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Site Manager


Job Location:

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 175000 - 220000
Posted: 12 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 9 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

Site Manager

Huntsman is seeking a Site Manager supporting the Advanced Materials Division located in Los Angeles California. This position will report to the Vice President of Operations.

Job Scope

The Site Manager is accountable for all aspects of site performance including safety environmental compliance production quality maintenance engineering financial performance and people leadership. This highly visible role provides the opportunity to shape site strategy develop future leaders and drive operational excellence capacity expansion new product commercialization and a high-performance culture.

The Los Angeles site manufactures high-value specialty epoxy and polyurethane materials serving aerospace automotive energy and industrial markets.

Safety & Compliance
  • Champion a Zero Harm culture through active and visible safety leadership.
  • Ensure compliance with Huntsman standards and all applicable federal California and local environmental health and safety regulations.
  • Provide executive oversight for emergency preparedness environmental stewardship regulatory compliance and site security.
  • Serve as the sites Ethics and Compliance Officer and reinforce Huntsmans Business Conduct Guidelines.
  • Ensure contractors visitors and employees consistently meet site safety and compliance expectations.

Operational Excellence & Delivery
  • Lead daily manufacturing operations across Production Quality Maintenance and Engineering.
  • Improve reliability asset utilization productivity and operational discipline.
    Partner with Supply Chain Product Development Logistics and commercial teams to support customer commitments new product introductions and capacity expansion.
  • Drive operational decisions using performance metrics to improve safety quality delivery and efficiency.

Financial & Business Leadership
  • Provide accountability for site financial performance including operating budgets capital expenditures and P&L results.
  • Manage capital investment planning and execution.
  • Align site objectives with regional and corporate business priorities while improving profitability and operational performance.

People Leadership & Culture
  • Lead coach and develop the Site Leadership Team while fostering accountability collaboration and employee engagement.
  • Establish clear goals performance expectations and succession plans.
  • Promote a culture of inclusion continuous learning ownership and high performance.
  • Partner with HR and functional leaders to support talent development and workforce planning.

Strategy & Continuous Improvement
  • Translate business strategy into site execution plans.
  • Lead transformational initiatives using Lean Six Sigma and structured problem solving.
  • Champion continuous improvement across all site functions.

Stakeholder & External Partnerships
  • Represent the site with regulatory agencies customers contractors community stakeholders and corporate leadership.
  • Lead or support audits inspections and external reviews while maintaining strong partnerships.

What Success Looks Like (612 Months)
  • Safety leadership is visible and embedded across the site.
  • Production quality and delivery commitments are consistently achieved while improving reliability.
  • A continuous improvement roadmap delivers measurable gains in safety quality capacity and cost.
  • Leadership capability and accountability strengthen through coaching and succession planning.
  • Employee engagement improves through communication and a culture of ownership.
  • Capacity expansion and new product initiatives are successfully executed.

Qualifications

You mustpossessthe below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to theminimumrequirements and are considered a plus factor inidentifyingtop candidates.

The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the UnitedStates.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Engineering Chemistry Business or related technical discipline.
  • 10 years of progressive leadership experience in chemical or comparable process manufacturing.
  • Minimum five years leading multi-functional manufacturing operations.
  • Demonstrated experience leading safety quality operational excellence financial performance and people development.
  • Proven experience managing operating budgets capital projects and cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications
  • MBA or advanced technical degree.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
  • Experience leading a specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
  • Experience in a global matrixed organization.
  • Knowledge of California manufacturing environmental and safety regulations.

Leadership Competencies
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Business & Financial Acumen
  • Operational Excellence
  • Safety Leadership
  • Change Leadership
  • Talent Development
  • Executive Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Continuous Improvement Mindset

Work Environment
  • Executive leadership role supporting office and manufacturing environments.
  • Regular presence within manufacturing operations.
  • Occasional travel.
  • Availability to respond to business-critical issues outside normal working hours as needed.

What can we offer you

Salary:$175000$220000 annually.

The compensation range reflects the Companys reasonable expectation at the time of posting considering education experience and training.

Benefits:
  • Competitive healthcare dental and vision starting Day One
  • One additional week of paid time off on top of vacation
  • 401k Huntsman automatically contributes 6% of eligible pay; company will match $1 for every $1 contributed up to a maximum of 4%

Huntsman is proud to promote equal opportunity in the workplaceAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race color religion sex national origin disability age or any other protected characteristic.

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Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global chemical manufacturer of differentiated and specialty chemicals serving a diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets.

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