Learning and Development Leader

Your Job

If you have a passion around building capability in others, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations is seeking qualified professionals to be considered for our Learning and Development Leader at GP's Dixie® Products Manufacturing Facility located in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

In this role you will be responsible for leading the transformation of learning and development processes at our facility and will supervise a team that supports technical and non-technical training across multiple operating departments.

Through partnership with operations teams to implement effective learning and development strategies and progress technical skill qualifications, you will have the ability to significantly impact the overall success of the Dixie® business at both Fort Smith and across the platform.

This is a high impact role, and we are looking for a learning leader who possesses a business owner mindset and the entrepreneurial energy it takes to rapidly transform L&D in a principled way.

Our Team

The in Fort Smith Plant is part of the Dixie® brand plates and bowls paper products manufacturing operation.

We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace.

We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people.

Our employees help others and the business reach their full potential, promoting our Principle-Based Management culture to the work they do every day.

Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Fort Smith community.

What You Will Do


* Collaborate with other leaders to ensure Learning and Development solutions support the overall vision and priorities of the business while driving transformation in how we deliver training and develop people.


* Lead a learning team responsible for providing transformational training support across the facility.



* Assist in developing and maintaining effective training programs that are needed to support Georgia Pacific's vision.


* Play a critical role in creating a culture of continuous and lifelong learning at Fort Smith.


* Implement learning for a variety of roles and employee lifecycle phases using adult learning principles and models, particularly the approach to accelerated development as well as emerging technologies for learning transfer and retention.


* Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of learning content used for learning solutions.


* Regularly audit learning solutions to maintain and sustain a consistent learner experience for all roles as well as to practice continuous improvement.


* Use the Kirkpatrick Model to evaluate the effectiveness of learning.

Maintain recordkeeping on learning effectiveness survey results and look for opportunities to connect learning results to business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).


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