PLANT MANAGER at Koch Business Solutions, LP in Rome, Georgia

Job Description:

Description

Georgia Pacific is seeking a Plant Manager for our Lumber facility in Rome, GA. The Plant Manager will provide leadership to drive continuous improvement in Safety, Productivity, Cost, Customer Experience, and site profitability.
Rome is a beautiful city with a thriving downtown area surrounded by colleges, medical care, rivers, lakes, and rolling hillsides. The location offers both city and country living and is close to metropolitan areas as well.

The preferred candidate for this excellent opportunity will be:

• A dynamic leader who can coach and develop others and build a results driven winning team


• A Leader in Environmental, Health, and Safety


• Able to provide direction to the team while working through others to get results


• Able to motivate others to contribute at the highest level


• Able to drive change as needed to build a thriving culture

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Leading overall operation of the facility, from receipt of raw materials to the shipment of finished lumber to market


• Ensuring the facility meets company expectations for production scheduling, inventory control, operating rate, fiber recovery, and facility financial performance


• Ensuring alignment to the business vision and driving a consistently high level of performance in the areas of managing workplace safety and environmental compliance


• Selecting and developing a team of Principled Entrepreneurs who will work together to create long-term value while effectively eliminating waste


• Ensuring the facility complies with all applicable company policies, and state, federal and local laws


• Maintaining a productive working relationship with peers in the various support capabilities such as procurement, sales, accounting, HR, etc.


• Interfacing will team members from all levels of the organization and business

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• HS Diploma or GED


• Three (3) or more years of experience leading manufacturing processes, which includes work processes, operations excellence, maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement


• Demonstrated track record in leading profitable change in an organization


• Experience leading and managing direct reports, including recognition of talent gaps, coaching, performance feedback, and incentives


• Experience and understanding of budgeting/expense management with a basic understanding of financial and accounting practices


• Experience and understanding of Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) management systems, risk assessment/mitigation, and project planning and execution


• Must be able and willing to work safely, and promote and enforce safe work practices


• Experience formulating business improvement strategies that achieve results

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering or Wood Science


• Master's Degree in Business Administration


• Multiple years of progressive experience in a wood products facility in one or more of the following positions: Plant Manager, Production Manager, Plant Superintendent, Reliability or Maintenance Manager, or in an equivalent leadership role


• Large capital project Engineering or Management experience


• Experience implementing and using continuous improvement/lean tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc. to drive improvement