Chaingers: Operations Leadership Program

Overview

What You´ll Do

• Join Henkel’s Chaingers Program an 18-month immersive journey designed to deepen your operational expertise and accelerate your leadership growth.
• Gain structured exposure across key operational areas, including production, engineering, supply chain, quality, lean, strategy and people leadership.
• Lead and contribute to high-impact projects driving optimisation, efficiency, safety, and performance on the shopfloor.
• Contribute to Henkel’s digital transformation and sustainability initiatives through impactful work in manufacturing.
• Earn Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification and apply it in real business contexts.
• Be part of a global cohort of high-potential talent, working alongside peers from across regions, sharing diverse perspectives, and learning best practices from Henkel’s worldwide operations.
• Start with a permanent contract and competitive package, with enhanced responsibility into a people leadership role upon successful completion.
• What makes you a good fit
• Bachelor’s/ master’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Production/ Manufacturing)
• 3–5 years of experience in manufacturing operations, production, or plant-based roles (manufacturing/chemical industry preferred)
• Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on, execution-focused mindset.
• Passion for continuous improvement, process optimization, operational excellence & leading people.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions, teams, and diverse cultural environments.
• Comfortable working in a full-time, plant-based role at Umm Al Quwain (remote/hybrid work not applicable for this program)
• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Clear aspiration and potential to grow into leadership roles within Operations.
• At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
• We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us.
• Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us!
• We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.