Sr. Learning and Development Leader

Your Job

The Sr.

Learning & Development Leader will be responsible for leading a team of Learning and Development Business Partners and for delivering on the L&D strategy across our Containerboard and Cellulose manufacturing team.

This is a cross-functional role requiring exceptional stakeholder coordination and alignment, partnering closely site L&D leaders, manufacturing leadership, and other capability leaders.

In addition to executing and updating a strong strategy for learning in Manufacturing, primary areas of responsibility include team leadership, learning program development and delivery, learning technology and content development and management.

Georgia Pacific is making a large investment in our people through learning and development.

The L&D Leader is a critical leadership position, with the opportunity to shape L&D for Manufacturing and position us for continued growth.

Our Team

Our Containerboard and Cellulose team includes 4,000+ employees across 8 manufacturing sites.

This position will report to the VP of Manufacturing Advancement, including 2 L&D Platform Leaders as direct reports, and indirectly leading another 30+ L&D employees at our manufacturing sites.

The site locations reside in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Oregon.

What You Will Do



* Leading the development and execution of a long-term strategy and roadmap for building a stronger learning culture and operating model in manufacturing.


* Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership to define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for managers and leaders related to building a learning culture.


* Enable L&D Business Partners to collaboratively create and sustain a culture that values learning and dedicates resources for meeting learning objectives.


* Actively participates in and contributes to a thriving Learning Community of Practice to share best practices, stay up to date on current trends, and to align on content, technology, delivery, and measurement standards.


* Provide leadership and direction to a team of L&D professionals to support the vision of manufacturing.


* Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring and career development support for individuals and the team as a whole.


* Define and drive accountability for achieving capability goals and objectives.


* Actively monitor and manage team workload, balancing for capability, development, cross-training, engagement, etc.


* Partner closely with central L&D and Manufacturing leadership to identify training needs, contributing to curriculum development and content/program design.


* Partner with other capability leaders to develop and deliver training, including safety and environmental.


* Provide leadership to site-level LMS admin to enable loading content, tracking completions, pulling reports, and aligning to LMS standards.


* Establish and maintain manufacturing learning metrics and reporting...