• What you’ll doLead transformation across all WE Soda operations, driving Lean, continuous improvement and operational excellence across manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, technical services and R&D, and delivering measurable gains in productivity, asset reliability and cost.
• Establish and operate the Operations portfolio framework, including governance for prioritisation, approval, resource allocation and decision-making.
• Lead regular portfolio reviews reporting on progress, risks, budgets and outcomes, and recommend priorities to the COO.
• Maintain close functional partnership with the Operational Transformation & Portfolio Managers in Türkiye and the US to ensure consistent methodology and standards, and consolidate regional portfolios into a single global view for the COO covering priorities, risks, budgets and progress.
• Set project management standards, methodologies and stage-gate processes, and coach project managers and programme leads in applying them.
• Oversee capital investment, sustainability and innovation projects, monitoring delivery against approved business cases.
• Collaborate with IT, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement and Commercial on cross-functional initiatives.
• Partner with the COO on priorities, workload and follow-through, and with the CEO’s Chief of Staff to maintain a shared working methodology across the two offices.
• Apply AI-enabled working methods, including agentic, multi-step AI workflows for research, analysis and execution, across portfolio management, transformation and the COO’s workload.

• What you’ll bringSignificant experience in manufacturing, chemicals, mining, industrial processing, energy or similarly complex industries.
• A track record of leading capital programmes, strategic projects and operational transformation, with experience of building capability as well as running it.
• Strong commercial and financial judgement, and the credibility to influence and challenge senior executives.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI-driven tools and agentic working methods as a core part of how you work, not a supplementary tool.
• International experience across multiple geographies and stakeholder groups; fluency in English.
• A degree in engineering, science, business or a related discipline.

Desirable: an MBA or equivalent; experience establishing or scaling a PMO or Enterprise PMO; Turkish language skills.

• How you will be qualifiedThe role is an individual contributor at Senior Manager level. Applicants should demonstrate how they meet the following competencies, citing specific examples in their application:Business Impact: Develops and implements new processes, standards and operational plans that affect functional results, working from broadly defined outcomes with limited oversight.
• Communication: Influences others across the organisation to accept new concepts and practices, and briefs senior leaders, including the CEO, COO and all executive team members.
• Innovation & Change: Makes significant improvements to processes and systems, and solves difficult problems that require a broader understanding of multiple areas.
• Knowledge & Expertise: A recognised master of portfolio management and operational transformation, built through advanced education and work experience.
• People Management: No formal people management; coaches, reviews and delegates work to others, including project managers and programme leads.
• Scope: Leads projects and portfolios at the scale and complexity of a Senior Manager’s team scope. Maintains a functional (dotted-line) relationship with the Türkiye and US Operational Transformation & Portfolio Managers, who report locally to site leadership.
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