Site Operations Leader for Cairo, Egypt PU Systems Site

Dow has a great job opportunity of Site Operations Leader based in Cairo,
Egpyt that has overall responsibility and accountability for site assets and
personnel, including those associated with a Polyurethanes Systems House
production plant along with functional and regional support located in Cairo.
This Site Leader and Production Leader role is accountable for:
EHS/Reliability Leadership:
* Maintains site compliance with all internal and external regulations. Represent site and maintain relationships with the local Authorities.
* 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 complying with Local Regulatory requirements and 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 Management of Change or 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. The Site Leader embraces Inclusion and Diversity and visibly displays a set of behaviors that fosters the personal and professional development of team members.
* 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.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
* Given the need to frequently interface with Tech Center, Supply Chain, Sales, Product, Marketing, T&SD and other support function teams, the successful candidate should demonstrate the 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.
* Demonstrated communication capabilities and ability to work across functional boundaries.
Required Qualifications:
* A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent
* A minimum of ‎10 years of relevant Dow and/or M&E experience
* Arabic language skills Mandatory due to site location, along with English.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Six Sigma or Lean skills is preferred
* Previous M&E Functional and Operations Leadership Experience
* Advanced degrees and training are beneficial
* Demonstrated successful experience in Environment, Health and Safety performance.
Dow Offers:
* A robust total rewards program, including: competitive base pay, variable pay that rewards individual, team, and Company performance, and comprehensive benefits
* On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment
* Career experiences that can span different Dow businesses and functions with opportunities for personal and professional growth
* The chance to work within a global company and interact with colleagues from around the world
* Opportunities that spark your imagination and ignite your passion to help others
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused
innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and
environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable
growth and deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become
the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials
science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial
intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of
differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in
high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and
consumer applications. Dow operates ‎104 manufacturing sites in ‎31 countries
and employs approximately ‎35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately
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