POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned has made, constituted and
appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint VALERIE
GENTILE SACHS, ROBERT PIERCE and MICHELE CONNELL, acting individually, as his
true and lawful attorney, for him, and in his name, place and stead, to affix,
as attorney-in-fact, the signature of the undersigned to any reports or filings
to the Securities and Exchange Commission on or in connection with Forms 3, 4, 5
or 144 with respect to transactions or holdings by the undersigned in equity
securities issued by OM Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and to any and all
amendments to such reports, giving and granting unto each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	This Power of Attorney shall expire on the date the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 reports with the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
OM Group, Inc., unless revoked in writing prior thereto.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in Orange Beach,
Alabama, as of the 18th day of May, 2014.


							/s/ John A. McFarland
							John A. McFarland