Operations Manager - Converting - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products division is searching for a Converting Operations Manager interested in facilitating continuous improvement and leadership for a dynamic team at our Wauna mill located in Clatskanie, Oregon.

Our Team

This position will be part of the mill leadership team and will report to the Mill Manager. The Converting Operations Manager will be responsible for managing the converting departments of about 200 employees (salaried and hourly). They will be responsible for driving change and improvement within both the assets and the people. The scope of responsibility includes converting lines and the associated downstream equipment. The Converting Operations Manager will lead and mentor a team of Converting Department managers, Manufacturing Engineers, Performance Leaders, Precision Techs, Master Techs and technicians/operators.

What You Will Do

• Effectively lead, mentor, supervise, coach and develop salaried employees utilizing the PBM Guiding Principles and Operations Excellence tools to improve capability and performance
• Lead the department to achieve a safety and environmental incident free workplace identifying critical hazards and mitigating the risk based on criticality
• Lead the team to ensure production targets are achieved
• Understanding and owning the financial performance of the department and institute continuous improvement efforts to improve cost competitiveness
• Leveraging capability support group leaders (i.e., HR, EHS, Remote Teams, Quality, Maintenance, Process Control, Purchasing, Finance, Engineering, Environmental, Learning & Development, etc.) through preferred partnerships
• Empowering culture change through discipline operations and capability improvement to drive performance in measurements tied to Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
• Providing leadership consistent with our Principle Based Management® guiding principles to facilitate the development of the knowledge and skills of self, salaried, and hourly employees to improve operational performance of the department and facility
• Strong oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to lead organization initiatives and drive change

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree or higher OR (3) three or more years of experience within a paper making and/or converting operation
• Minimum two (2) years of experience as a supervisor with responsibility for direct reports (i.e. holding personnel accountable, driving behavioral changes, assess, support and improve performance gaps against individual skill capabilities), OR experience as a Project Leader having achieved results working through other people and hold them accountable
• Experience with Asset strategy and reliability concepts
• Experience using Microsoft Office tools in the following manner: Excel - (sorting data, creating tables and creating graphs); Outlook - (scheduling tasks, calendar invitations and general professional correspondence); Word - (document creation/editing)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering
• Five (5) or more years of leadership and management experience within a Converting manufacturing environment
• Experience leading a towel or tissue product stream
• Experience in the pulp and paper industry

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.