Job Description:
Huntsman Corporation is now looking for a dynamic individual as a Production Manager. This role will be supporting the Huntsman Performance Products Division located in the Jurong Singapore manufacturing site. The Operations Manager is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the manufacturing facility. The role provides leadership to operations personnel, ensures compliance with EHS and Process Safety Management requirements, and drives operational excellence through continuous improvement, workforce development, and effective resource management.
This position will be based in Jurong Island, Singapore.
As a Production Manager, you will:
Own the overall performance of the Operations organization, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient plant operation through effective leadership of supervisors, coordinators, and operations personnel.
Champion a Zero Harm culture and lead by example in all safety related activities.
Establish clear expectations, accountability, and performance standards across all operations functions.
Conduct regular field engagement, self-audits and safety observations to reinforce safe work practices.
Proactively identify organizational, operational, and capability gaps and implement sustainable improvements to address them.
Ensure robust succession planning, workforce development, and competency management within the Operations team.
Drive a culture of operational discipline, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Ensure production commitments are achieved while maintaining safety, quality, environmental, and reliability standards.
Work with onsite EH&S to ensure compliance with all company and regulatory EHS requirements within the Operations department.
Participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis, and the implementation of corrective actions.
Challenge existing processes and operating methods to improve safety, reliability, productivity, and cost performance.
Ensure effective coordination between Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to achieve site objectives.
Anticipate future operational needs and implement organizational or process improvements before issues impact performance.
What skills and experiences are we looking for?
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
Minimum 10 years of experience in manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, energy, pharmaceutical, or related process industries.
Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience in an operations environment.
Strong understanding of process safety and operational risk management.
Demonstrated experience leading and managing multiple levels within an organization.
Demonstrated experience of leading teams, driving operational performance and working with other stakeholders to drive continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing facility.
What can we offer?
Huntsman offers unsurpassed opportunities to build a successful future. We are a global specialty chemical company with locations in 25 countries around the world, employing over 6,000 associates. Our diverse portfolio creates a range of career fields including manufacturing, research and development, technical services, sales and marketing, customer service – and the list goes on.
Here, you can make an impact and make a difference. Come join us.
Huntsman is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation and/or expression or any other characteristic protected by law in every location in which we have facilities national or local.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline
- At least 10 years of experience in manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, energy, pharmaceutical, or related process industries
- At least 5 years of people leadership experience in an operations environment
- Strong understanding of process safety and operational risk management
- Experience leading and managing multiple organizational levels
- Experience leading teams and driving operational performance in a manufacturing facility
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders on continuous improvement initiatives
Huntsman Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huntsman Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Huntsman Corporation.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage (medical/dental/vision) and EAP are consistently described as solid, with multiple plan options cited. Strong health benefits are frequently highlighted as a relative strength in the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer contributions and equity through a stock incentive plan, with legacy pension arrangements for some groups. Retirement features are repeatedly referenced as a positive component of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and floating days are described as good to very good in many roles. Vacation accrual is said to increase with seniority in some locations.
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What We Do
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2019 revenues of approximately $7 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions. We view our customers as valued partners. That’s why we believe in a collaborative approach to client relations and work directly with our customers to develop new chemical components that meet their unique needs. Our dedication to our customers is matched only by our dedication to the environment. As part of our commitment to bettering the industry, we strive to operate safe, clean, efficient facilities in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. This means actively seeking opportunities to leverage our resources to assist those in need around the world. It’s all part of our growth-driven approach, which reflects the spirit of free enterprise and is centered on creating mutual benefits for customers, employees, suppliers and the communities where we work.
