Operations Shift Supervisor

Operations Shift Supervisor

Georgia-Pacific Dixie Consumer Products Operation is seeking qualified professionals to be considered for a Shift Leader role supporting the Consumer Products Operation located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Fort Smith facility uses state of the art technology to manufacture Dixie® plates in a progressive production environment. Dixie® is a brand of choice and is widely used in homes and businesses across the country.

This position will have primary responsibility for ensuring safe, efficient, and optimized shift operations and will directly supervise group leaders and shift employees. This is a key leadership role, responsible for the team performance and development of individual team members to safely deliver on key department metrics.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading team members towards excellence in Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance, including Safe Quality Food Standards, by identifying and resolving hazards with critical and high risks
• Responsible for product system metrics impacted by the performance and capability of the employees
• Collaborate with performance leaders, asset leaders, and other support capabilities and other resources to build capabilities of Technicians
• Ensure that all team members have individual development plans and RRE's (Role, Responsibilities and Expectations) that are aligned with the plant and PFP machine goals
• Utilize the PSQ process consistent with the plant standards
• Accountable for the labor cost, overtime, and staffing for their team
• Identify and use measures (leading and lagging) that indicate how well the operating technicians are performing
• Documenting processes, instructions, recommendations, and key metrics
• Support of the mill safety program, both through personal conduct and performance of safety audits

Qualifications include:

• Experience demonstrating leadership or in leadership positions within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint)
• Ability and willingness to work a twelve (12) hour shift schedule (including days/nights, weekends, and holidays)
• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering
• SAP experience
• At least one (1) year of supervisory experience with direct reports in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
• Experience working in a union environment

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.