Specialty chemicals maker of catalysts, additives and care ingredients
Clariant is a Swiss specialty chemicals producer whose stack pairs deep SAP coverage (S/4HANA, MM, PM, FI) with plant-floor automation on Siemens S7 and WinCC, and a Python data-science layer using scikit-learn and TensorFlow. Hiring is accelerating and weighted toward engineering, manufacturing and operations, matching active plant energy management and lean sigma programs aimed at production efficiency.
Notable leadership hires: Technical Lead
Clariant develops and manufactures specialty chemicals, including additives, catalysts, functional minerals and ingredients for personal and home care, with applications in oil and mining, biofuels and aviation. The company is publicly listed, headquartered in Pratteln, Basel-Country, Switzerland, and employs more than 10,000 people. It sells to customers across many industries and focuses R&D on energy efficiency, renewable raw materials and resource conservation. Current hiring spans India, Japan, Sweden, China, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Germany, Mexico and France.
Clariant runs SAP S/4HANA, SAP MM, PM and FI, Siemens S7 and WinCC for plant automation, Kinaxis RapidResponse for planning, ServiceNow, Power BI, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes and Python with TensorFlow and scikit-learn.
Clariant is hiring in India, Japan, Sweden, China, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Germany, Mexico and France, with engineering, manufacturing and operations roles most prominent.
Active initiatives include a plant energy management program, energy reduction efforts, lean sigma continuous improvement, digital transformation in Latin America, and new molecules and extraction processes for cosmetics.
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