Operations Leader - Converting

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Operation is seeking qualified professionals to consider for an Operations Leader - Converting role supporting the Consumer Products Group Operations located in Muskogee, OK.

The Muskogee facility uses integrated technology to manufacture tissue and paper towel products in a progressive production environment.

The Operations Leader - Converting is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the converting manufacturing operations along with over 300 employees (salaried and hourly), ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production.

This leadership role involves managing teams, driving operational excellence, meeting production targets, and continuously improving processes within the converting area of the plant and will report directly to the Assistant Mill Manager.

Our Team

The Muskogee Plant is part of the Tissue, Towels, and Napkins 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 other's 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 Muskogee community.

What You Will Do



* Apply Organizational Effectiveness and Principled Based Management (PBM) Principles for managing and driving continuous improvement of operational management processes and systems to ensure the developed and operational efficiency of the converting team


* 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


* Empower culture changes through discipline operations and capability improvement to drive performance in measurements tied to Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)


* Provide 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


* Utilize Six Sigma, Lean, or other continuous improvement me...