Job Description:
Job Description
Site Director, Chemical Operations (Cottage Grove, MN)
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You'll Make in this Role
The person hired for this position will serve as the overall Site Director for all manufacturing and supply chain operations at the Cottage Grove, MN facility.
The Site Director is expected to drive systemic change in all plant performance metrics through appropriate application of continuous improvement methodologies and root cause and Action Plan attainment. The ideal candidate must drive customer focus through excellent first-time quality, prompt compliant resolution and corrective action and ensure appropriate value stream performance through responsiveness, delivery performance, capacity management, supplier management, and appropriate inventory management including working and non-working inventory.
As a Site Director, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
EHS stewardship and compliance to ensure operational Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance and accountability. EHS active visible leadership, ownership, and involvement within all operations.
Driving strategic planning and budgeting to drive sustainable improvements in factory cost through application of continuous improvement, entitlement thinking, yield improvement, and plant productivity.
Managing supply chain execution and inventory management to ensure appropriate customer value stream performance through responsiveness, delivery performance, LTA, capacity management, supplier management, and appropriate inventory management including working and non-working inventory.
Implementing/ensuring industry leading quality products through design for manufacturability, error proofing, and a culture of zero defects, creating value for our customers.
Accelerating value creation for customers through greater global alignment, improved information flow, systematic thinking to increase our overall value stream efficiency through lead time reduction and strengthening our focus on continuous improvement.
Developing manufacturing strategies for a high-performance workforce, capital equipment planning, technology advancement, and employee and leadership development.
Leading facility Strategic and Operational planning activities.
Develop strong leaders through accountability and a commitment to the leadership behaviors and the EPR process via principle-based leadership.
Actively participate in and champion projects to ensure the site achieves 3M's Environmental Stewardship goals.
Ensures products are manufactured on schedule, and within quality standards and cost objectives. Responsible for the implementation of appropriate manufacturing principles, standards and measures for assigned area(s). Plans, organizes, and directs all manufacturing activities and policies, including the management of several Manufacturing disciplines.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires ( at a minimum ) the following qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
Ten (10) years of experience in a private, public, government, or military environment in one or more of the following areas: quality, application engineering, product engineering, new product introduction, manufacturing engineering, manufacturing technology, process engineering, project engineering, manufacturing operations, supply chain management, EHS, and/or research laboratory
Five (5) years combined Product Manager, Plant Manager, Operations Manager and/or Large Value Stream Manager experience
Ten (10) years combined experience in management/supervisory within a manufacturing environment
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
Experience with Union Environments
Demonstrated strong leadership ability and history of leading high-performance teams
Demonstrated understanding of principle-based leadership and behaviors
Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline
Experience in leading strategic and organizational development, operational excellence, lean implementation, financial accounting
Effective communication skills
Work location: Cottage Grove, MN
Travel: May include up to 15% Domestic/International
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $266,001 - $325,112, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.
Good Faith Posting Date Range 01/09/2026 To 02/08/2026 Or until filled
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