Production Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is hiring a Production Manager (Paper Operations Leader) for the Port Hudson Paper Mill supporting two of our paper machines and dry fiber area. This team leader will report directly to the Operations Manager and be responsible for both salaried manufacturing engineers and performance leaders and non-union hourly operations teams. They will drive safe, environmentally compliant, and efficient operations - owning production targets, product quality, and the department's financial performance - while leading continuous improvement. They will develop and coach the crew, leverage cross functional partners and deliver measurable gains in OEE, cost per ton, downtime reduction, and safety metrics.

This role currently works a 4/10 schedule with the ability to have every Friday off, depending on mill needs.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Port Hudson Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 300 employees, Port Hudson strives to lead the tissue and towel business. Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do

• Own an incident free culture for paper machines: lead proactive hazard identification with Lock, Tag and Verify(LTV), use a criticality matrix to prioritize mitigations, enforce permit to work, conduct regular safety observations and audits, and track safety KPIs with corrective action timelines.
• Set and deliver production targets across multiple machines supporting converting with dotted line: develop staffing plans, manage crew assignments, enforce shift to shift handover checklists, run daily production huddles, drive runnability and reduce reel breaks/changeover times to meet throughput and on time delivery goals.
• Maintain product spec compliance (basis weight, moisture, caliper, coating, tensile, etc.): implement SPC/controls, lead root cause analysis for nonconformances, partner with QA and Process Control to reduce variability, and lower scrap and rework rates.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Reliability to maximize availability: prioritize PMs, spare parts strategy, condition based monitoring, and joint RCA for repeated failures; use Loss time data to reduce unplanned downtime and extend mean time between failures (MTBF).
• Own the P&L drivers: manage operating budget, monitor cost per ton, energy and waste costs, inventory turns and procurement efficiencies; implement cost reduction projects while preserving quality and safety.
• Management of 40+ direct and indirect hourly and salaried team members using Principle Based Management: maintain competency matrices, create training and succession plans, hold regular coaching, ensure documented standard work and clear role expectations to grow capability and accountability.
• Define and report KPIs (OEE, on spec %, run hours, downtime minutes, reel break rate, cost/ton, safety metrics): provide weekly dashboards, host production review meetings with action owners, set escalation paths and timelines for overdue actions.
• This is an accelerated development role for high potential candidates aspiring to expand their career potential within GP having high visibility by senior leadership.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting, including responsibility for managing salaried direct reports in a paper environment.
• Knowledge of paper making process.
• Experience leading safety initiatives in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Experience leading continuous improvement strategies

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, Paper Sciences or Manufacturing.
• Lean Six Sigma green belt or above
• Utilities experience.
• Structured tissue/towel or converting experience.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and 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 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

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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

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