Continuous Improvement Leader

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Georgia-Pacific is seeking to grow our Halsey team by adding a Continuous Improvement Leader
! The vision for the position is centered around making a strategic investment in the hiring and development of an exceptional leader. The focus is on a leader who will have the capabilities to lead their own site in the future, along with the mobility to relocate when the right opportunity presents itself. The role, responsibilities, and expectations will focus on utilizing an experienced operations professional to drive people, process, and asset improvements.

Ideally, this will be the first position of many exciting opportunities for you to grow within Georgia‑Pacific.

The Halsey Mill is located in Willamette Valley and is centrally located near the beach and mountains with several forms of outdoor recreational activities. The Mill is roughly 30 minutes from the college towns of Corvallis and Eugene, and 90 miles south of Portland, OR giving abundant options for regional attractions and forms of entertainment. Come join our team!

• Build and maintain effective relationships with Operations & Maintenance to ensure that all are working towards the same vision and goal.
• Create a work culture that drives ownership and continuous improvement at all operational and maintenance levels.
• Develop technical competency and problem‑solving capabilities within the mill.
• Apply knowledge of innovative technology available, industry trends and development to improve the operation.
• Actively promote and enforce safe work practices while maintaining a strong commitment to working safely.
• Drive sustainability of our manufacturing annual and improvement plans.
• Advance operational best‑practice tools & disciplined work processes.
• Perform duties within a manufacturing plant environment, which may involve extended periods in conditions such as noise, dust, and non‑climate‑controlled areas.

• Experience leading and developing people leaders within a complex, multi‑department high‑speed manufacturing or heavy industrial production operation.
• Experience driving process transformation and delivering measurable results in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience developing, launching, and sustaining continuous improvement practices within an organization.
• Experience developing asset strategies and applying reliability concepts to improve operational efficiency.
• Willing and able to relocate within 1‑3 years after arrival at Halsey.
• Experience directly working in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience leading product streams to include paper, tissue or towel converting, OCC/secondary fiber.
• Experience leading a multi‑disciplined team across an integrated production facility.

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.

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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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