Cabot is seeking a qualified WPS Supervisor to join their Pampa, TX manufacturing plant. This person will support the efficient day-to-day running of the warehouse so as to ensure that customer requirements and schedules are met within agreed budgets. They will supervise employees involved in the movement, storage, packaging and shipping of all finished products. They will alsol provide supervision with hiring, training, and performance management.
How You Will Make an Impact Supervises the activities of the WPS personnel in all day-to-day operations to achieve efficient labor utilization for production requirements and priorities. Effectively practices Performance Based Management by coaching and developing employees, direct as well as matrix reports, and assuring effective alignment with the matrix functions.Oversees adherence to programs involving materials, hoppers, packaging and vehicle loading. Sets and rearranges schedules and priorities.Ensures safe use of machinery, implementing inspections and audit requirements. Ensures that packing machines are maintained for optimum performance and that pallet trucks and forklift trucks are charged and operational.Monitors stock levels and maintains customer call-off requirements via computer.Ensures safe stacking and storage and chronological stock movement.Ensures correct marking/ identification of packaging, samples and Q.C materials.Ensures adherence to site safety rules and safe working practices and maintain a good level of housekeeping in WPS areas.Supports efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care® Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001® technical specification, as applicable to the site/region. What You Will Bring to Cabot Systems Literacy and Process Optimization: Demonstrates a high level of proficiency with business systems and digital tools. Proactively seeks opportunities to streamline and automate routine administrative and documentation processes, contributing to operational efficiency and data integrity.Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement: Exhibits a strong commitment to process improvement through the identification and implementation of best practices. Continuously evaluates workflows to drive efficiency, eliminate redundancies, and support scalable growth.Employee Engagement and Inclusive Leadership: Champions a culture of engagement, inclusion, and collaboration. Creates an environment where team members feel respected, supported, and connected to organizational goals, enhancing morale and retention. Builds and maintains effective working relationships across departments and functions. Facilitates open dialogue and actively listens to diverse perspectives to support alignment and informed decision-making.Accountability and Team Performance Management: Sets clear expectations and holds self and others accountable for performance outcomes. Promotes ownership and responsibility within the team, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and objectives. Provides timely, constructive feedback and engages in two-way communication to support employee development. Encourages a culture of openness, continuous learning, and performance improvement.Knowledge of warehousing, packing and shipping practices as well as inventory management. Good understanding of plant capabilities, throughput constraints of the plant units and each plant’s bottleneck rates and cycle times.Working knowledge of various models of manufacturing systems and the benefits and limitations of each system.Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with others. Ability to lead and motivate team; conduct one and one and/or group meetings. Ability to monitor, and manage the performance of as well as the development of staff.Bachelor’s degree or at least 7+ years of relevant experience.Prior people management and/or team leadership experience is required, preferably in a warehousing or similar environment
How We’ll Support Your Success:
Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.Meaningful Work that is Valued – The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and cleaner energy future. It is an awesome feeling to know you’re making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, “I was a part of that.”Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits.Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
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Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.
Innovation that drives sustainability
Many of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges are fundamentally chemistry problems. We can convert the mobility sector from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, but this requires batteries with greater range and lower cost. This is fundamentally a chemistry challenge. We can have a zero-energy building, but this requires high performance insulation, efficient solar panels, and energy storage solutions. Each of these are fundamentally chemistry challenges.
At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.
Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.
EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001
Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.
Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.
Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay
This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.
Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks
Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.
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