Manufacturing Advancement Leader

Georgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for a Manufacturing Advancement Leader to coordinate collaborative, cross‑functional teams in the execution of strategies for bet capture initiatives across all Dixie production operations, ensuring alignment with disciplined operations, digital transformation, and best practice adoption. The Manufacturing Advancement Leader will utilize leadership, influence, manufacturing experience and communication capabilities to develop and implement rapid transformational improvements for priority initiatives. Due to supporting our Dixie operations, this individual will need to reside in the Midwest or Southeast United States (preferably in GA, AR, KY, TN, SC), but will be required to travel regularly (~50-75%). What You Will Do Serve as an augmented capability to effectively coach and drive mill teams towards achieving gap closure strategies for key process areas, to include Daily Management Systems and Reliability Best Practices. Apply our management philosophy, Principled Based Management, to foster a culture where employees are empowered with a high sense of ownership and development. Coach and develop other people leaders within the Dixie organization. Embrace and manage change to drive innovation and process improvements. Utilize performance data and analytical skills to identify and realize greatest opportunities. Facilitate team and employee development, problem‑solving and resolution, building employee commitment and ownership, and holding mutual accountability for results. Use critical & economic thinking, challenge process, and team collaboration to resolve issues and drive innovation, efficiency, and safety excellence. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Experience as a people leader in manufacturing operations and/or maintenance and reliability. Transformation experience utilizing analytics, management systems, change management methods, and advanced technology to improve operations. Experience utilizing constraint analysis and continuous improvement to prioritize work and solve complex issues. Able and willing to travel 75% of the time to production facilities and occasional team meetings. What Will Put You Ahead Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering. Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Experience leading within a converting manufacturing operation. 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 clickhere for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information clickhere ,aquí , ortu ). #J-18808-Ljbffr Georgia-Pacific