Olin is a legacy chemical manufacturer (founded 1892, now ~7,700 employees) running SAP, PeopleSoft, and Workday across finance and HR, with industrial control systems (Honeywell, Allen-Bradley PLCs, HMI) embedded in manufacturing. The hiring mix is heavily weighted toward engineering and operations roles, with active projects focused on reducing unplanned downtime, standardizing maintenance processes, and improving equipment reliability — suggesting a shift from reactive maintenance toward predictive and preventive operations.
Notable leadership hires: Logistics Director, Purchasing Director
Olin Corporation manufactures chemicals, specialty materials, and ammunition for industrial and defense customers. The company operates manufacturing plants globally with headquarters in Clayton, Missouri. On the operations side, Olin runs a traditional enterprise stack (SAP for ERP, PeopleSoft for HR) coupled with industrial automation systems from Honeywell and Allen-Bradley. Current work centers on plant reliability, maintenance process standardization, cost management, and capital project evaluation, with concurrent effort on emergency response protocols and environmental health & safety performance.
Olin uses SAP (ERP), PeopleSoft and Workday (HR/payroll), SQL Server and .NET for custom development, Honeywell and Allen-Bradley for industrial controls, and OpenText/Documentum for document management. Azure DevOps supports IT operations.
Olin Corporation is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. The company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker OLN and employs approximately 7,700 people globally.
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