“My advice to young women: Choose a job that becomes your passion and be disciplined, be truth to yourself. If you build your career against your basic personal values it will be difficult to succeed.”

Agata Gładysz-Stanczyk is Vice President / Director BU Insulation Materials at Synthos SA and she accept to be interviewed to share her experiences in the EPS world.

Work and responsibilities

"I have 25 years’ experience in chemical construction business. I held various executive roles in different organizations, always worked very diversified global, international environment. My main business focus is product and market portfolio development. I strongly believe in constat change through innovations both disruptive and incremental, in significant role of marketing as well as pricing as tools for innovations’ commercialization along with recognition’s building in the world of unprecedented information overflow. Currently I lead Styrenics part of Synthos Group where I am responsible for strategy creation, its execution and its P&L."

Biggest challenges and achievements in her career

"My key lessons: choose a job that becomes your passion and be disciplined. Be true to yourself — if you build your career against your basic personal values, it will be difficult to succeed. Don’t change jobs too often if you are interested in the long-term results of your work. Don’t give up too easily when obstacles appear. Be a problem-solver. Don’t take things personally. Don’t assume anything – always check facts.

My key successes include the creation of profitable disruptive innovations for several building applications in very diversified markets, the globalization of business, and the financially efficient management of the EPS category in the historically most volatile period, with parallel product offer development and new capacity release.

What makes me proud: all teams I have had the pleasure to work with, and my family."

A word of advice

“Be prepare for constant change and unpredictability which you can significantly benefit from as it builds personal resilience, openness and force continuous education – features that will be needed in the future lot in every possible area of business.”