Printing Performance Leader (Night Shift) - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific's Dixie in Lexington, Kentucky is searching for a Performance Leader to support our Printing Department's night shift. This role is responsible for the hiring and development of the hourly operations employees and managing all aspects of their performance. This leader will assist in establishing a PBM® culture, developing an ownership-based work system and will be accountable for the product system results that are impacted by their team's performance and capability. This leader will help employees develop and maximize their contributions by applying Principle Based Management.

Our Team

The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie® brand cups and lids paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace. We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Lexington community.

This role will be responsible for approximately 14 employees and will report to the Product System Leader. This position will have a significant role in optimizing the Printing work system.

What You Will Do

• Hire, develop and retain contribution-motivated employees with a diversity of aptitudes so your team's culture more fully exemplifies Our Values for the Product System.
• Help each employee better understand and embrace the team/business vision (and associated strategies and priorities) so they can make the greatest contribution to Georgia-Pacific.
• Maximize what your team can accomplish by applying division of labor by comparative advantage so each employee makes the greatest contribution relative to the contributions of others.
• Motivate each employee to make the maximum contribution to the team's long-term success by realizing their potential.
• Coordinate safety risk assessments for operational and physical hazards with operation technicians assisting them with developing and implementing solutions to reduce risks.
• Focus on human performance of product system through defining, educating, coaching and executing various disciplined operation processes/procedures.
• Lead and role model our PBM Culture and align with the Ownership Based Work System.
• Interface with manufacturing engineers, other performance leaders, and reliability team members to identify and address employee and operational performance gaps.
• Lead individual performance reviews, career development and compensation discussions with team members.
• Lead the staffing and training plans for hourly team members.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• High School Diploma or GED
• Two (2) or more years of leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience working with safety and environmental policies and processes
• Experience with implementing and sustaining quality control systems
• Experience facilitating 1 on 1 and group conversations

What Will Put You Ahead

• Five (5) or more years of experience leading a team of direct reports within a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's Degree in STEM, Leadership, or Business field

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.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

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.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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

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 click here for additional information.

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