Mussie Futur
Schwenksville,USA
Summary
Senior executive with 27+ years of global leadership experience across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operational Excellence, Capital Project Management, and asset and process reliability. Proven change agent with a strong track record leading enterprise transformations and driving sustainable performance improvements across diverse industries and geographies.
Successfully led and built large-scale greenfield and brownfield manufacturing facilities across the U.S., Canada, South America, Asia, and Europe. Repeatedly selected by executive and senior leadership to turn around underperforming business units and manufacturing sites and to deliver mission-critical, high-value projects.
Extensive experience integrating multi-site operations following M&A to optimize capital deployment, reduce operating costs, and improve asset performance. Served as Technical Lead for M&A initiatives at Dow, Arkema, and Avantor.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Global VP of Manufacturing and Engineering
AVANTOR SCIENCE
Schwenksville, USA
01.2021 - Current
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for GSCO and BioPharma; co-developed and executed enterprise growth strategies delivering 30–45% year-over-year revenue growth.
- Designed and executed Avantor’s largest capital project to date in Poland, delivered flawlessly and on plan.
- Built and launched Avantor’s first manufacturing site in Singapore (2023), significantly expanding global footprint and supply resilience; China and Korea facilities in advanced startup planning.
- Led transformation of six manufacturing sites across the Americas, supporting 650+ associates and over $750M in annual revenue.
- Designed, scaled, and commercialized viral inactivation and cell lysis solution platforms, accelerating BioPharma growth.
- Stabilized operations during COVID and severe labor shortages, strengthening workforce engagement, morale, and retention.
- Reduced working capital by 25% and shortened lead times by 50% through advanced planning, scheduling, and supply chain optimization.
- Built a high-performing Global Engineering organization from the ground up, eliminating execution bottlenecks and supply constraints.
- Scaled engineering headcount from
- Implemented stage-gate governance and a centralized PMO, improving capital efficiency, execution discipline, forecasting accuracy, and project competitiveness.
- Drove cross-functional alignment and institutionalized a “fail-fast” investment model, terminating non-viable projects early to preserve capital.
- Led digital transformation initiatives, embedding MES and advanced digital capabilities into capital project design and execution.
- Served as a recognized leader in M&A integration, CMO strategy, and make-or-buy decisions, strengthening enterprise resilience and scalability.
- Implemented life-critical safety standards within the first 60 days, rapidly elevating operational risk management.
- Assessed and eliminated Priority 1 PSM risks within 90 days, closing critical gaps and strengthening process safety maturity.
- Developed, prioritized, and funded a three-year PSM roadmap, ensuring sustained compliance and risk reduction.
- Delivered step-change productivity gains, generating $75M in incremental profit (2021) and $125M projected (2022).
- Achieved $26M in margin expansion through operational excellence and cost optimization initiatives.
- Improved year-over-year productivity by 25%, embedding a culture of engagement, empowerment, accountability, and performance.
VP, Center for Manufacturing Excellence (CfME)
ARKEMA, Inc.
King Of Prussia, USA
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Directed operational excellence across 60+ manufacturing sites, leading 3,500+ team members globally.
- Led comprehensive, cross-functional operational assessments, prioritizing and executing gap-closure initiatives to drive performance and risk reduction.
- Executed enterprise asset reliability, mechanical integrity, and process safety programs, reducing the cost of unplanned events by $250M.
- Led Arkema’s digital transformation, delivering 25% productivity improvement and significant reductions in errors and rework.
- Served as executive sponsor, advisor, and capital gatekeeper for $500M+ in annual capital spending, ensuring disciplined investment decisions.
- Managed a $450M global asset improvement portfolio, optimizing returns and asset performance.
- Led Arkema’s Operational Excellence strategy and people development agenda, embedding an empowered, accountability-driven culture.
- Built and scaled Lean Six Sigma capability, developing 30 Green Belts and 10 Black Belts, generating $19M in annual recurring savings.
- Led enterprise M&A, CMO, JV, and make-or-buy initiatives, supporting strategic growth and portfolio optimization.
- Directed process control, automation, and cybersecurity programs, strengthening operational stability and digital resilience.
- Drove reliability, operability, and maintainability (ROM) excellence across capital projects, improving lifecycle performance and long-term asset value.
Global Improvement Leader (Director)
ARKEMA, Inc.
King Of Prussia, USA
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Review and implement Strategic operational, capital, HES and maintenance project to improve plants Productivity, quality and reliability globally.
- Led 6 global operation site with more 200 team $250M revenue
- Manage Global Operations, SC and capital expenditure of the BU and build plants in Shanghai China
- Manage Large Strategic Capital projects in Germany, France, Canada, USA and China.
- Led global operational excellence team with annual saving of $4M per year
- Debottlenecked capacity by 20% globally
- Reduced wastewater generation by 90% and improve yield by 9%
- Benchmarked Global plants to improve efficiencies leverage best practices
- Established operational Gap Analysis and develop global 5-year CapEx project (Strategic Planning and outlook)
Manufacturing and SC Operations Director
ARKEMA, Inc.
King Of Prussia, USA
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Review and implement Strategic capital and maintenance project to improve plants reliability.
