Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products division is searching for an Operations Manager interested in facilitating continuous improvement and leadership for a dynamic team at our paper mill located in Camas, Washington. This position will report to the VP-Manufacturing/Mill Manager and will be responsible for managing roughly 150 employees (salaried and hourly) supporting operations and maintenance of a paper machine, 5 converting lines, and utilities.

The Camas Mill is located along the Columbia River in the heart of historic Camas, Washington across from Portland, Oregon and in the shadow of Mt. Hood. The employees at the Camas Mill enjoy the benefits of big city living without all the fuss of the big city. The mill is a proud producer of various GP Professional product lines and is seeing ongoing investments in facility modernization and upgrades.

What You Will Do

Effectively lead, mentor, supervise, coach and develop salaried employees utilizing the PBM Guiding Principles and Operations Excellence tools to improve capability and performance.

Lead the site operations and maintenance organizations 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 site 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.

Empowering culture change through discipline operations and capability improvement to drive performance in measurements tied to Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).

Providing 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 facility.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Experience supervising and developing people leaders within a manufacturing environment.

Experience driving process transformation and delivering measurable results in a manufacturing environment.

What Will Put You Ahead

Experience leading product stream(s) in a paper, packaging, food manufacturing, or other related manufacturing capacity.

Experience developing asset strategies and applying reliability concepts.

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $170,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. 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.

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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 eve.