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This role ensures safe, compliant, efficient, and customer-focused production while developing people, strengthening technical capability, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes, systems, and performance metrics.\nThe successful candidate will combine hands-on manufacturing leadership with strong chemistry knowledge, operational discipline, and data-driven decision making. This role is expected to build a high-performing team culture, improve production flow, support quality and regulatory compliance, and partner cross-functionally with Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Planning, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, Technical Support, and Commercial teams.\nThis is a 100% on-site role based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Applicants must already reside locally or within a reasonable commuting distance. Relocation is not provided.\nProduction Leadership: Lead daily manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals for catalog and custom chemical standards.\nChemical Manufacturing Oversight: Ensure production activities involving organic and inorganic chemistry are executed according to approved procedures, specifications, and applicable regulatory expectations.\nSafety and Compliance: Promote a strong safety culture, ensure proper chemical handling practices, and maintain compliance with site procedures, environmental health and safety requirements, and quality system expectations.\nQuality and Technical Integrity: Partner with Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and technical teams to resolve production issues, support investigations, reduce nonconformances, and maintain process integrity.\nContinuous Improvement: Identify and lead improvements that reduce waste, improve flow, increase schedule adherence, strengthen standard work, and improve productivity using lean, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.\nPeople Development: Coach, develop, and engage production employees and frontline leaders through clear expectations, regular feedback, training plans, skill development, and career growth discussions.\nData-Driven Decision Making: Use production, quality, inventory, labor, and schedule data to identify trends, prioritize actions, and communicate performance insights to stakeholders.\nCross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Planning, Procurement, Quality, Logistics, Engineering, Technical Support, Customer Service, Product Data Management, and Commercial teams to align production priorities with customer and business needs.\nCapacity and Resource Planning: Assess staffing, equipment, material availability, and process constraints to support short-term execution and long-term production capability.\nSystems and Documentation: Support accurate use of manufacturing systems, batch records, work instructions, production schedules, inventory transactions, and related documentation.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.\nExperience leading manufacturing, production, laboratory operations, or technical operations in a chemical, or regulated manufacturing environment.\nWorking knowledge of organic and inorganic chemistry concepts, chemical formulation, solution preparation, raw material control, and safe chemical handling practices.\nDemonstrated ability to lead people, manage priorities, communicate clearly, and build trust with production teams and cross-functional partners.\nExperience using data to monitor performance, solve problems, identify process gaps, and drive operational decisions.\nStrong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance safety, quality, delivery, cost, and customer impact.\nAbility to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities and operational constraints.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with SAP or a similar ERP system for production orders, inventory transactions, material availability, scheduling, or manufacturing execution.\nExperience in ISO 9001, ISO 17025, ISO 17034, GMP, DEA-regulated, or other regulated quality environments.\nLean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, root cause analysis, visual management, standard work, or operational excellence experience.\nExperience leading supervisors, leads, chemists, technicians, operators, or cross-functional project teams.\nFamiliarity with analytical chemistry, chemical standards, certified reference materials, traceability, stability, or quality control testing.\nFamiliarity and experience with dangerous goods shipping, regulations, and transport.\nAdvanced Excel, Power BI, SQL, or other data analysis, programming, and reporting skills.\nAdditional Details\nThis job has a full time weekly schedule. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least October 5, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $84,160.00 - $131,500.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locationsAgilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email  or contact +1-262-754-5030. 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