General Manager

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Job Title:
General Manager

Location:
Kansas City, Missouri (on site)

Facility Type:
Box Plant

Company:
Georgia-Pacific (a Koch company)

Travel:
Up to 40% (local and regional, with occasional corporate travel)

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a dynamic General Manager to lead our Kansas City, MO corrugated box plant, a key operation within the GP Corrugated network. This role offers full P&L ownership with a primary focus on commercial leadership, driving sales growth, customer experience, and market competitiveness, while overseeing world-class manufacturing and customer service operations.

You'll lead, coach, and develop a high-performing commercial team through every stage of the sales process, from prospecting and pricing strategy to relationship management and service excellence, while ensuring our operations deliver on what's promised to the customer.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a results-driven leader who thrives on building strong teams, growing market share, and aligning commercial execution with operational performance.

What You Will Do
Commercial & Sales Leadership

• Own and drive the commercial strategy for the operation, with accountability for sales growth, margin expansion, and customer satisfaction.
• Coach and develop the sales and customer service teams to elevate performance across the full sales process, prospecting, solution selling, pricing, negotiation, and retention.
• Strengthen customer partnerships by anticipating needs, identifying opportunities, and ensuring the plant delivers reliable, value-added solutions.
• Leverage market intelligence and competitive insights to guide pricing, product mix, and capacity planning decisions.

Operational & P&L Leadership

• Lead a strong operations team committed to safety, quality, and reliability.
• Align commercial demand with operational execution to ensure customer expectations are consistently met or exceeded.
• Manage full P&L accountability, driving profitability through pricing discipline, cost management, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with capability teams to implement capital investments, enhance plant capabilities, and support long-term business growth.

People & Culture Leadership

• Build and sustain a culture grounded in Principle Based Management, emphasizing ownership, humility, and contribution.
• Develop future leaders by mentoring and empowering teams to make sound, principle-based decisions.
• Foster collaboration across commercial, customer service, and operations functions to deliver seamless customer experiences and organizational excellence.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in corrugated or paper manufacturing, with a strong background in commercial sales, customer management, or general management.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing commercial teams through all phases of the sales process.
• Demonstrated success in growing sales, improving margins, and strengthening customer partnerships.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen with experience managing P&L performance and using data to inform strategic decisions.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Proven success leading both commercial and operational teams in a corrugated box or sheet feeder environment.
• Experience establishing sales process discipline, customer segmentation, and value-based selling strategies.
• Background in continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing or Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Bachelor's degree in any field; MBA or advanced degree a plus or equivalent industry related experience in lieu of a degree.

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
At Georgia-Pacific, we believe success begins with empowering people to think and act like owners. You'll have the freedom to innovate, the responsibility to lead, and the opportunity to grow a business that makes a real impact. for our customers, employees, and communities.

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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).