W. R. Grace is a specialty chemicals manufacturer serving pharma, energy, and packaging verticals with catalysts, engineered materials, and process technologies. The tech stack is SAP-dominant (ECC, S/4HANA, Analytics Cloud, Master Data Governance, IBP) with supplementary tools for process management and compliance—a profile typical of large-scale chemical operations managing complex supply chains and regulatory requirements. Current hiring is heavily weighted toward manufacturing and operations roles, with an emerging focus on predictive maintenance and supply chain optimization reflected in active projects.
Notable leadership hires: Mechanical Maintenance Team Lead
Grace manufactures specialty chemicals and catalysts sold globally to customers in renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals, food packaging, and industrial processes. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with manufacturing and operational footprint across the United States, Poland, Germany, Philippines, South Korea, China, and Sweden, the company employs 1,001–5,000 people. The product suite spans catalysts, engineered materials, process technologies, and fine chemicals. Current operational priorities center on supply chain efficiency, predictive maintenance, safety compliance, and reducing downtime—evident from active projects in commissioning, maintenance planning, and process migration, and a hiring mix skewed toward manufacturing and operations talent.
SAP suite (ECC, S/4HANA, HANA, Master Data Governance, Analytics Cloud, SuccessFactors, Ariba, IBP, SD, FICO); ServiceNow; Salesforce; Power BI; Tableau; Celonis; AuditBoard; Microsoft 365.
Key projects include predictive and preventative maintenance planning, supply chain optimization, safety compliance programs, process migrations, continuous monitoring, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
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