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Management Strategy

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Management Strategy

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as professionals in finance/accounting/planning.

   - Finance Team : Financing, operation and payment of company funds
   - Accounting Team : Preparation of separate and consolidated financial statements, tax reports and analyses
   - Planning Team : Establishing business strategies, preparing budgets, analyzing management performance
   

   As a member of the Accountings Team, I mainly carry out tax reporting, such as corporate taxes, by the tax reporting due date, and review tax risks. At the same time, I am responsible for accounting works drawing up separate and consolidated statements for monthly, quarterly and yearly settlements.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   To do my job, I need to know tax as well as accounting. Basic understanding of accounting and tax is very helpful to adapt to work fast. There are times when you need to make contacts with staffs from overseas branches for consolidated financial statements. Then proficiency in foreign languages will come in handy. But most of all, the most important ability in doing my job is to be able to examine thoroughly and carry out boldly.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   In the accounting team, you can cultivate your abilities to become a professional in a specialized field. I hope to nurture my expertise in the tax area I am currently in charge of and simultaneously foster abilities in financial accounting and cost accounting to become an expert who has overall insights into various matters.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career in finance/accounting/planning?

   If you want a career in these fields, start by applying to OCI. We’ll be looking forward to seeing you here at OCI!

Sales Marketing

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Sales Marketing

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as professionals in sales and marketing.

   RE Business Planning Team’s work is mainly divided into two: profit and loss management and plant management. I am in charge of profit and loss management. To maximize RE business’s profit, I prepare and report estimated P&L and performance P&L statements per month and year respectively, and analyze monthly and yearly estimated manufacturing costs to come up with the grounds for increase and decrease. I also make estimations of the manufacturing cost of major suppliers and competitors, and identify technological trends in order to establish countermeasures.

   In addition, our team manages plants to ensure a plan for the RE business’ sustainable growth. In other words, we establish plans for capital expenditure, review business feasibility for performance and investment, manage and support the purchase of raw/supplementary materials, and establish cost-savings plans.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   I believe communicating skill is the most important. When we do our job, understanding others and cooperating with them are highly needed. In case of internal communication, it is important to deliver key message in a polite manner.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   I will continue to fortify my competency so that in 10 years, I hope to grow to the point where I can contribute to the company and myself in the best way possible. My ultimate goal is to become an exemplary businessperson financially well informed and insightful.

   To achieve such goal, I am willing to develop capabilities in finance/accounting and gain experiences in various departments. Also, as our career can be influenced by the people we meet, I believe establishing a strong network with other experts is a must.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career in sales/marketing?

   I believe building positive relationships with others is very important in work life. No matter how outstanding your work skills are, rudeness and impoliteness will not get you too far in a company environment. More chances will come to people with positive and bright personalities.

HR / Plant Administration

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HR / Plant Administration

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities in Human Resources Development and Human Resources Management.

   HR has three main functions. First, we handle recruitment and selection process. Second, we administer health and welfare, and compensation and benefits system for executives and employees, and also take charge in workforce management and labor management. Third function of HR includes the career development of internal talent, improvement of organizational culture, assessment of performance, and management and cultivation of global talents. Among all these, my job is to manage training programs for our executives and employees.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   The skill of communicating with people is much needed for this job. HR needs to communicate with people about the future direction of OCI, in keeping with the company’s vision. To help both sides strike a balance, I believe the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with employees at varying levels is vital.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   What attracted me most to HR is that we get a chance to advance the company in the direction we envision. Ten years from now, I hope to have become an HR professional who plans the next 20 years of OCI, and continuing to assist OCI to mature as a company of immense value to both our people and our customers. In that spirit, I will keep on studying the right strategic direction for OCI by communicating with our people.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career in HR?

   I believe OCI is the best company for the people aiming to become an HR expert because they get to experience a variety of tasks related to HR.

Chemical Engineer

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Chemical Engineer

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as chemical engineers.

   Chemical engineers contribute to the growth of OCI by managing and improving processes to ensure its best state for product manufacturing, which ultimately leads to profit making for our company.

