Kristen Pforr
Vice President Operations, BASF
- Role
- Vice President Operations - Care Chemicals at BASF
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristen Pforr
Experienced & passionate Executive Leader with 25+ years of experience and proven success in multiple facets of chemical manufacturing with Global and Fortune 500 companies, specializing in change leadership and culture transformation while building high performance teams to deliver measurable business results.
Experience
Vice President Operations - Care Chemicals
Oct 2021 — Present · Geismar, LA, US
Responsible for Care Chemicals NA Operations, including 8 manufacturing sites and a process development laboratory, and JV leadership as a member of the LLC management committee, supporting $1B in sales. Achieved measurable improvement in employee engagement and inclusion within 2 years while leading through uncertainty,>50% in process safety performance.
Education
Kansas State University
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
1987 — 1992
Kansas State University
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
1987 — 1992
Skills
- Process Optimization
- Operational Excellence
- Change Management
- Process Simulation
- Leadership
- Iso
- Business Process Improvement
- People Development
- Logistics
- Process Engineering
- Operations Management
- Kaizen
- Chemical Engineering
- Engineering
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Six Sigma
- Procurement
- Process Safety
- Polymers
- Root Cause Analysis
- Manufacturing
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