Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Solutions

Company Overview Aurorium is the materials innovation partner that helps global manufacturers harness the power of possibility to make the world a better place. Their specialty ingredients and high-performance materials enhance quality of life, support health and wellness, and enable customers to deliver value-added solutions.

Key industries served include healthcare, personal & home care, mobility, infrastructure, and paper & packaging. A Responsible Care® company, Aurorium follows the highest regulatory standards across all manufacturing facilities. The company’s global integrated supply chain offers the customer product consistency, easy access, supply security, and reasonable turnaround on delivery. Aurorium is committed to operating at the highest levels of manufacturing consistency, quality control, and safety.

Description The Vice President and General Manager (GM) is a critical member of the executive leadership team and a strategic and operational thought partner to the CEO, senior executives, and investors. The GM will drive operational excellence, commercial growth, and organizational effectiveness across Aurorium’s global footprint.

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Set and execute the vision for the business, aligning operational, commercial, and financial objectives to maximize growth, and profitability.
• P&L Ownership: Manage overall business performance, including revenue growth, cost optimization, asset utilization, working capital management and plant operations.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee manufacturing, supply chain, and production processes to ensure efficiency, quality, safety, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Regulatory & Environmental Compliance: Ensure robust processes and controls to comply with environmental, safety, and industry regulations, in conjunction with support functions.
• Commercial Management: Lead sales, marketing, and customer engagement strategies to deepen customer intimacy, expand into new markets, and drive value-added solutions.
• Change Management: Champion continuous improvement initiatives, challenge the status quo, and drive transformation across the organization.
• Stakeholder Management: Build trust and credibility with investors, board members, customers, and employees through transparent communication and effective relationship management.
• Team Leadership: Develop, mentor, and inspire high-performing teams, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability.
• M&A and Integration: Lead operational due diligence, assess synergies, and integrate teams and systems post-merger or acquisition.
• Regulatory & Environmental Compliance: Ensure robust processes and controls to comply with environmental, safety, and industry regulations.
  
  

Required Experience

• Relevant Industry Experience: Proven leadership in a growth-oriented manufacturing or related business of at least $500 million. Strong understanding of the chemical industry or process manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Functional Expertise: Demonstrated strengths in operations, commercial management, supply chain, manufacturing, and business development. Ability to analyze business performance and drive strategic initiatives.
• Data / Systems Experience: Experience leveraging ERP and business intelligence systems to drive transparency, operational improvement, and performance management.
• Team Building: Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performance teams with a strong culture of excellence.
• International Experience: Preferred experience managing commercial and operations globally , including with country-specific commercial and manufacturing teams.
• Education: Undergraduate degree required, preferably in engineering, or a related field, with chemical knowledge a plus. An MBA or advanced degree is desirable.
• Private Equity Experience: Experience working in a private equity-backed environment is highly desirable.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Strategic & Operational Mindset: Capable of setting a vision and executing on it, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term growth initiatives.
• Performance-Oriented and Action-Biased: Demonstrates urgency and a bias for rapid change, driving business performance based on KPIs aligned with company strategy.
• Excellent Communication & Stakeholder Management: Manages diverse stakeholders, communicates clearly and persuasively, and builds strong relationships internally and externally.
• Commercial Orientation: Effective at both strategic and tactical levels, comfortable analyzing business plans and transactions to advance company goals.
• Experienced and Resilient Leader: Assimilates quickly into company culture, collaborates across teams, and leads change with new ideas and solutions.
• Strong Business Acumen: Understands operational and commercial levers that create value, builds credibility across the enterprise.
• Developer of Talent: Builds and develops strong teams, focused on continuous improvement and delivering organizational objectives.
  
  

If you're energized by innovation and passionate about making an impact, we'd love to connect. Reach out to Abby Mears at [email protected] to schedule a conversation or learn more.

Aurorium is a global Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category.

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