   We establish plans for manufacturing as well as plans for supply and demand of raw/supplementary materials. Then we manufacture products based on these plans. Our job includes continuous observation of the actual production status according to the manufacturing plan by managing the amount of production daily, monthly, quarterly. We also review future operational methods and analyze factors that can affect production. Based on all these tasks, we work to improve productivity of our processes.

   We also strive to operate processes with efficiency by well- managing our production facilities, and minimizing problems in order to ensure seamless production. We can save energy and manufacturing costs by improving processes that increase productivity by optimizing existing processes, transforming existing production lines, and extending plants applying improved designs.

   I am a section leader on RE Chemical Team in Gunsan plant. I manage overall tasks of the production team. With the help of our field technicians, I do my best to ensure safe and efficient running of the processes.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   Having a good grasp of chemical engineering is essential because engineers are in charge of establishing production plans, operating processes for seamless production of products according to the plans, and resolving issues. Also, analytical skills and creative thinking ability are vital to improve processes that save costs and increase productivity by optimizing existing processes. Lastly, as our job is directly connected to the production, quality of products and safety, it is important to be ready for prompt action, have a positive mind, and have patience when resolving issues.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   I would like to have become a leader in charge of a whole plant, just like my current senior chemical engineers. Additionally, I want to develop practical skills such as designing, installing, and operating abilities to oversee the whole process.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as a Chemical Engineer?

   I think taking action and trying to solve problems without giving up, along with positive thinking, are the most vital. Various experiences will be of help in the future whether they affect your work directly or indirectly. So I would like to recommend to you to obtain a variety of experiences in various fields and learn from them. I hope to see you at OCI.

Electrical Engineer

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Electrical Engineer

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as electrical engineers.

   Electrical engineers usually are assigned to the maintenance team, and we mainly carry out two tasks to help operate our plants: One is ordinary investment for new projects and the other is maintenance of existing facilities. Ordinary investment refers to developing and introducing new plant projects and new facility systems. Currently, our Pohang plant is implementing the carcass line U-2.4 separation project, the initial stage of carbon black process. The project starts by estimating the quantity of feedstock. The production division usually sets the basic framework for projects and sends it to the maintenance team. Quantity estimation is mainly divided into purchasing instruments and valves, implementing instrumental and electrical construction, procuring electrical and DCS panels, and executing other grounding and lighting construction. First, we examine instrument schedule to select measuring instrument and valves, and choose the type and material of the measuring instrument suitable for each process and location. The price and level of performance of instruments can vary to a great extent, so it’s important to select the most suitable measuring instrument. Also, designing of electrical panels and cables according to the list of power machinery is needed. For automatic operation, DCS (PLC) work needs to be done. Then we start designing extra grounding and lighting construction.

   We can project the quantity of feedstock through such process, and when we start implementing the project, we make purchases by submitting purchase requisition, selecting measuring instrument, and making technical review. Purchased goods are inspected if needed, then they are installed for pilot test.

   Maintenance and repair include preventive inspection and diagnosis of existing plants to ensure they operate without issues. What’s important is to quickly normalize plants when accidents occur and set measures to prevent recurrence.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your work?

   Maintenance requires knowledge and technical capacity. I believe that a certification of ‘Engineer Electricity’ is very helpful, and as for instrumentation, universities usually do not offer any programs in their curriculum. So, OJT or training after joining the company is needed. In addition, as we, electrical engineers, deal with maintenance of both new projects and existing facilities, it is vital to equip ourselves with abilities for problem-solving, and capacity for comprehending and making a quick decision about how to approach issues and solve problems when accidents occur.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   Ten years from now, I think I will be working as an engineer who builds and manages plants with the accumulated expertise on generators and electrical power systems in the power division following my career in the instrumentation division. People say that electrical engineers talk in blueprints. I hope to become an engineer who talks in blueprints keeping them close beside me, and who continues to learn on the field and in the office.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as an electrical engineer?

   Seeing and learning on the field is more helpful for enhancing their capacities and careers. I want to advise people to earn experiences in plants and build careers while they are still new hires.

Mechanical Engineer

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Mechanical Engineer

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as mechanical engineers.

