Manufacturing Excellence Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is looking for qualified professionals to be one of our Manufacturing Excellence Leaders (MEL), to provide transformation change leadership, mentoring and coaching talent to efficiently and effectively move organizational efforts with sustainable results within our Toledo facility operations.

Our Team

Georgia Pacific Toledo is a producer of brown paper used to make cardboard and is a leader in recycling in the Northwest.

The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean.

Many outdoor activities are available near the mill including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.

What You Will Do

• Develop and support the delivery and implementation of improvement initiatives to meet organizational goals and drive value

• Effectively communicate across all levels of the organization to ensure stakeholders are aligned to the financial, operational, and risk mitigation expectations of initiatives

• Align resources to a common priority.

Assure that assigned resources are effective and if required, additional resources are urgently requested and obtained.

• Support and influence initiative stakeholders to adopt new processes, methods, and technologies where appropriate.

Leverage and build upon existing processes, methods, and technologies where applicable.

• Effectively apply the challenge process for more effective, innovative solutions

• Act promptly to solve or escalate issues blocking delivery of initiative results.

• Effectively apply continuous improvement and operating discipline methodologies to drive and sustain improvement initiatives

• Effectively manage the project controls of assigned initiatives: scope, resources, schedule, and measurables.

• Upon completing initiatives, work closely with manufacturing sites and other corporate resources to incorporate into base operations

• Communicate with strong written (Microsoft Outlook and Teams) and oral communication, facilitation and presentation skills

• Take risks, challenge the status quo and work under ambiguous circumstances

• Influence upward, across and down without formal authority

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Must be able to prioritize multiple projects, perform complex tasks, organize and follow through consistently and work under pressure to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• 8 or more years of experience working within a manufacturing or industrial setting.

• Experience leading teams driving change against targeted initiatives (i.e., working toward the end goal of EHS Excellence; Sourcing; Cost Competitiveness; and Disciplined Operations)

• Proficient in using and training others on problem solving and continuous improvement methods and tools

• Experienced working within Management Systems/Operating Disciplines

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher

• Experience within a leadership role that has responsibility for direct and indir...