Production Manager at Cabot Corporation in Hopkinsville, KY

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

At Cabot Hopkinsville we produce conductive additive products for use in critical battery applications These products are enabling the energy transition. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility featuring advanced carbon black furnaces that are ideally positioning us to fulfill the future demand of the growing global battery market.

We are seeking a Production Manager to lead our site operations. In this role, you’ll champion a culture of safety and efficiency while delivering the high-quality performance our customers depend on. Join us in driving operational excellence and shaping the next generation of energy storage.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Implement the production plan to ensure on time delivery at the highest quality standards. Ensure the production schedule is designed to gain maximum utilization of manpower, equipment, and material on all shifts.

• Plan and lead control of production quality to reach specific quality objectives and maximum customer satisfaction. Ensure all ISO and IATF standards are met on an ongoing basis.

• Create production budget and minimize production expenses to achieve established plan. Optimize costs within the constraints of appropriate product quality standard, operating procedure, and budget.

• Manage reliable and predictable operations. Reduce process variability and improve consistency throughout the organization.

• Effectively practice Performance Based Management by coaching and developing employees and assuring effective alignment with the matrix functions.

• Support efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care® Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001® technical specification, as applicable to the site/region.

What You Will Bring to Cabot:

• Knowledge in areas such as Safe Work Practices, Confined Space Entry, LT&T, hot work, and other permitting processes.

• Proven ability to manage & develop budgets

• Ability in capacity monitoring and planning

• Knowledge of chemical manufacturing

• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement Planning (CIP) process

• Ability to gather, analyze and draw well-reasoned conclusions

• Knowledge of manufacturing process control

• Knowledge of product specifications

• Understanding of product uniformity /variation

• Knowledge of safety awareness

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required. Engineering discipline required.

• Minimum five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, including three years supervisory experience.

How We’ll Support Your Success:

• Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and are doing meaningful work.
• Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits.
• Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
• Support – you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success

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At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of PayThis is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background ChecksCabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.