   What we mainly do as mechanical engineers here at OCI are both directly and indirectly linked to productivity without being directly involved in the manufacturing process: Project investment, new facilities investment, facilities maintenance and repair. As the company’s profit is closely related to the productivity of plants, mechanical engineers should predict and prevent troubles arising from the facilities, and immediately respond to unexpected situations. All of which are related to maintaining an optimal state of the processes to avoid any disruptions in the production process.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   The most essential job skills for plant engineers are heavy sense of responsibility and creative thinking. Without a strong sense of responsibility when resolving problems and investing for facilities, we cannot guarantee stable plant operation. In addition, I believe creative thinking allows us to aptly respond to the rapidly changing reality in the 21^st century where changes are difficult to predict.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   Those who have both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the mechanical engineering field are suitable for the job of mechanical engineers. I hope to become a mechanical engineer of high economic value to OCI. I will continue to grow and gain experiences in the field. I also want to become a helpful senior member and a role model for the junior members of our company, cultivating their talents based on my experiences and expertise.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as a mechanical engineer?

   Mechanical engineers are indispensable in our current world, and surely will be of important assets in the future as well. If you continue to work hard and concentrate on the path you choose with pride and self-esteem, you will surely achieve your dreams and will not regret it.

Quality Engineer

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Quality Engineer

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as quality engineers.

   Quality engineers analyze, manage, and guarantee all products of OCI. We analyze the quality of all materials including feedstock used to manufacture products, intermediate feedstock generated in the main process, and the final products. We then monitor them, thereby providing valid information that helps to locate abnormalities. We also establish management standards to monitor feedstock, process and product quality, interpreting and managing the data using statistical techniques. Then, the shipment of products is determined by referencing the results of our analyses, after which the product inspection certificates are issued. We also carry out internal quality audits and manage related departments to acquire and maintain the requirements of the Quality Management System, ISO9001 in particular.

   Lastly, we respond to the audits, complaints, and requests of our client companies taking advantage of the OCI products. We make our utmost efforts to provide satisfaction and value to our customers and build on our trust with them. Regarding this, I am in charge of responding to the audits of poly-silicon products and providing quality analysis for our main client companies.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   The most important job skill when working in the quality analysis team is the background knowledge about chemicals and analytics. With the knowledge, we can come up with analysis methods that are suitable for target substances without much difficulty because we already understand chemical characteristics of the substances and how the equipment for analysis functions. Besides, as we are a supporting team of the production team, being knowledgeable in chemical engineering having a grasp of the chemical processes will also be helpful.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   I believe I will have become a hands-on expert on quality products management at our Gunsan plant.

   As a quality management expert, I will actively communicate with our customers and clients to satisfy their needs and play a vital role in increasing value and trust of our products.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as a quality engineer?

   Anyone who is deeply interested in chemistry can develop the ability to work as a quality engineer. Have confidence and explore your abilities. If the level of interest you have for this job is high enough, chances for you to become a quality engineer will come your way.

Safety Engineer

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Safety Engineer

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as safety engineers.

   Safety engineer’s roles can be broken down to five parts: safety guide management and assessment? safety training and safety information delivery ? examination of process safety? waste management ?finally the review of relevant laws and regulations

   Based on the standardized guidelines, we are conducting regular evaluations to thoroughly manage our work sites according to their distinctiveness. And these assessments are followed up by our internal audits for the confirmation of their implementation. We also hold regular safety training and monthly environmental safety meetings for our executives and employees as well as our partner companies.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   Safety engineers need to keep a neutral position as our job is to review relevant laws and regulations, push forward objectives based on the review, and finally assess the performance of the set objectives. Hence, the most valuable skill in doing our job is to communicate well with others. Our job particularly requires an ability to convey new information and changed guidelines to others. So you should be able to deliver such messages in a clear and polite manner.

   Also, you must be firm in what you do and be able to say no to what is not right. ‘I can compromise a bit’ sort of mindset might lead to a compromise with safety.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   I just took my first step as a safety engineer. My dream is to present myself to others as a safety expert, and show them how mature I am as an expert. I particularly want to become a global trends expert regarding safety because as everything evolves, safety evolves as well. To this end, I will acquire various certificates so that I can be recognized as an engineer proficient in safety as well as health and chemicals. Based on extended and multifarious knowledge, I hope to become an engineer who can see, discuss and promote safety.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as a safety engineer?

