Operations Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Dixie products manufacturing facility located in Darlington, SC has an opening for an Operations Leader reporting directly to the Site Director.

The Operations Leader will primarily be accountable for developing and executing strategies to lead operations teams to safely manufacture high quality products reliably and profitably that exceed our customers' expectations. This position will be part of the site's leadership team and be responsible for a team of Manufacturing Engineers, Supervisors, and Operating Technicians.

The ideal candidate for this role must be able create operational priorities in line with our vision, foster a culture of Safety and Quality excellence, drive accountability, and empower a high performing work environment. The successful candidate will possess the ability to challenge the status quo to facilitate continuous improvements, collaborate across roles and diverse groups, and connect employees to key performance indicators.

Our Team

The Darlington Dixie plant has been in operation for nearly 85 years and is one of the largest employers in Darlington County. Owned by Georgia-Pacific, the site boasts more than 400 employees and produces plates, bowls, and other tableware products. Affectionately known as "Dixie Cup" by many in Darlington - the plant shifted its focus to exclusively making plates and bowls in 2020 as part of a $145 million facility upgrade and expansion project. For nearly a century, we've created products that make lives easier. From the first disposable paper cup to our strong and stylish modern plates, the history of Dixie is one of bringing people together.

What You Will Do

• Apply Principle Based Management, while working with and through others, to create process efficiencies, increase product quality, and improve our assets and production processes.

• Work with team members to capture strategic value opportunities and implementing proven operating practices within a core set of designated workstreams: Management Systems; Organization; Production; and Asset Care.

• Work closely with shift leaders, area leaders, and operations employees to monitor the health of our manufacturing processes, create aligned priorities, and ensure the efficient execution of work.

• Facilitate, coach, and teach operational optimization concepts, work processes, methods, & tools.

• Ensure Operations personnel are employing a disciplined operations mindset and engaging in practices that promote excellence in Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices.

• Mentor and support manufacturing engineers, shift performance coaches, and group leaders with daily manufacturing work process execution and improvement efforts.

• Knowledge share to across the Darlington departments and the greater GP organization to learn and develop best practices.

• Develop talent strategies for your team to ensure we build the right knowledge and skills, apply comparative advantages, and create clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations.

• Develop asset operational strategies to maximize asset performance and align with the corporate support teams.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum five (5) or more years of experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.

• Minimum five (5) or more years of demonstrated leadership experience with responsibility for a team, department, or profit center.

• Demonstrated experience improving existing work processes and leading change.

• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher, Degree in Engineering highly preferred.

• Leadership experience working within a paper/pulp/printing manufacturing environment.

• Continuous improvement certification (Lean, TPM, six sigma green belt or black belt certification or similar).

• Familiarization with utilizing Lean and/or TPM Concepts in manufacturing environments.

• Experience in plate and bowl converting industry.

• Experience with SAP.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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