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We offer a high-impact global leadership opportunity to shape the future performance of DuPont´s Automotive Adhesives business. You would have direct exposure to the Global Business Director, Adhesives plus senior leaders across regions and functions and you would own a broad transformation agenda to turn complex, cross-functional opportunities into a clear roadmap, robust project pipeline, and measurable business outcomes. This role is ideal for an influential, action-oriented leader who enjoys connecting people, challenging the status quo, removing barriers, and leaving a lasting impact on a global organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Own a multi-year global roadmap across sourcing, materials, formulations, manufacturing, logistics, packaging, external manufacturing, portfolio complexity, and process efficiency.
- Build and prioritize the initiative pipeline by business impact, speed, feasibility, customer needs, risk, resources, and sustainability.
- Run governance, project reviews, escalation, executive reporting, and a single source of truth for status, risks, decisions, and actions.
- Align cross-functional teams on scope, ownership, timing, dependencies, and decisions; remove barriers and drive execution.
- Partner across Procurement, Product Management, R&D, Manufacturing, MT, Quality, and Supply Chain on sourcing, localization, formulation, yield, process, asset, packaging, portfolio, and supply-resilience initiatives.
- Ensure technical, quality, customer-approval, and Management of Change requirements are met.
- Partner with Finance to validate and sustain benefits; champion continuous improvement, global best-practice sharing, and organizational capability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline.
- Several years of extensive experience in manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, product management, operations, or business leadership.
- Proven delivery of measurable productivity, operational, or business performance improvements in a global matrix organization.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing, materials, sourcing, product qualification, financial drivers, and cross-functional execution.
- Strong project-management, analytical, communication, influencing, and change-leadership skills. Relevant industry and Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen experience preferred.
- Willingness to travel globally as needed, approximately 30%–50%.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline
- Several years of extensive experience in manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, product management, operations, or business leadership
- Proven delivery of measurable productivity, operational, or business performance improvements in a global matrix organization
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing, materials, sourcing, product qualification, financial drivers, and cross-functional execution
- Strong project-management, analytical, communication, influencing, and change-leadership skills
- Relevant industry and Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen experience
DuPont Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Employer 401(k) funding is positioned as a strong differentiator, combining a dollar-for-dollar match with an additional company contribution that meaningfully boosts total compensation. This design adds notable long-term value even when base pay is viewed as average in some areas.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for birth and non-birth parents, together with family-building support and backup care resources, provides robust support for diverse family needs. Programs extend to fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and caregiving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include substantial vacation ranges, a broad holiday schedule, and the option to purchase additional time, offering flexibility across tenure levels. Structured sick time and disability income protection further strengthen time-away coverage.
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