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Site Manager

Sun Chemical Corporation

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Location
Cincinnati, OH
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Site Manager leads the Chickering production site and provides administrative oversight for the Color Intermediates production site in the Cincinnati area. The role leads approximately 92 employees through 8 department leaders in a 24/7 manufacturing facility, with responsibility for operational excellence, safety, financial performance, customer reliability, and continuous improvement.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

EHS ManagementManufacturing LeadershipEmployee RelationsEmployee EngagementOrganizational DesignQuality ImprovementCycle Time ReductionAsset OptimizationCapital Project ManagementCost ReductionLeading-Edge MethodsLeading-Edge TechnologiesAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingData AnalysisCommunicationInfluencing

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering15+ Years Managerial LeadershipChemical Manufacturing ExperiencePlant Manager Experience

Full job description

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries.Together with DIC, Sun Chemical is continuously working to promote and develop sustainable solutions to exceed customer expectations and better the world around us. With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers. Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Cooperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website atwww.sunchemical.comor connect with us onLinkedInorTwitter The Site Manager drives operational excellence, safety leadership, and financial performance across Cincinnati-area operations. Operating within a 24/7 manufacturing facility, this role directly leads the Chickering production site while providing administrative oversight for the Color Intermediates production site. Leading a site team of approximately 92 employees, the Site Manager directly manages 8 department leaders to foster a culture of safety, continuous improvement, and customer reliability. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: - Lead, coach, and develop the site team to excellence in EHS performance and manufacturing capability, to meetcustomer expectations in quality, service, and delivery, with the results of businessgrowth and increasedcash generation. - Drive a culture where continuous improvement, breakthrough performance, employee engagement, and an enjoyable work environment are expectations of all team members. - Identify and manage all operational risks including EHS, regulatory, quality, material management, cost, and equipment reliability. - Develop and implement budget, objectives, personnel plans, inventory management, and capital plans that align with the strategic objectives of the global business. - Develop and implement long-term manufacturing and asset strategies to ensure assets are aligned with global business strategy, as well as provide for reliable and flexible product availability while maximizing asset utilization. - RepresentSun Chemicalthrough relations with state and local authorities and community outreach. - Foster a work environment based onSun Chemical / DIC values, promote diversity of perspectives, and create a high-performance team across the organization resulting in strong employee satisfaction. - Establish and support a safety culture in which all accidents are preventable. REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. Fifteen (15) years or more of demonstrated managerial leadership experience in chemical manufacturing, including a variety of management positions, required. Plant Manager experience required. Experience in successfully managing both union and non-union teams, with demonstrated ability to positively manage employee relations, improve site culture through employee engagement, and optimize organizational design. Demonstrated track-record of manufacturing achievement in the critical success areas of EHS, quality improvement, cycle time reduction, asset optimization, capital project management, cost reduction, and application of leading-edge methods and technologies. Excellent analytical/problem solving skills with ability to analyze complex technical, operational and financial data, and develop effective solutions. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and influence people at all level

How this job compares

Set against the 558 open Site Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$82–148K/yr240 salary ranges
  • US median$28–57/hr64 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 28 open Site Manager jobs in Ohio and 558 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Site Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 473 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 172 of the 558 open Site Manager jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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