   It is true that the level of safety awareness rose as of recent as safety became a buzzword in our society. But it is also true that some biased opinions about safe being inconvenient still hang around. That is why we more than often bump into the temptation called compromise.

   I hope that people who feel uncomfortable with compromising wish to become safety engineers. And I also hope that those who dream of becoming a safety engineer have a craving for knowledge regarding safety and eventually become an expert on the subject.

Environment Engineer

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Environment Engineer

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as environment engineers.

   Environment engineers are in charge of promoting green management proactively in order to minimize negative environmental influences generated inevitably when operating business sites.
   We not only make our best efforts to treat pollutants such as wastewater and other waste properly, but also try to curtail them at an earlier stage, from the discharge process. We are also in charge of obtaining authorization and addressing government affairs by designing proper discharge and prevention facilities, promptly responding to fortified environment-related laws. As the management issue of chemical substances garners more attention due to chemical accidents of the recent, we are focusing on preventive management of chemical substances to prevent accidents from taking place in chemical facilities. In addition, various environmental education programs are provided to raise environmental and cultivate knowledge.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   Understanding environmental laws and having a strong sense of responsibility are very much needed in order to ensure a legitimate production environment. And of course, it is a prerequisite to obtain environment related certificates, to have good interpersonal skills, and to have a positive mindset to acknowledge others’ tasks.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   I want to become an environment-engineering specialist valuable for plants other than Gunsan plant. I picture myself to be at the helm of OCI’s green management after gaining various experiences in safety, production and others, and grafting these experiences onto environment.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as an environment engineer?

   I can say that chemical plants are the best learning sites, where you can see and operate environment-related facilities that you only learned from the books at college. Facilities including emissions facilities, prevention facilities, and others are available for you to see and experience firsthand. You also get a chance to operate an eco-friendly plant yourself. But managing and supervising the sites are not as easy as you imagined in college. Nevertheless, if you have the confidence to overcome any troublesome situations that come your way and inquisitiveness that inquires into matters thoroughly, you could be the talent that OCI is looking for.

R & D

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R & D

1. 1. Please describe your current job responsibilities as R&D researchers.

   The OCI Central Research Center conducts research to develop next-generation products. The work is divided into two parts. The research part of the R&D focuses on developing products with new materials and high value-added products with existing materials. Whereas the development part is more toward research developing new chemical processes, related equipment and improved processes to increase profitability.

   I am in charge of the development and I aim to make profit by improving the existing processes to a more effective and efficient direction. It is like “squeezing out a dry towel.” In other words, the key point of the research is to zoom in on the part where there may be water and squeezing only that part instead of the whole towel. Furthermore, based on the know-hows and experiences I acquired from the process improvement, I want to develop new processes and assess them so that OCI’s future promising products can smoothly blend in to make profit.

2. 2. What do you think are the most necessary job skills when doing your job?

   The most important skill for R&D is flexibility. Most researchers join the research center after graduate school. After being assigned to a laboratory, they often get puzzled because what they majored in at the school does not correspond to the job they are given. That is when flexibility comes into play to take in new subjects and apply what they had previously learned to the new tasks. Due to the nature of the tasks given at the center where projects frequently change, flexibility is a trait needed for everyone who works here.

   Furthermore, flexibility is necessary when you think about applying our research practically to yield profit and not just keeping it to ourselves in the laboratory.

3. 3. How do you picture yourself in 10 years?

   I want to be a project leader who begins and ends every process management, pioneering the management process of new projects and improving the management process of existing ones, all of which can be realized by acquiring experiences and know-hows related to the study on the development and improvement of the processes which are our current pursuit. And if possible, I want to market and sell OCI’s advanced solutions as a process management consultant, broadening my scope of works through a variety of business activities.

4. 4. Do you have any words for those who pursue a career as a researcher?

   You get to gain a variety of experiences at the OCI R&D Center. At first, the tasks may be unfamiliar and difficult. But I’m sure if you overcome them, they can be your precious assets. I hope you unleash your potential at OCI R&D Center, where the future is brighter than the present.