Global Business Transformation Leader (F/M/D)

DuPont; Antwerpen; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont is seeking a high-impact global leader to drive the Automotive Adhesives business roadmap. You will report to the Global Business Director, work with regional leaders, and manage a broad transformation program across sourcing, materials, manufacturing, and supply chain.

This role requires influencing across functions, removing barriers, and delivering measurable business outcomes. You will lead cross-functional teams through complex initiatives, ensure alignment on scope and timing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
• Several years of experience in manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, product management, operations, or business leadership.
• Proven delivery of productivity, operational, or business performance improvements in a global matrix organization.
• Strong project-management, analytical, communication, influencing, and change-leadership skills. Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own a multi-year global roadmap across sourcing, materials, formulations, manufacturing, logistics, packaging, external manufacturing, portfolio complexity, and process efficiency.
• Build and prioritize the initiative pipeline by impact, speed, feasibility, customer needs, risk, resources, and sustainability.
• Run governance, project reviews, escalation, executive reporting, and a single source of truth for status, risks, decisions, and actions.
• Align cross-functional teams on scope, ownership, timing, dependencies, and decisions; remove barriers and drive execution.
• Partner across Procurement, Product Management, R&D, Manufacturing, MT, Quality, and Supply Chain on sourcing, localization, formulation, yield, process, asset, packaging, portfolio, and resilience initiatives.
• Ensure technical, quality, customer-approval, and Management of Change requirements are met.
• Partner with Finance to validate and sustain benefits; champion continuous improvement and global best-practice sharing.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication

Influencing

Change leadership

Lean Six Sigma

Kaizen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers

We offer a high-impact global leadership opportunity to shape the future performance of DuPont´s Automotive Adhesives business. You would have direct exposure to the Global Business Director, Adhesives plus senior leaders across regions and functions and you would own a broad transformation agenda to turn complex, cross-functional opportunities into a clear roadmap, robust project pipeline, and measurable business outcomes. This role is ideal for an influential, action-oriented leader who enjoys connecting people, challenging the status quo, removing barriers, and leaving a lasting impact on a global organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Own a multi-year global roadmap across sourcing, materials, formulations, manufacturing, logistics, packaging, external manufacturing, portfolio complexity, and process efficiency.
• Build and prioritize the initiative pipeline by business impact, speed, feasibility, customer needs, risk, resources, and sustainability.
• Run governance, project reviews, escalation, executive reporting, and a single source of truth for status, risks, decisions, and actions.
• Align cross-functional teams on scope, ownership, timing, dependencies, and decisions; remove barriers and drive execution.
• Partner across Procurement, Product Management, R&D, Manufacturing, MT, Quality, and Supply Chain on sourcing, localization, formulation, yield, process, asset, packaging, portfolio, and supply-resilience initiatives.
• Ensure technical, quality, customer-approval, and Management of Change requirements are met.
• Partner with Finance to validate and sustain benefits; champion continuous improvement, global best-practice sharing, and organizational capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline.
• Several years of extensive experience in manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, product management, operations, or business leadership.
• Proven delivery of measurable productivity, operational, or business performance improvements in a global matrix organization.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing, materials, sourcing, product qualification, financial drivers, and cross-functional execution.
• Strong project-management, analytical, communication, influencing, and change-leadership skills. Relevant industry and Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel globally as needed, approximately 30%–50%.

DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit Accessibility Page for Contact Information.

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