PPG

Founded in 1883 as Pittsburgh Plate Glass by Captain John B. Ford and John Pitcairn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Today, PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, and specialty materials.

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.

For Our Employees

We know our greatest strength is our people.
We protect their well-being, ensuring our employees are safe, healthy, enabled, engaged and valued for the diverse talents they bring to PPG.

We encourage employees to make positive impacts in their communities by providing opportunities for volunteering and amplifying their support of causes they care about through programs such as matching gifts, volunteer grants, volunteer time off, and more.

We trust our people to make decisions in their work that align with our purpose. Whether developing a technology to protect our customers’ assets or leading a project to reduce energy consumption at a facility, our purpose guides our actions every day.

We partner with customers to create mutual value. We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are “One PPG" to the world. We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way. We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.

We make it happen. We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we own it. We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday – every day. We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.

ONE GLOBAL COMPANY, ONE REWARDING CAREER.

PPG is the world’s leading coatings company, serving more industries than any of our competitors. From automobiles and jetliners to wind turbine blades, and from ocean-going vessels and water tanks to family homes, our coatings and specialty materials help our customers protect, enhance and beautify valued assets. As part of our team, you’ll have access to world-class customers, industry experts, the best and brightest colleagues, and leading-edge technology.

We operate with vision, ethics and integrity.

Our vision is to continue to be the leading coatings and specialty products company. The PPG Vision is our roadmap to success and reflects our dynamic growth strategies and vision. We support and empower our employees to make ethical decisions and promote a culture where employees are valued and respected.

We are defined by our social responsibility.

We believe in operating globally and giving back locally. PPG employees are at the center of our efforts to create brighter and more colorful communities where we operate, providing meaningful contributions in our local communities. With more than 47,000 employees across 70 countries, we have a powerful ability to make a positive impact in the places we call home.

We are committed to a sustainable world and company.

To PPG, being a successful business and sustaining the world go hand in hand. We pioneer products on a global scale with beneficial energy, environmental and social attributes. We have significantly reduced energy and greenhouse gas emission intensity. And we continue to make progress toward our goal of having at least 30 percent of our sales from sustainable products by 2020.

WE ADD DEPTH THROUGH OUR DIFFERENCES

PPG is a diverse company. We have a global portfolio of businesses and product lines, with more than 47,000 employees in nearly 70 countries. Our employees are from wide-ranging nationalities, cultures, religions and ethnic, professional and educational backgrounds. Their diversity enables us to meet challenges quickly, creatively and effectively. We are committed to providing a fulfilling workplace, offering an environment for continuous learning and embracing the ideas of others.

Employee Resource Councils

Our Employee Resource Councils offer employees a way to network, receive training and engage with peers at PPG.

LET PPG FUEL YOUR PASSION TO EXCEL

We are passionate about real career growth at PPG

PPG is a truly global organization, and this enables us to offer you boundless opportunities to grow by advancing, working in different businesses, locations and regions, changes of function as well as providing a fertile environment for you to flourish in your current role. We truly have a passion for your development and we want you to be key in driving this.

We will fulfil your desire to grow and develop

PPG's growth is built on a culture of continuous learning. We have invested in many different ways of learning so that our people can have access to what they need, where and when they need it. This includes providing support for career advancement, structured development programs and pathways to realize your advancement. We encourage all our employees to learn and grow in their current role and to prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

We will help you develop your own unique strengths

You will have the opportunity to review your progress with your manager throughout the year with what we call a 'Check-In' as well as more formal reviews at various times of the years. These meetings provide the opportunity to review your training and development needs. Our goals is to be clear about your own unique strengths as well as your opportunity areas for improvement, so that we can work together to enable you to reach your full potential.

We will encourage your leadership potential

Because of our passion of developing our own talent internally, we have robust successions and talent management processes to help us identify high-potential employees and prepare them for the next stage in their career. We want to work closely with you to align your own goals with those of the organization so that together, we can achieve success.