Job Description

Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

• Dyneema®, the world's strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports

• Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy

• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint

• Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility

Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com .

Job Summary

Essential Functions

• Safely ensures all phases of manufacturing are being performed efficiently and effectively.

• Identifies and solves any issues or problems with equipment or personnel.

• Recommends and drives formula improvements, equipment and engineering revisions.

• Maintains open lines of communication with Supply Chain Planning, Quality/Lab, Maintenance and Warehouse support groups to ensure production schedules are met.

• Coordinates publishing of process condition set up sheets; updating these conditions and maintaining the process conditions database.

• Complies with and enforces all company policies and procedures.

• Ensures consistent and maximum throughout while maintaining acceptable quality control.

• Ensures efficient use of staffing by effective planning of vacation schedules and arranging the required coverage when necessary.

• Ensures that product loss and scrap production are kept to a minimum.

• Administers performance appraisals of production associates. Establishes, communicates and provides timely feedback to assigned workforce on objectives, goals and expectations.

• Ensures complete and accurate information is entered into SAP in a timely manner.

• Ensures production supply inventories are maintained and notifies the appropriate purchasing associates when items need to be restocked.

• Reviews and corrects information in E-time for timekeeping of production associates hours.

• Ensures that attendance issues are reported and handled in accordance with attendance policy.

• Coordinates with other Production Supervisors to provide seamless shift turnover and appropriate staffing.

• Ensures plant production area housekeeping is maintained in "Tour Ready" conditions at all times in accordance with housekeeping guidelines. #LI-AD1

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• US High School diploma, GED equivalency or relevant experience

• Supervisory Experience, Managing Direct Reports

• Manufacturing Operations and Safety Procedures

• Conflict Resolution Skills

• Quantitative Skills

• Bilingual a plus, but not required

Additional Qualifications

• Problem Solving Techniques

• Self-Motivated

• Time/Priority Management

• Teamwork Skills

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Competencies

Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to:

• Marked changes in temperature and humidity

• Dust, fumes and/or airborne particles

• Moving mechanical parts and vibration

The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Be aware that in this position you will be working with powdered colorants and more times than not, you may be grimy and dirty at the end of the day.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required:

• Be able to talk, walk, see, (20/40 vision) and hear sufficiently to perform assigned tasks

• This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds

• Be able to lift, push or pull up to 200 lbs. with the aid of equipment
• Be able to stand/walk for 10-hour shift
• Be able to communicate orally and in writing
• The employee must be able to read at a level of comprehension sufficient to meet job requirements

WHY AVIENT:

Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

We believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law