Jobs at Avient Corporation

Supports corporate accounting through monthly and quarterly close processes, account reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, financial reporting, audits, SOX activities, fixed asset accounting, accruals, reserves, and process improvements. Partners with Manufacturing, Finance, Treasury, Tax, and business unit teams while assisting with SAP initiatives and special projects.

Develops new and improved Dyneema Composite Fabric products from concept through commercial launch. Responsibilities include translating customer needs into product requirements, planning production trials, scaling products, defining specifications, validating performance, troubleshooting manufacturing challenges, coordinating cross-functional teams, supporting customers and suppliers, and contributing to innovation and patent activities while following safety requirements.

Supports HR strategy and operations across two manufacturing sites, advising leaders and employees on talent management, employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, onboarding, compliance, engagement, organizational development, and succession planning. Analyzes HR metrics, leads change initiatives, supports leave administration, and contributes to business-wide HR projects. Requires regular onsite presence near Englewood, Colorado, with up to 20% travel.

The Senior Manager, Corporate Quality oversees the Quality Management Systems across North America, ensuring compliance and driving continuous improvement through Lean Six Sigma principles and strategic leadership.

Manages strategic healthcare accounts for specialty engineered materials, driving profitable revenue growth, new business development, customer relationships, sales forecasting, pricing, contracts, and account plans. Sells medical urethane and TPE solutions to healthcare manufacturers and OEMs, collaborates with technical and customer service teams, maintains CRM data, and supports customers across the US, Singapore, Australia, and the Pacific Rim. Requires up to 60% travel and international customer support.

Manage Avient’s strategic and target accounts, building executive relationships to drive loyalty, revenue, profitability, and market share. Develop global account strategies, forecasts, budgets, and business plans; lead cross-functional account teams; coach sales personnel; resolve customer issues; and execute customer-centric selling initiatives. The role requires strong business acumen, P&L awareness, new business development experience, and up to 75% travel.

Supports plant production systems and applications as a key user and liaison. Troubleshoots, upgrades, and administers SAP, Siemens Opcenter, MES, Aspentech, Documentum, B-wise, and related systems. Installs and supports computer hardware and software, manages system access and master data, resolves ServiceNow tickets, trains users, and contributes to system improvement projects while complying with safety, security, and regulatory requirements.

Provides confidential administrative support to senior managers, including scheduling, correspondence, reports, presentations, travel arrangements, meeting coordination, vendor agreements, attendance tracking, purchasing, invoice processing, compliance support, and office operations. Coordinates training activities, committee meetings, canteen and housekeeping operations, and special projects while exercising discretion, managing priorities, and collaborating across functions.

Perform analytical testing and material characterization of polymeric formulations using thermal, chromatographic, and spectroscopic techniques; interpret and correlate multi-technique data; prepare technical reports; maintain lab instruments and records; collaborate with R&D and global teams to support innovation and knowledge sharing; ensure lab safety and 5S practices.

Develops and closes new business through prospecting, strategic account development, relationship building, and solutions selling. Manages sales funnels, account plans, pricing, contracts, budgets, and margin targets. Identifies market opportunities, negotiates customer agreements, monitors competition, and coordinates with regional sales and technical teams. Influences decision-makers across customer organizations and supports profitable revenue growth within an assigned territory. Requires up to 75% travel.

Develops healthcare applications using engineered plastics and elastomers, translating customer needs into material, part design, tooling, processing, testing, and validation solutions. Supports projects from concept through launch, evaluates designs with CAE tools, troubleshoots processing and quality issues, creates technical documentation and training, and collaborates with commercial, product, manufacturing, technology, and quality teams. Requires up to 60% North American travel.

Develop and optimize TPE polymer formulations for customer applications across transportation, healthcare, consumer, industrial, and electronics markets. Evaluate raw materials, interpret thermal, mechanical, and rheological test data, troubleshoot quality and processing issues, and lead root cause analysis. Support customer trials, scale-up, extrusion settings, technical documentation, SAP material masters, BOMs, and commercialization. Collaborate with application engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and quality teams.

Supervises and develops a technology team supporting polymer product and process development. Coordinates laboratory priorities, technical support, product and raw-material evaluations, customer inquiries, testing, documentation, and formulation development. Ensures products meet customer specifications, quality standards, profitability goals, and plant operational requirements. Leads training, safety, ISO compliance, technical problem-solving, and collaboration with sales, manufacturing, and customers.

Manage export shipments from U.S. and Latin American distribution centers and coordinate imports of raw materials into production sites. Responsibilities include creating shipments and delivery notes in SAP, coordinating carriers, warehouses, customs agents, and stakeholders, managing shipping documents, tracking deliveries, ensuring import/export compliance, escalating issues, following procedures, and supporting process improvements and knowledge transfer. The role works second shift and requires English and Spanish communication skills.

Designs, develops, and improves manufacturing processes, equipment, and facilities. Evaluates emerging technologies, conducts process characterization and optimization studies, and implements cost, quality, and efficiency improvements. Troubleshoots equipment and process issues, coordinates maintenance and production resources, supports new process installations, and participates in product design reviews. The role is based at a manufacturing plant and reports to the Plant Manager.

Responsible for growing profitable territory revenue through prospecting, cold calling, account development, forecasting, and closing new business. Manages current and prospective customer accounts, sales plans, budgets, CRM data, and channel relationships. Recommends appropriate product solutions and pricing, supports marketing activities and trade shows, and collaborates with technical and customer service teams. The role is an autonomous individual contributor requiring up to 75% travel.

Supports corporate sourcing through data analysis, process improvement, supplier communication, invoice issue resolution, sourcing system administration, purchasing process guidance, and Lean Six Sigma initiatives. Assists category managers and directors with category strategies, supplier performance measurement, reporting, testing, and related sourcing projects.

Manages engineering and capital projects for Dyneema fiber manufacturing, from initial design through commissioning. Oversees equipment upgrades, facilities and utility projects, budgets, schedules, contractors, safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. Analyzes manufacturing failures, develops process improvements, reduces costs and waste, prepares technical procedures, trains personnel, and supports operational excellence and SAP initiatives.

Supports plant manufacturing and technical operations by designing, optimizing, and improving manufacturing processes, equipment, and facilities. Responsibilities include process development, cost and quality improvement, design reviews, process characterization, troubleshooting, new process installations, and coordination with maintenance and production teams. The role requires on-site work, extended standing, and occasional weekend coverage in a manufacturing environment.

Develops healthcare-market business through prospecting, cold calling, strategic account development, solution selling, contract negotiation, and relationship management. Builds market and product strategies, identifies customer opportunities, coordinates global technical and commercial teams, manages sales plans and budgets, monitors competition, and delivers revenue and gross-margin targets. Requires extensive customer-facing sales experience in healthcare materials, medical devices, or contract manufacturing, plus frequent travel.