Director T&I Glass

Sibelco is a global material solutions company. We mine, process and sell industrial minerals at locations worldwide, focused primarily on silica, clays, feldspathics and olivine.We are also leaders in glass recycling. The Sibelco Group operates over 110 production sites in 31 countries, with a team of over 5,000 people.

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Director T&I Glass

Sibelco is a global material solutions company. We mine, process and sell industrial minerals at locations worldwide, focused primarily on silica, clays, feldspathics and olivine.We are also leaders in glass recycling. The Sibelco Group operates over 110 production sites in 31 countries, with a team of over 5,000 people.

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Location:

Various locations: Dessel / Antwerp, Belgium or Verona, Italy (flexibility)

About the Role:

With a strong mix of strategic and tactical management, program delivery and people management, this new role will allow you to work in both traditional and disruptive innovation. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to create a brand new ecosystem and push the boundaries of the glass manufacturing industry for one of the silica sands world leaders.

The Director T&I Glass is co-accountable with the business leader for accelerating the profitable growth of the Glass segment, with a clear focus on leading a disruptive Glass growth priority program. This program includes product, process development, pilot design and operation at Combustion Consulting Italy (CCI) at Cellino and Verona, intellectual property and handover to the Commercial and Operations organizations. He/she also ensures the day-to-day operational activities and people management of the employees dedicated to the program.

He/she will supervise 4 teams: the first one in Dessel (Belgium) focusing on new glass product/formulation development, one in Maranello (Italy) focusing on new glass product/formulation and application development for EGS markets, one in Verona (Italy) focusing on engineering and one in Cellino (Italy) focusing on operation of a new submerged melter furnace (SBM) developed by CCI, a start-up company 60% owned by Sibelco.

The Director T&I Growth holds no direct financial accountability, He/she contributes to the development of opportunities to grow the company´s business with new products, applications and/or services by providing technical expertise and resources. Is responsible and accountable for leading/managing the T&I required activities and workload, identified through priority programs, initiated from EXCO, based on the growth strategy of the company.

Your background:

• Engineering and/or MSc with a PhD preferred

• More than 15 years of experience with different business environments. Ideally within glass manufacturing or R&D.

• Excellent consulting and project management skills, is familiar with an international, multi-cultural environment.

• Fluent English

• Flexible to travel

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But most importantly, if you embrace our core values, and if this role sparks your enthusiasm to apply your passion to contribute in a meaningful way as a part of Sibelco’s team of unique talents within a diverse international business community, then we very much look forward to hearing from you.

To Apply:

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Inclusive Team Culture: Attractive Employer ( sibelco.com)

Sibelco recognises the strength of our diverse global workforce and values difference and inclusion for all. Our rich mix of people bring an exciting exchange of ideas and knowledge to keep us moving forward and innovating new solutions. We seek talent of all backgrounds and abilities and continue to develop our leaders and our culture to help all current and new employees to grow and reach their full potential.

Salary & Benefits: We will gladly discuss these aspects with you at interview stage.

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We welcome your application and will make reasonable adjustments where required to support you through the selection process.

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We have set clearly defined sustainability priorities and targets, with key environmental and social objectives , which include Health & Safety, Climate & Energy, Community Engagement, Human Rights and Business Ethics.

Please note we have a Global Talent Acquisition Team and we will not therefore be requiring agency services

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