LANXESS

Human Resources

• Leading the HR function covering multiple plant sites to meet strategic and operational commitments.
• Acting as a liaison between employer and employee to support a positive culture.
• Overseeing employee relations and updating employees with any changes in company policy/contract provisions.
• Advising assigned supervisors on treatment of staff and company policies.
• Resolving and mediating employee complaints.
• Participating in negotiations, contract arbitration or mediation proceedings.
• Representing locations on community advisory panels as appropriate.
• Conducting investigations.

Multiple Site HR Manager

Manager

• Responsible for all asset and facilities maintenance at Kalama specialty chemical manufacturing site
• Develops and executes maintenance strategies, systems, and processes
• Leads a maintenance organization of approximately 4 direct reports and 17 indirect reports
• Builds and sustains a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Serves as a member of the Site Leadership Team and partners closely with Operations, Engineering, and EHS
• Owns the site asset management strategy
• Works closely with maintenance planning, scheduling, and production teams
• Ensures compliance with OSHA, PSM, RAGAGEP, and other applicable regulatory and company requirements
• Tracks and reports maintenance performance KPIs, supports audits and inspections, and leads corrective actions
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reliability, and cost effectiveness.

Maintenance Manager

Business Operations

• Build, develop, track and define goals and strategies related to Supply Chain & Customer Service
• Manage the Advanced Industrial Intermediates (AII) Supply Chain personnel and functions including customer service, pricing, exports and inventory planning
• Responsible for adequate staffing and ensure proper training for supply chain personnel
• Optimize the utilization of existing SAP and other workflows throughout the AII supply chain organization
• Actively represent AII in all Supply Chain Excellence related initiatives and activities
• Develop, track and present KPIs to measure supply chain performance and customer satisfaction
• Create useful dashboards and build relationships with relevant Supply Chain partners

Head of Supply Chain – Business Process

Engineer

• Provide process control engineering support for plant operations and strategic initiatives, including process optimization, raw material and energy efficiency improvements, asset utilization, environmental performance tracking, and capital project execution.
• Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), and other plant control systems.
• Maintain and enhance data acquisition systems, including plant efficiency calculations, energy monitoring, asset utilization tracking, and environmental performance reporting.
• Develop, implement, and manage control programs to ensure environmental, operational, and regulatory compliance.
• Provide engineering support for the sizing, specification, installation, and maintenance of field instrumentation (flow, temperature, pressure, level transmitters, control valves, etc.).
• Design and implement automation strategies and advanced control schemes to optimize plant performance.
• Manage capital and improvement projects, including scope development, technical submittals, procurement, installation oversight, and commissioning.
• Support Process Safety Management (PSM) programs, including mechanical integrity, procedures, process safety information (PSI), P&IDs, and participation in Process Hazard Analyses (PHA).
• Provide oversight for cybersecurity and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) to ensure system reliability and compliance.

Process Control Engineer

DevOps Engineer

• Lead and improve the site reliability program for fixed and rotating equipment.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance to ensure asset safety and performance.
• Own and enhance site reliability and Mechanical Integrity programs.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (API, ASME, RAGAGEP).
• Improve reliability and maintainability of equipment, utilities, and safety systems.
• Develop and optimize Asset Maintenance Plans.
• Analyze asset performance metrics and lead root cause failure analyses.
• Provide technical expertise in fixed and rotating equipment, metallurgy, and vibration.
• Support design, commissioning, and acceptance of new installations.
• Troubleshoot failures and support engineering solutions.

Reliability Engineer

• Design and continuously refine compensation, benefits and incentive frameworks aligned with business strategy and Total Rewards philosophy.
• Manage Job Evaluation, pay structures, grading and salary ranges.
• Conduct salary benchmarking, participate in surveys and manage Personnel & Non Personnel cost budgets for GF HR.
• Design, administer and enhance benefits, wellbeing programs and expatriate compensation.
• Lead annual increment, promotion, bonus and incentive review cycles.
• Partner with leadership, manage vendors/consultants.

Multiple Site HR Manager

Maintenance Manager

Head of Supply Chain – Business Process

Process Control Engineer

Reliability Engineer

Head of Total Rewards – HR Controlling