The chemical industry is increasingly faced with new competition, stricter regulations, and stakeholder pressure around societal and environmental issues. As a manager, how do you respond to these challenges? What skills and competencies do you need to face and respond quickly to the ever-changing business environment? How do you move forward in these challenging times?

Your are a manager with a specialist, scientific or engineering background and now you are managing a team. At MCE we have developed the Mini MBA for the Chemical Industry to support managers like you and give you the key skills and knowledge you need in your role. The areas include strategy, people management, leadership, product development, marketing, sales, finance and supply chain all within the Chemical Industry.                                                                                      

Learn to understand the particularities and business logic(s) of the Chemical Industry and
use your knowledge to analyse and make commercial decisions confidently.
After participating in this programme, you have a better management overview of the Chemical Industry and will be able to face disruption in your industry, and perhaps create it. 

The 5-Day Mini MBA for the Chemical Industry is a 5-days hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme is led by an experienced facilitator with former management experience in international companies.
 

• 5 Programme Modules:

1- Global Mega Trends and Strategy Execution
• Evolution of the Chemical Industry and major global trends
• The new geopolitical repartition of chemical industry 
• Mergers and acquisitions and control of industries by financial groups 
• Growing sustainability concerns and lobbies influence 
• Sustainability and Circular economy as new potential innovation drivers
• Creating the right mission, vision, strategy and business plans
• Building the “Strategy House”: the MCE Strategy Execution model
• Alignment of organizations to new strategy and business models 
• Implementation of the strategy

2 - Inspired Leadership, Marketing & Sales Excellence
• Management versus leadership 
• The leadership action plan 
• Leadership styles and you as a leader 
• Leading multi-national and multi-cultural teams 
• Leading Joint ventures, Alliances, Post-merger integration 
• Change management: Leadership in a changing environment 
• Organizational structures: Matrix, Business Unit, Divisions, Global, Regional, Local and combinations
• Understanding and meeting customer needs: Building the Customer Value Proposition 
• Product market positioning
• Value-based pricing
• Managing Global key Accounts 
• Managing Sales portfolio and the sales funnel
• Customer centricity: Alignment with Multi-Functional account teams

3 - Operational Excellence and Compliance
• Operational excellence in chemical manufacturing
• Selecting and implementing the right KPIs 
• Portfolio management and product mix optimization: Implications for commodity and specialty chemicals
• Strategic sourcing options
• Procurement and Logistics
• Implementing a high efficiency supply chain system to support your product/service mix
• Regulatory Compliance: Basic testing requirement, REACH, compliance with other chemical regulations

4 - Financial Management and Control
• Accounting and finance 
• Financial statements 
• Analytical tools for financial performance: Selecting and implementing financial KPIs 
• Investment and projects appraisals 
• Costing and pricing methods 
• Financial planning 
• Budgets as management tool 

5 - Financial Management and Case Study presentation
• Financial risk management and control: Market, customer credit, currency 
• Regulatory requirements and compliance
• Presentation and discussing of the business case by the participants.
• Conclusion and recommendations by the Senior Associate

You are a manager in the Chemical Industry with a technical, scientific or engineering background. You now manage a team or are moving into a commercial.