Operations Leader / Production Planner

INVISTA has an immediate need for an Operations Leader / Production Planner to join our industry-leading team at the Seaford, DE facility. The scope of this role combines people leadership with production planning responsibility to drive operational excellence, empower teams, and ensure seamless material flow and schedule execution.

The selected individual will play a critical role in aligning plant capability with business objectives while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What You Will Do

• Lead with Principle Based Management (PBM): Champion a shared site vision, build empowered teams, and drive business results through continuous improvement and disciplined execution. Promote a culture of ownership and teamwork to achieve superior safety and quality outcomes, proactively addressing unsafe conditions.
• Drive Production Planning: Translate demand forecasts into executable production schedules, balancing capacity, material availability, and inventory levels to ensure on-time delivery.
• Collaborate Across Functions: Partner with commercial, procurement, warehouse, and functional teams to mitigate supply chain disruptions and align production with business needs.
• Monitor & Improve Performance: Track KPIs such as schedule adherence and delivery performance; lead root-cause analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Develop Talent & Culture: Coach and develop direct reports, and foster a bottoms-up, employee-centric culture that recognizes contributions and drives engagement.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Supervisory or leadership experience with direct reports in a manufacturing or industrial setting
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or business discipline
• Experience managing integrated teams and driving strategic business improvements
• Experience in production planning, scheduling, and/or inventory control
• Lean manufacturing experience, supply chain coordination, and process optimization

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, airbags, food packaging, and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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