Now Hiring! CI Lab Team Lead

Geismar, LA

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As the Geismar CI Laboratory Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading Geismar’s Chemical Intermediates (CI) Laboratory in a safe and efficient manner. Monitoring of laboratory Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will be key to ensure that areas of strength are maintained, and continuous improvement opportunities are identified and pursued.

The position will lead a Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and ISO 9001-certified laboratory that must adhere to regulatory quality requirements including, but not limited to: Food & Drug Administration, ISO 9001 systems, Responsible Care Management System (RCMS), and Animal Feed Quality Systems. In addition to leading and developing a laboratory team of Supervisor(s), Technologists, Technicians, and other Specialist(s), the CI Lab Team Lead will also have responsibility for leading Continuous Improvement and Learning/Development resources which support the entire Analytical Partnership department.

As a CI Lab Team Lead, You Create Chemistry By...

• Your attention to detail and analytical background will serve you well in leveraging Statistical Process Control and developing KPIs for determining areas of strength, as well as opportunities for improvement

• Your basic knowledge of regulatory principles is desirable for supporting compliance efforts for various regulatory standards, including but not limited to: Food & Drug Administration, ISO 9001 systems, Responsible Care Management System, and Animal Feed systems

• A solid customer focus/solutions mindset will afford you opportunities to evaluate sample methodologies and work processes to ensure that needs of internal business partners and external customers are consistently exceeded

• In addition to a team of laboratory supervisor(s), technologists, technicians, and other specialist(s), your organization leadership skills will be leveraged to lead and develop continuous improvement and Learning/Development resources in support of the entire Analytical Partnership department

• A creative mindset will be a welcomed attribute for purposes of identifying innovative approaches to historically standard work practices

• Your ability to collaborate will allow you to partner with key stakeholders for purposes of developing department-wide objectives and team-specific goals in support of those objectives

• Your ability to visualize the abstract will enable you to develop a strategic vision for your team

• Agility will serve you well in your interactions with your front-line team, staff professionals, business group peers, as well as functional and business group senior leadership

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