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The Operational Excellence Regional DuPont Business System (DBS) Deployment Leader, (EMEA/AP)

This role is a senior leadership position within the Global Operational Excellence organization, responsible for accelerating the deployment of the DuPont Business System (DBS) and building Operational Excellence capabilities across both EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

This role will lead a small team of subject matter experts to deploy the DBS Essential tool and Operations Excellence Playbooks across all areas of Operations and Engineering. The role will engage with regional operational leaders within the regions to translate enterprise priorities into measurable performance improvement across SQDIP metrics. The role will also provide targeted in-region support for driving continuous improvement beyond Operations.

This role leads and develops a regional team of subject matter experts and influences a broad network of businesses focusing on delivering improvements that add value in partnership with leaders. The position partners with the Operational Excellence Domain leaders (Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain), Operations & Engineering functional leaders (Engineering, FS&RE, EHS) and Line of Business Integrated Operations teams to deploy the DBS Essentials, including policy deployment, leader standard work, daily visual management, problem solving, kaizen process and change leadership routines together with Operational Excellence playbooks.

The leader will strengthen operating mechanisms, improve DBS maturity, and drive enterprise value through sustained implementation of the DuPont Business System and deliver improvement in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, productivity, growth, and customer outcomes aligned to Core KPIs. The role reports to the Vice President, Operational Excellence, and serves as a key member of the Global OpEx leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Model and reinforce the DuPont Core Values — (Safety & Respect, Integrity & Accountability, Grow & Improve, and solving problems with customers) and sets the example through consistent communications and behaviors, coaching, and decision-making.
• Define and lead the regional DBS implementation roadmap across EMEA and AP Operations, ensuring priorities, resources, governance, and operating mechanisms are aligned to enterprise Operational Excellence objectives and measurable business outcomes. Maximize value from the tools, capabilities, and processes.
• Partner with Integrated Operations Leaders, IOLs and Business OpEx Directors, Domain Leaders, and Functional leaders to drive the deployment of DBS Essentials tools and Operational Excellence Playbooks, including ‘Essentials’ tools/standards (e.g., Value Stream Mapping, A3/problem solving process, Daily Visual Management, Kaizen Process, Leaders Standard Work, Change Management, and Policy Deployment) across Operational teams in EMEA and AP.
• Challenge and support Lines of Business and Functions to identify, prioritize, resource, and execute high-impact improvement initiatives that deliver improvements in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity outcomes.
• Partner with OpEx and Supply Chain Domain Leaders to deploy Operational Excellence playbooks across EMEA and AP Operations.
• Coach Operations leaders in EMEA and AP in deploying the DuPont Business System to embed DBS leadership routines, strengthen problem-solving discipline, improve visual management, and create accountability for sustainable continuous improvement in SQDIP metrics.
• Champion the use of AI, advanced analytics, automation, and digital performance management approaches and use cases to accelerate DBS adoption, improve decision quality, enable predictive insights, and unlock step-change operational performance.
• Supports LoBs and Functions to deliver high impact kaizen events at EMEA and AP locations.
• Build regional CI capability to support talent development, coaching practitioners, and establishing standard work and learning mechanisms that support DuPont’s DBS maturity journey within the regions.
• Lead change across diverse cultures, regions, and complex matrix environments, creating a growth-minded culture that embraces standard work, experimentation, learning, and sustained performance improvement. Works with other business leaders to create a culture of continuous improvement.