimide Resins. This role reports to the Vespel® Unit Leader and is responsible for Front-Line Leaders, Operations Technicians, and other support staff. The Area Leader role will provide strategic and tactical direction to the safe manufacture of high quality Vespel® Resins that satisfies the requirements for Vespel® Parts and Shapes production while delivering on Environmental, Health, Safety, and other Key Performance metrics. **Core Responsibilities:** + Sets expectations and is accountable for unit’s performance including EHS, PSM, cost, quality, capital, production and associated tracking systems. + Accountable for maintaining and improving the unit culture in alignment with DuPont Core Values on EHS, Respect for People, Ethical Behavior, and Sustainability. + Provides Felt Leadership on Core Values performance for the area, including ensuring regulatory compliance, and compliance with area/site safety rules and policies. Ensures PSM compliance in facility. This facility is considered an OSHA High Hazard Process. + Provides leadership and daily direction for the area including daily production execution to plan. + Establishes clear expectations with an overall high bar for performance and drives accountability and continuous improvement with the Line Organization. + Drives continuous improvement in key production metrics such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Yield, and Quality. + Collaborates with supply chain and quality teams on issues such as production schedule and product quality. + Coaches and develops direct reports and cultivates atmosphere of learning and development in the broader Team. + Operational Excellence leader and project coordinator for cross functional teams to drive improvements in area performance. + Leads Root Cause Failure Analysis for incidents and drives resolution and error-proofing actions. + Owns and manages the areas infrastructure capabilities and resource plan. + Establishes and maintains strong rapport across the organization to enable and foster teamwork, collaboration, ownership, and performance. + Responsible for the operation of a 24-hour, 7 days a week, production with support from other leaders. + Visible and accessible leader to the organization. **Required qualifications:** + Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, or Equivalent experience. + 5+ years of industrial experience + 3+ years Manufacturing leadership leading people, quality, maintenance, reliability, and EHS + Demonstrated record of driving change, elevating performance and delivering results + Strong understanding and demonstrated commitment to operational discipline and Process Safety Management + Experience driving key production metrics (Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Yield, Quality, etc.) + Effective communication skills + Experience in implementing Manufacturing systems (OpEx/Lean) + Cost management experience + Strategic Planning and business analysis experience (to set priorities and provide direction) + Teambuilding and demonstrated ability to lead a respectful work environment where everyone can contribute to their full potential. + TEEP/OEE expertise Join our Talent Community (http://careers.dupont.com/us/en/jointalentcommunity) to stay connected with us! On May 22, 2024, we announced a plan to separate our Electronics and Water businesses in a tax-free manner to its shareholders. On January 15, 2025, we announced that we are targeting November 1, 2025, for the completion of the intended separation of the Electronics business (the “Intended Electronics Separation”)*. We also announced that we would retain the Water business. We are committed to ensuring a smooth and successful separation process for the Future Electronics business. We look forward to welcoming new talent interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization. _(1)The separation transactions are subject to satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval by DuPont's Board of Directors, receipt of tax opinion from counsel, the filing and effectiveness of Form 10 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applicable regulatory approvals, and satisfactory completion of financing. _ _For further discussion of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could impact the achievement, expected timing and intended benefits of the separation transactions, see DuPont’s_ _announcement (http://www.dupont.com/news/dupont-announces-plan-to-separate-into-three-independent-publicly-traded-companies.html) ._ DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. 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