Reichhold India
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Regional Operations Manager
- Location
- Carpentersville, IL, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
About Polynt Composites USA: Polynt Composites USA is a global leaer in the manufacturing of composites, coatings, an chemical intermidiates, serving key industries such as industrial, transportation, construction, marine, medical and consumer goods. The Regional Operations Manager directs and manages multiple sites with overall responsibility and accountability for the safety, health, environmental performance, cost, quality, reliability, capital utilization, communications and public relations, and personnel development for site operations. He/she provides leadership directly or indirectly for Site Leadership Teams with overall responsibility for developing, maintaining, and executing a site functional plan which supports the objectives of the supported business groups and which also supports corporate site management expectations relative to EHS, maintenance and reliability. Key Responsibilities:
- To carry out business organization functional and regional strategies and initiatives identified in company business plans.
- Share business and market intelligence with business organizations and company management to create value for the company.
- Establish and continually improve a customer visit process which supports regional business and sales objectives by demonstrating overall capability (management systems, quality, delivery, reliability, etc.)
- Provide feedback to business units and company management on opportunities for improvement.
- Provide guidance and direction for Site Leadership Teams (SLT) in development, linkage and deployment of functional plans.
- Effectively communicate across functional, geographic, business and technical lines to influence value creating opportunities.
- Actively participate and contribute to the company Operations Leadership Team (OLT) in setting policies, practices, long term direction, and development of managers and supervisors.
- Manage resources, financial and human, to obtain optimum business results through continual improvement and allocation of people and capital resources.
- Ensure that all sites’ functions use appropriate benchmarking processes to identify performance gaps, goals and improvement opportunities.
- Administer company policies and processes throughout all functions at multiple sites. This includes providing geographic management for people associated with functions at the sites such as EHS, HR, Finance, Engineering, and Technology.
- Lead the development, communication, and enforcement of Environmental, Health, and Safety policies and procedures (MOC process, Authorized Safe Practice Manual, Site Emergency Action Plans, Lock Out / Tag Out process).
- Ensure all applicable EHS regulatory and insurance requirements are met. Manage interface communications with the company insurance carrier and state/federal government agencies.
- Participate or provide guidance for the Site Safety Committees to insure proper and consistent safety emphasis and timely follow-up on needed safety improvements.
- Set goals and establish expectations for performance related to injuries, incidents, housekeeping inspections, spills, environmental releases, etc., as required to link with corporate and industry benchmark standards and insure that necessary resources are in place to deploy plans.
- Drive the use of the Incident Review process to ensure root cause identification, corrective action, preventative action and sharing of learnings.
- Ensure that appropriate advance planning is done to anticipate regulatory changes and ensure that operations will be prepared for future compliance.
- Ensuring that appropriate diligence is applied in developing the sites’ environmental permit applications.
- Ensure that safety and environmental compliance take priority over production pressures.
- Routinely monitor HSE measures and prompt intervention to address performance trends or performance below expectations.
- Maintain adequate audit systems to ensure compliance with all applicable HSE procedures, policies and regulatory programs.
- Ensure emergency preparedness is maintained at the sites.
- Ensure security measures for the sites meet the Company standard and/or intent.
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- Develop and maintain effective cost management systems for all functions at the sites to facilitate cost management, identification and tracking of cost reduction programs / projects, and business organization reporting requirements.
- Routinely monitor costs versus budget and ensure that assignable causes for variances are documented and communicated. Develop intervention plans as appropriate.
- Understand the major markets and customer needs from a manufacturing perspective for each business segment served.
- Ensure that appropriate goals and tracking systems are in place for raw material and finished goods inventory management, product yields, MRO, indirect inventory value and unit cost for each product.
- Prepare and/or review operating budgets and standards for all manufacturing related functions at the sites.
- Develop and maintain a staffing plan to drive continual improvement in productivity and resource effectiveness of all functions at the sites.
- Ensure that there are effective indirect purchasing systems in concert with Procurement which leverage supplier stocking, payment terms and negotiation to minimize cost while supporting effective maintenance planning and execution processes.
- Identify and communicate opportunities to management where business strategies might be altered to increase manufacturing effectiveness and overall shareholder value.
- Promote the use of information technology tools and process control technology to maximize benefits of these tools for the sites.</spa
From Reichhold India's careers page (Company careers page), checked 3 Nov 2026.
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Posted 27 Oct 2026 · checked 3 Nov 2026 · Report this job