Logistics Manager
Ashland · US-VA-HOPEWELL ·
- Category
- Management
- Experience
- 3+ years
Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?
Are you always solving?
Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.
Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Logistics Leader to join our Ashland LLC, Specialty ingredients G.P. business at our Hopewell, VA location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Specialty Additives function. This position will report to Site Leader.
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Owns, oversees, and manages the movement, storage, and distribution of site raw materials and finished goods.
- This role leads a distinct team at the Hopewell site that performs critical functions to ensure the Operating Units have the raw materials they need and that the finished products reach their final destinations with the compliance, quality, and expediency necessary to make Ashland the provider of choice.
- The role is integral in site safety and compliance, warehousing/cycle counting, product tolling, and 3rd party storage. The role is highly collaborative with onsite and offsite resources to control inventory, ensure appropriate transportation, negotiate with key vendors, and to continually optimize the entire process.
- Ashland is looking for an experienced leader that can balance the technical skills needed for the job with the soft skills needed to maximize the capability of the onsite team.
In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
- Bachelor's Degree at a minimum from an accredited university
- 5-10+ years of manufacturing or supply chain experience
- 3+ years of supervisory and leadership
- SAP (or equivalent)
- Experience in a fast paced, multi-faceted organization
In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.
At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.
Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.
Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.