Support the development and adoption of process automation.Support team in identifying and evaluating digital use cases.Interconnect internal databases to facilitate data analysis and to populate reports and dashboards.Deploy data visualization tools and projects tracking systems including alerts for different milestones.To create applications (APPS) to collect data effectively and on a timely fashion.Increase productivity by providing digital leadership to support employees learning process and implementation of digitalization initiatives.To support leadership in creating a short term and long-term capital investment program to enable digitalization efforts and to adapt new technologies.Partner with engineering, automation, and IT teams to ensure successful deployment of new technology and processes.Maximize the digital presence across seeds corn projects lifecycles in R&D.Apply digital design platform concepts for faster decision making and to close gaps in digital processes.

Drive facility optimization and operational process support across multiple seed facilities in their region. Key SME for North America and Global. Key site leader and partner in Production System implementation and sustainment. Support resource for long term capital planning and project identification.

Leading a team that provides cross-site collaboration and operational support ensuring consistent, reliable and high quality parent seed for downstream partners.

• Responsible for completing and filing all Corporate and Regulatory reports and permit applications accurately and on time. • Facilitate annual renewal of the site’s SHE/PSM improvement strategy and objectives. Translate strategy (vision) and requirements into tangible, actionable plans• Site representative for interactions with Corporate, Business, and Regulatory agencies. Complete data management, analysis, record-keeping, reporting, and permit application processes. Ensure timely and accurate reporting of any deviations or incidents• Hands-on, in-plant work with operators, mechanics, contractors, and technical staff to accomplish work tasks. Complete routine (≈daily) field line walks (observe and engage) provide recognition, coaching, collaboration, and training• Oversee and coordinate the site’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party audit programs• Lead/facilitate site SHE and PSM committees• Personally, lead 3 PSM elements and several safety competencies• Manage incident and corrective action tracking system (ETQ Reliance)• Conduct and support incident investigations and root cause analysis (RCFA)• Oversee ISO 14001 and waste management programs. Create new waste profiles and assist with waste handling strategy. Backup authorizer of waste manifests• Develop and communicate SHE KPIs (leading/lagging) on plant dashboards and visual boards. Drive awareness and improvement through performance dialogue• Use lean-waste elimination tools with teams in problem solving (kaizen) activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the plant’s SHE programs• Owner and developer for plant SHE procedures and policies• Develop and facilitate training programs and monthly safety meetings• Participate in SHE/PSM networks• Provide coaching at all levels of the organization

The DuPont Fayetteville site is an integral part of the Tedlar® business, supplying PVF polymer to DuPont PVFM supply chain film and dispersion plants. This material is laminated on the back of most solar panels. This position provides leadership to the 26 technicians and facilitators in a high performance work system.Drives a Commitment to Zero culture maintaining 5 zero performance.Sets expectations for adherence to policies, procedures and safety/PSM standards.Responsible for high hazard processes.Drives for high standards of employee morale, ethics, and respectful treatment and behavior. Leads and effectively manages people development. Establish the performance measures and expectations for the various star point (safety, HR, and planning) activities associated with the high Performance Work System model.Continue to drive towards World Class manufacturing objectives by leading DuPont Production Systems (DPS) efforts in all areas, ensuring the areas are aligned with the site and business strategic plans. Act as the ITF leader.Participate in continuous improvement programs and initiatives for operations through the application of tools like root cause failure analysis, defect elimination and Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing.Interface with manufacturing technology to address process concerns, COD approval and implementation, reliability improvement, and product quality. Leader for two PSM elements.Accountable for cost control for the area, including establishing and meeting fixed and variable cost objectives.

Develop, manage and update the overall facility budget on a monthly basis. Responsible for developing and managing capital requests, forecasts and active projects. This includes researching and finding latest technologies, finding vendors and gathering quotes. Align corporate and overall business unit’s strategies with local team performance goals. Promote employee accountability for achieving company productivity, continuous improvement, with quality and core value goals. Communicate on a regular basis team updates with regards to quality, productivity, safety, and financial performance. Manage and oversee the implementation of DPS, Focused Improvement best practice, and Quality Management by being the management representative. Manage the daily plant operation which includes: receiving, harvest and drying, bulk management, maintenance, inventory management, warehouse and distribution, ensuring on-time delivery to meet both business and customer needs. Created SharePoint site to manage safety, quality, DPS and other daily activities.

Developed irrigation cycles to compliment a balanced agronomic program. Scheduled plant nutrition and soil amendments. Order and maintain inventories. Irrigation infrastructure maintenance, repair and development. Manage, execute and inspect farm volunteering program. Contributed to SOP refinement, development. Execute SOPs developed by Site Management Team. Regular updates and written progress reports, timelines and needs communicated as requested by managers.Continuous improvement through Quality ManagementCommunicate and solve staffing needs (assembling proper crew for necessary activities).Develop and maintain productive working relationships with all Hawaii staff.

Work with the agronomy staff with planning, operation of field execution. In charge of irrigation, fertilization, field record keeping. Supervise agronomy research assistants and temporary labor focused on agronomy activities and ensures employees abide by worker protection standards and OSHA. Oversee and execute irrigation and crops fertility programs. Evaluate farms soils and implement the newest technology on fertilizers and water moisture meters. Evaluate and design drip tape irrigation systems at field level. Analyze soil and foliar tissue samples data. Adjust fertility programs based on extreme weather conditions or soil type. Supervise employees in the agronomy team to complete daily irrigation and fertilization programs. Manage Laser safety program and develop MSDS retention system.

Oversee the installation and facility issues of multi-million dollar tool sets, trouble shooting and maintaining tool readiness, monitoring, calibrating, setup, training and operation, understanding relationship of metrology results to wafer manufacturing process; project management of several projects at once continual reviewing and making recommendations on process data; working closely with personnel responsible for other processes; generating and validating new and improved methodologies for analyzing data; evaluating new tools and/or methods; troubleshooting causes of process failures and out of control/spec conditions; assisting Fab personnel for training as required.

Lead cross-functional team to resolve manufacturing issues and day to day issues for production adhesives, evaluation of new adhesives, work closely with suppliers to create custom adhesives, contribute ideas and material knowledge to new package development, regular participation in all specific package team meetings and design reviews, coordinate evaluations between Singapore manufacturing site and U.S.A. site, meet with adhesive vendors for new material updates and evaluation updates, use the Chemical analysis lab to measure polymer properties using the Rheometer, DSC, TGA/DTA, TMA and DMA, characterize new materials for packaging and processing requirements, problem solving, use DOE to optimize processes and solve manufacturing issues, write annual supplier evaluation, develop road map criteria, developed material set for new imager packaging line

Responsible for driving the introduction process of new semiconductor devices into new or existing packages. . Duties include; determination of initial physical die and package parameters, netlist and substrate verification, bonding diagram set up, material set compatibility and development, process qualification based on customer and quality requirements, coordination of quick turn assembly for qualifications, (BOM) bill of materials creation and maintenance, coordination of assembly capacity, coordination and verification of sub-contractor design and process qualification, involved in solving product issues related to internal quality, defectively and customer returns, project management of several projects at once

Establish component and product quality systems for design and manufacture to ensure product quality exceeds goals. Direct and validate external reliability consultant proposals and test plans for robustness and supervise all reliability testing. Interface with product marketing to ensure customer usage model is developed and integrated into quality system & plans. Drive business-case Quality value decisions in all new projects. Establish supplier quality process survey & conduct supplier qualifications. Total manufacturing quality issues. Act as quality advocate in functional test plan review. Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve product quality & reliability