New 
Manufacturing Excellence Specialist
 Georgia Pacific | |
life insurance, parental leave
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 United States, Georgia, Atlanta | |
| 133 Peachtree Street Northeast (Show on map) | |
 Jan 29, 2025 | |
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Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is looking for qualified professionals to be one of our Manufacturing Excellence Specialists (MES), supporting transformational improvements in our Consumer Products and Packaging and Cellulose operations. The Manufacturing Excellence Specialist (MES) will use leadership, influence, continuous improvement methods, operating discipline, project management skills, manufacturing experience, and communication capabilities to implement or support rapid transformational improvements for priority initiatives. Types of initiatives can be diverse but will typically improve sites' competitive position in production, cost, quality, risk reduction, and organizational effectiveness. The success of this role will be measured in how effectively and efficiently manufacturing sites can deliver on transformation through prioritized initiatives against measured baselines and targets. As such, MES's will need the ability and courage to coach, partner with, and effectively and constructively challenge several different levels of leadership, from senior leaders to front-line leaders, as well as front-line operating and maintenance technicians. What You Will Do * Support creation and deployment of improvements and standards, working with employees at all levels to help facilitate, train and track progress * Leads and facilitates improvement teams and individual improvement projects aligned with operations priorities * Participates hands-on as a team member, problem solving resource, or group facilitator on improvement teams as required * Learns and practices disciplined operations / daily management systems / operational excellence tools and techniques * Collaborates with Learning & Development, Manufacturing Excellence Leaders, and key operations stakeholders to support the development, documentation, training, sustainment and improvement of standardized work. * Required to present, educate, train and facilitate at mfg. sites * 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 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 * Ability to influence upward, across and down without formal authority * 5 or more years of experience working within a manufacturing or industrial setting * Experience with driving manufacturing change against targeted initiatives (i.e., working toward the end goals of EHS Excellence; Quality, Productivity, Cost Competitiveness, and Disciplined Operations) to create value * Willing and able to travel domestically up to 50% (M-F) with occasional weekend travel. * Basic knowledge and experience using problem-solving and continuous improvement methodologies What Will Put You Ahead * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. * Experience within a supervisory role or leadership responsibility for a team. * Experience with project/program management * Continuous Improvement certification preferred (lean, six sigma, or similar) * Experience leading continuous improvement teams or projects * Experience working in manufacturing sites following Daily Management Systems/Operating Discipline * Experience working within the pulp, paper, and/or tissue converting industry. 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 [1] here. Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [2] 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 click [3] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [4] here, [5] aqui, or [6] tu). LI-KAO LI-Remote References Visible links 1. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 2. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 3. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf 4. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf 5. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Spanish.pdf 6. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_Polish.pdf | |