- Led 6 global site with dismal performance and turn them around in 15 months
- Turnaround business from multiple force majeure to best supplier of the year award
- Implemented global S&OP and improved SC and lead time.
- Manage Strategic Capital projects for the America and supporting roll globally
- Improved asset reliability adding $16M revenue and $7M cost of unplanned events
Sr. Global Project Director, Engineering and Strategic Planning
W R Grace- Davison
Columbia, USA
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Review global capital project & allocated funds per business needs and growth demand ($400M annually)
- Led, Reviewed, and approved annual operating plans (AOP) and prioritize projects
- Led multiple globally projects simultaneously ($400M annually)
- Worked to optimize new PP catalyst that generated millions in EBITDA
- Developed engineering standard, Process safety management and project management
Global Improvement Leader
The Dow Chemical Company
Marietta, USA
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Led and managed all capital and large maintenance project for the site successfully.
- Built and Operated manufacturing site in Brazil, Spain, Russia, India, Italy, and US
- Led, implementation and startup medium/large projects globally.
- Led $5M automation project >5000 IO on sold out plant while running 100% capacity. Closed compliance gaps, increased capacity by 40% and increased the first-pass-prime by 25%.
- Executed an improvement project that debottlenecked a high margin product reactor and doubled the capacity without capital expenditure.
- Reduced the site's natural gas consumption by 83% and won a WRAP Award.
- Developed Most Effective Technology (MET2) pig-line system and dripless sample system
- Created and Led the Global Improvement Engineers Network for the business.
- Formulated Systems
Production Site Leader and Manufacturing Rep
The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, USA
01.2004 - 01.2008
- Managed and Led two mega trains of engineering plastic and was the technical Leader of the day-to-day operations.
- Reduced production down time by 25% per year, saving of >$500K.
- Improved the asset utilization of from 73% to 96% (historic record high).
- Implemented several Six Sigma project and saved over $15M/year
- Developed new product and saved over $10M and won a Technology Center Award.
- Saved more than $30M by thermally initiated product to replace a catalytic product.
- Engineering Plastics
Technology Center Engineering Manager
The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, USA
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Led the development of Most Effective Technology (MET) for emulsion polymer business and technology center.
- Executed projects$40M -$120M in Brazil, China, Netherland, US and Norway, Spain and Argentina
- Built green field HDPE, LDPE, PP, EPDM and emulsion manufacturing units
- Developed PFD, P&IDS, M&EB, Specification and Engineering records for each unit of operation and approved them by the Technology center and Subject Matter Experts.
- Led or Supported capital projects globally from scope definition to start up.
- Emulsion Polymers
Global Process Engineer
The Dow Chemical Company
Plaquemine, USA
01.1998 - 01.2001
- Assisted and participated in process-engineering projects in different sites for different businesses of the Dow Chemical Company. Designed and implemented global projects ranging $25 to 125M all over the worlds.
- Global Process Engineering
Rocket Combustion and Mass property Engineer
Boeing Aerospace and Defense
Canoga Park, USA
01.1997 - 01.1998
- Worked and helped develop the XP2000 (future Space Vehicle). Was responsible for accounting every weight and payload that was into the rockets.
- Experimented with different fuels and tested its impacts on propulsion of satellite launcher and other rockets.
Education
Leadership training/certificate -
Cornell SC Johnson College of business
01.2020
Executive Manufacturing Managers Development Program -
CalTech
01.2016
master's degree - Chemical Engineering
Louisiana State University (LSU)
01.2000
B. S. - Chemical Engineering
University of California-Davis
01.1997
Skills
- Strong Operational leader
- Capital Strategic Planning
- Standardization/Best Practices
- Efficient and effective SC
- Multi-site Operations
- Organizational Transformation
- Continuous Improvements
- Digital Transformation
- Building Empowering Culture
- X-Functional Alignment
- Succession Planning
- Life-Critical Standards
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Merger and Acquisition
- Sourcing Planning and Scheduling
Personal Information
Title: Global Vice President of Manufacturing, SC and Engineering
Timeline
Global VP of Manufacturing and Engineering
AVANTOR SCIENCE
01.2021 - Current
VP, Center for Manufacturing Excellence (CfME)
ARKEMA, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2021
Global Improvement Leader (Director)
ARKEMA, Inc.
01.2014 - 01.2016
Manufacturing and SC Operations Director
ARKEMA, Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2014
Sr. Global Project Director, Engineering and Strategic Planning
W R Grace- Davison
01.2011 - 01.2012
Global Improvement Leader
The Dow Chemical Company
01.2008 - 01.2011
Production Site Leader and Manufacturing Rep
The Dow Chemical Company
01.2004 - 01.2008
Technology Center Engineering Manager
The Dow Chemical Company
01.2001 - 01.2004
Global Process Engineer
The Dow Chemical Company
01.1998 - 01.2001
Rocket Combustion and Mass property Engineer
Boeing Aerospace and Defense
01.1997 - 01.1998
Leadership training/certificate -
Cornell SC Johnson College of business
Executive Manufacturing Managers Development Program -
CalTech
master's degree - Chemical Engineering
Louisiana State University (LSU)
B. S. - Chemical Engineering
University of California-Davis