Director of Operations

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Corrugated business has an exciting leadership opportunity in Milford, NJ! We are now hiring a Director of Operations to take on overall operations of this facility with a workforce of around 80 full-time employees including a 15-person leadership team.

The Director of Operations is responsible for driving operational excellence in a fast-paced environment and collaborates with local and regional leaders to apply proven practices that ensure continuous improvement and drive transformation.

In this role, the Director of Operations will work cross functionally to meet plant and business objectives.

This is a P&L ownership position with a high level of visibility & growth opportunities beyond the site.

Our Team

Milford is an eco-tourism destination located along the banks of the Delaware River, known for the Milford Bluffs, bed races at Milford Alive, the Halloween Parade, and Christmas in Milford.

Milford is known as a picturesque and quaint community with a unique historical backdrop.

Georgia-Pacific is one of the nation's leading corrugated box manufacturers.

Our Georgia-Pacific Milford plant specializes in next-day delivery of corrugated sheets.

The facility occupies 140,000 square feet under one roof and is located across the Delaware River from Pennsylvania.

Come join our team! To learn more about this facility and our Packaging division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com

What You Will Do


* Applying Principled Based Management (PBM®) to drive long term value creation and support business objectives


* Partnering and collaborating with capability resources such as HR, Customer Service, Accounting, and Purchasing


* Work closely with the plant Commercial Team to meet all Customer Expectations and achieve the business plan


* Operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with an ability to prioritize and drive actions to closure


* Driving new and fast-growing technologies to upgrade our manufacturing process


* Developing advantaged manufacturing capabilities that enable short- and long-term business priorities and objectives


* Defining operational vision and strategy and establishing organizational direction and focus


* Driving results by fostering creativity and accountability in a performance-oriented culture


* Developing direct reports into promotable roles


* Executing multiple, simultaneous high impact initiatives to achieve overall goals


* Exercising agility with solving problems with the ability to quickly identify profitable opportunities, diagnose errors, prioritize actions, and optimize systems and processes

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Five (5) or more years of experience leading manufacturing processes, including work processes, operations excellence, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement


* Previous experience leading and managing direct reports, including recognition of talent gaps, coaching, performance fee...