Your Job
Georgia-Pacific Containerboard business is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to join our team in Toledo, Oregon. The individual selected will manage all aspects of quality for the containerboard products manufactured at this location, including conformance to specifications, and identifying and addressing any gaps in quality.
Our Team
The individual will report into our Manufacturing Excellence Leader and guide a small team of quality and lab professionals at the site. This role leads quality efforts across this fully integrated production operation and its over 400 total associates.
What You Will Do
- Demonstrate leadership through active participation in facility safety initiatives
- Foster a quality culture and build quality capability in the organization
- Provide leadership and coaching to employees through a shared Quality vision for the operation
- Apply Operational Excellence Strategy and Principled Based Management® (PBM®) Principles for managing continuous improvement of Quality Systems and Processes
- Work with Operations and the corporate Quality to ensure product specifications meet consumer/customer needs while matching operation capabilities
- Being a Champion for Product Safety
- Manage trials related to quality improvement, new product commercialization, cost saving initiatives and reduction of variation in process and product quality
- Conduct quality reviews with product systems and track performance against key action plans
- Use Voice of Customer feedback to drive a deep understanding of customers’ current and future needs and improve the Customer Experience
- Building collaborative relationships with strategic customers
- Lead claims process by managing initial data investigation, participating in facility root cause and corrective action process, and providing timely resolutions to customers
- Facilitate resolution to raw material quality issues
- Participating in audit process of other facilities and warehouses
- Use statistical methods to track, monitor, and report quality performance to leadership
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Three years or more of experience managing quality and process improvements in a manufacturing environment
- Experience leading a team
- Knowledge and use of statistical tools for data analysis
- Experience with root cause analysis techniques
- Experience with managing product safety systems
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or higher
- Paper/Paperboard manufacturing experience
- Lean manufacturing experience
- Demonstrated capability to lead sustainable change
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
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 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.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf