HOUSTON – Zack Hays has joined Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals company, as marketing manager for coatings and printing systems in North America. In his new position, Hays will address customer needs, monitor market trends and determine market strategies and product pricing for specialty carbon black applications in the Americas for coatings and printing systems.

He has more than 20 years of experience across various management and executive roles. Prior to joining Orion, Hays served as the regional head of strategic marketing for the Americas at Heubach Colorants. Previously, he had been global segment manager and before that market segment manager for Clariant Pigments, now Heubach Colorants’ coatings business.

Hays moved into the chemical industry in 2014 when he joined the Momentive Performance Materials consumer coatings division as marketing manager. He then stepped up to senior product development manager, consumer and construction coatings at Momentive.

Hays began his career as a packaging manager at Danaher Corporation, advanced to global strategic sourcing manager and then product innovation and development manager.

Hays earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in packaging engineering at Michigan State University and an MBA at the University of North Carolina.