Mission Our mission is to meet the requirements of all our stakeholders - customers, employees, shareholders, and the communities in which we operate. With a keen focus on our customers, we will drive growth, deliver innovation and achieve a strong return for our shareholders.
Description At Stepan Company, our vision is to provide innovative chemical solutions for a cleaner, healthier, more energy efficient world. We take pride in engaging our customers, identifying their unique challenges and helping them capture opportunities.
Stepan is a global specialty and intermediate chemical manufacturer that has been serving a broad range of industries since 1932. Today, Stepan is a $2 billion revenue company and our continued success is driven by the passion and commitment of our 2,200 employees around the world. The entrepreneurial spirit of our founder, Alfred C. Stepan Jr., is still present as we continue to seek and develop solutions for our customers.
We are a leading merchant producer of surfactants, which are key ingredients in consumer products such as laundry detergents, hard surface cleaners, disinfectants, shampoos and body wash, as well as customized solutions for the agricultural, oilfield and construction markets. Our Company is a leading supplier of polyurethane polyols used in the thermal insulation market. Stepan also offers high purity esters, fats and oils for the pharmaceutical, medical nutrition and dietary supplement industries.
Stepan’s global research and development team of 230 scientists brings innovative solutions to the market and work alongside our customers to help them be successful in their markets and be more efficient in delivery of their products and technologies. As we deliver solutions, we will expand our product portfolio with diverse chemistries that benefit the environment, promote human well-being, and meet the needs of a growing population. Stepan is proud that more than 70 percent of our products offer energy-related savings, biorenewability or reduced environmental impact.
It is our technical expertise and manufacturing network of 20 modern production facilities, across 11 countries that give our customers confidence in Stepan product quality and service.
Stepan is fueled by the science of tomorrow to help our customers succeed today. We will continue our resolute focus on operating responsibly with integrity while ensuring Stepan remains the “go to” source for our customers. Let us help you grow.
Stepan has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 201 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Stepan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).
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Overall, 71% of employees would recommend working at Stepan to a friend. This is based on 245 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
69% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Stepan as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Stepan.