About 5N Plus

5N Plus is a leading global producer of specialty semiconductors and performance materials. The Company’s ultra-pure materials often form the core element of its customers’ products.

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and with strategically located facilities around the world, 5N Plus is among the leading suppliers of specialty metals, alloys, and related chemicals.

5N Plus deploys a range of proprietary and proven technologies to develop and manufacture its products. The Company’s products enable applications in several key industries including renewable energy, security, space, pharmaceutical, medical imaging, and industrial and additive manufacturing. 5N Plus operates R&D, manufacturing, and commercial centers in strategically located facilities around the world including Europe, North America, and Asia.

As of 2021, 5N Plus has acquired AZUR SPACE, which uniquely positions the Company as a supplier of critical specialty semiconductor products.

As of 2022, 5N Plus signs landmark multi-year supply agreement with renewable energy leader First Solar, which doubles its specialty semiconductor production capacity during the agreement period.

Culture, Mission, and Values

The Company’s mission is to be critical to its customers, valued by its employees, and trusted by its shareholders.

Their core values focus on integrity, commitment, and customer development, together with sustainable development, continuous improvement, and health and safety. 5N Plus believes that the corporation’s sustainability is closely linked to its corporate values, which are an integral part of daily operations and form the backbone of the Company’s culture.

Brief Description

Under the Executive Vice President, Performance Materials, the Director of Operations directs and coordinates the operations of the Montreal site. He sets the goals, monitors work, and evaluates results to ensure that departmental and organizational objectives as well as operating requirements are met and are in line with the needs and mission of the organization, the community, and other stakeholders.

He must build and lead an efficient, collaborative, and professional team by implementing and optimizing the management system. Efforts are directed towards the safe and profitable operation of the site by optimizing operating costs and improving facilities through capital investment planning, talent development, and application of best practices in all related fields.

Main Responsibilities

Execution

• Leverages Lean Manufacturing tools to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives;
• Generates significant, quantifiable sustainable improvements, strengthens, and engrains Lean Manufacturing into the organization’s culture, and develops strong leaders at the business and line levels;
• Assumes full operational responsibility for the site (EH&S, quality, cost, production);
• Leads a team of process/production personnel to achieve demand with the highest quality discipline;
• Researches, analyzes, models, and executes an integrated plan that synchronizes processes and a balance score card which measures financial, operational, and organizational performance;
• Gains success by implementing benchmark metrics to have data-driven capabilities in making accurate and cost-saving decisions about operational opportunities and the services they provide;
• Drives best-in-class process capabilities and operational efficiencies that increase profitability and savings for high-volume processes;
• Drives product development and production processes to ensure appropriate value proposition and go-to-market strategies are developed and implemented;
• Identifies opportunities that will make a significant contribution to operational goals of increasing capacity, productivity, quality, and delivery;
• Manages continuous improvement efforts which may include process design, process implementation, and project oversight, and act as a liaison to customers and vendor partnerships;
• Develops and maintains good working relationships throughout the entire organization;
• Partners with functional leaders to develop and implement strategic initiatives;
• Ensures that employee and customer safety are top priority in all work conducted including maintenance program development;
• Ensures that work that has safety implications is given top priority based on criticality and that a priority system is in place to address such activities;
• Prepares higher level discussion documents and presentations as required to inform on systems’ (including EHS – Product) status, needs, and actions required, for use with executives, board members, and stakeholders;
• Achieves Cost targets;

Leadership and Management

• Manages human resources by corporate standards (performance appraisal, review, and compensation) and implements corporate policies;
• Staff following operational requirements and ensure that the workforce remains highly motivated;
• Develops the team and identify the talent;
• Ensures integrity in decision-making and that decisions are made with the intention of company success in mind;
• Contributes to the development of a culture of customer satisfaction and continuous improvement within the team to meet financial and performance targets.

Measures

• Site KPI on target (production, quality, uptime, costs, CAPEX, on-time delivery, inventory, etc.);
• Ensure that the budget is met;
• Enforce EH&S;
• Ensure continuous improvement of internal processes;
• Contribute to grow the business.

Vision

• Working with EVP on-site vision, improvement, and investment.

Required Qualifications

Training

• Bachelor of Engineering: chemical engineering or materials and metallurgy engineering, or of science: chemistry or physics
• MBA, Master, or Ph.D. (an asset)
• Professional order membership (an asset

Professional Experience

• 15 years of management experience including a minimum of 5 years as a senior manager in the manufacturing sector
• Experience in leading a large multidisciplinary team
  • 6 Direct Reports, 100 Indirect Reports
• Experience in the sectors of Metallurgy, high technology, chemical, electronic, or pharmaceutical, etc.
• Experienced with an ERP system environment
• Experience in budget management
• Experience in project management
• Experience in process optimization
• Experience in a complex growing environment

Key Competencies

• Comprehensive knowledge of managing a site such as strategy, operations, finance, and HR
• Sound knowledge of EHS regulations and best practices
• Very good knowledge of chemical and/or metallurgic processes
• Proficient in continuous improvement concepts such as Lean manufacturing, Kaizen, preventive maintenance, 6 Sigma
• Proficient with statistical methods
• Proficient with the HAZOP method and other investigation, risk analysis methods, and tools
• Proficient in maintenance, reliability, and process engineering systems
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suit
• Excellent written and spoken French and English

Abilities

• Strategic vision, yet close to operations
• Solution-oriented and problem-solving
• Customer focus
• Team leadership, ability to lead change
• Performance orientation and continuous improvement
• Ability to create collaborative environments and strong teams
• Ability to handle pressure

Main Challenges

• Effectively manage the growth of the Montreal site, which is the company’s head office, and the plant with the greatest diversity of products and a high level of complexity.
• Rapidly establish credibility at all levels within the company
• Engage in a dynamic work environment that encourages growth and creativity, embracing diverse perspectives, learning opportunities and the richness of different cultures
• Lead a large team, demonstrating good behavioral skills such as communication, openness, decisiveness, flexibility, and determination.
• Review, improve, optimize and standardize business processes
• Modernize tools
• Develop team skills (coaching and knowledge updating)

Why Join 5N Plus

• Growing international company
• Highly strategic position for the company’s development
• Significant and stimulating challenges
• Values conveyed by the organization
• Significant influence on the results of the site and may affect the company results
• Sustainability-oriented company

Contact at TALINKO – Executive Search

Elaine Martineau, Executive Director | TALINKO – Executive Search | elaine.martineau@talinko.ca

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