Manufacturing Manager - Converting Operations

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products division is searching for a Manufacturing Manager- Converting Operations 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 VP-Manufacturing/Mill Manager.

The Manufacturing 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.

This individual 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)


* Experience supervising and developing people leaders within an industrial, manufacturing, or other production environment


* Experience driving process transformation and delivering measurable results in an industrial, manufacturing, or other production environment

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience leading a converting product stream(s) in a paper, packaging, food manufacturing, or other related manufacturing capacity


* Experience developing asset strategies and applying reliability concepts

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