Specialty chemicals and biobased polymers manufacturer serving 70+ countries
Kraton is a specialty chemicals manufacturer with a traditional industrial tech footprint (SAP, OSIsoft DCS/PLC systems, AVEVA) and an operations-heavy hiring mix skewed toward maintenance, logistics, and compliance. Current project focus—preventive maintenance, reliability improvement, and shutdown planning—reflects a company optimizing asset uptime and supply-chain resilience across geographies rather than pursuing digitalization.
Kraton develops and manufactures biobased chemicals and specialty polymers for industrial and consumer applications, with over 800 customers across 70 countries. The product portfolio spans multiple end markets, and the company operates manufacturing facilities and logistics networks in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The 1,000–5,000 headcount organization is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, with active hiring in the United States, Germany, Netherlands, France, Finland, Sweden, and Japan—reflecting geographic footprint alignment.
SAP for enterprise resource planning, SuccessFactors for HR, OSIsoft and AVEVA for industrial control systems (DCS/PLC), and standard Microsoft 365 suite (Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Project).
The Woodlands, Texas, United States. The company also operates in Germany, Netherlands, France, Finland, Sweden, and Japan based on active hiring.
Preventive maintenance programs, reliability improvement projects, shutdown planning, oil and vibration analysis, and EU and Asia-Pacific logistics procurement strategy development.
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