Vice President, Americas Operations Leader

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.

Role

• Functional operations leader responsible for oversight of our manufacturing locations in the US, Canada and Mexico.
• Oversee and drive EH&S, quality management, service, manufacturing, capex, and long-term asset strategies and optimization.
• Set strategic objectives and create environment of accountability and support to achieve defined goals.
• Serve as strategic operations partner to provide the support to enable achievement of market and segment business plans.

Responsibilities

Drive an accountable culture of relentless continuous improvement in Safety:

1. 1. Manage the deployment of global and facility safety strategies.
   2. Lead the cultural transformation of Safety as a Value with goal of ZERO incident culture.
   3. Build safety leadership at all levels through structured development and mentoring.
   4. Ensure organization has an effective EHS management system.
   5. Ensure organization and facilities operate in full compliance with both local laws / regulations and Neenah policies.
   6. Ensure Risk Management and Emergency Response protocols in alignment with corporate standards.
   7. Facilitate cross-facility communication and sharing to leverage best practices and support the success of the Global Operations Team.

Create a long-term manufacturing advantage by leading the development of our Operating System as well as ongoing implementation and refinement:

1. Serve as leadership sponsor for the deployment of the Operating System into identified pilot facilities.
2. Drive accountability and ensure execution against performance initiatives to drive culture of problem solving and continuous improvement.
3. Evaluate long term asset capacity and capability requirements necessary to meet service, quality and growth expectations of each business as well as improvement initiatives.
4. Be an engaged owner regarding compliance to internal controls.
5. Development of annual operating cost budgets for each reporting facility.
6. Clear responsibility for delivering budgeted Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) as well as improvement efforts and priorities.
7. Provide direction on maintenance approach & spending expectations.

Manage capital spending process to sustain operations, support growth initiatives and reduce costs while meeting financial expectations:

1. Develop and implement a methodology and decision rights for determining the optimal sustaining spend by facility that demonstrates a continuous improvement approach.
2. Within decision rights, be decision maker of capital project feasibility and value with requesting manufacturing professionals. Participate in all challenge sessions for meaningful operating capex spend requests.
3. Prioritize various cost reduction projects across businesses to optimize spend and return.
4. Develop long-term capital spending strategic plans that support business and corporate strategies and facilitate our 5-year planning process.

Closely collaborate with the Business Unit leaders to enable the success of the market and business goals.

1. Serve as operational leader in the development and deployment of business enabling operational strategies aligned with Strategic Business plan.
2. Collaborate with Supply Chain ensuring world class service to drive shared value with our customers.
3. Execute on growth capital Cooperatively support the efficient management of working capital.
4. Drive process and service to grow the business.

Maintain a strong relationship with labor unions and actively shape labor relations strategies for our manufacturing facilities.

Enhance organizational development:

1. Ensure the effective utilization and execution of the Talent & Performance Management platform supporting employee development and succession planning.
2. Develop robust action plans around succession.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of manufacturing experience
• Global perspective and international leadership
• Previous multi-facility accountability
• Experience working in a large matrix global organization
• Demonstrated success in translating strategic priorities into operational reality
• Demonstrated success in driving transformational organizational and cultural changes
• Proficient with MS Office Suite
• Up to 25% travel required

Preferred

• Manufacturing technology experience with clear preference on tapes, abrasives, labels, nettings, and other advanced materials
• Prior experience working with union leadership and work councils
• Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement certification

Competencies

• Demonstrates a passion for safety. Able to develop and maintain a respectful and safe work environment.
• Able to build strong relationships across the business unit to partner with, support and foster change.
• Strong analytical capabilities related to business, including the interpretation of financial summaries and identifying the drivers of performance results.
• Ability to lead through influence, mentorship and coaching to get results through others.
• Convey high level of optimism while setting aggressive targets to teams and finding ways to achieve them.
• Communicates a compelling vision and inspires strong morale and spirit within team.
• Solves highly complex problems and prioritizes actions in a timely manner.
• Probes all sources for answers and can quickly sense what will help resolve issues.
• Establishes clear directions, sets stretch objectives.
• Plans out work in a well-planned and organized manner and brings out the best in people through leveraging their strengths.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Mativ, our benefits reflect how much we value and care for each other. We know that employees and their families have unique needs, so our comprehensive benefits offer flexibility, quality, and affordability. Here are just a few of the ways we support your well-being and that of your loved ones:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
• Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
• Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Employee assistance programs - available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers' most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company's two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.

Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.