Production Manager

Your Job
Georgia-Pacific Dixie in Lexington, Kentucky is seeking qualified professionals for the role of
Production Manager (Cup Converting)
supporting the Consumer Products Group Operations. The Lexington facility uses state-of-the-art technology to manufacture Dixie cups and lids in a progressive production environment. Dixie is a brand of choice, widely used in homes and businesses across the country.

This role is accountable for both salaried direct reports and hourly indirect reports. The Production Manager is responsible for all aspects of production operations in the Cup Converting department, with a primary focus on team performance and creating an environment that provides all team members with the greatest chance for success while advancing our vision.

This position will provide expertise and leadership to support base operations and guide transformation initiatives and continuous improvement efforts targeting risk reduction, compliance, quality, cost, and reliability. The leader in this role will drive organizational growth through operational discipline, lean manufacturing principles, and workforce capability development toward the goal of becoming a world-class manufacturer of consumer products. This position reports directly to the Operations Leader.

Our Team
The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie brand's cups and lids paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and strong 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 bring together the best team to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Lexington community.

What You Will Do
Safety & Culture

• Improve employee knowledge, capability, and use of safety program elements.
• Build and support a culture where employees identify risks and work to reduce them.
• Partner with safety professionals to develop strategies and champion a safe work environment.
• Adhere to plant safety, housekeeping, and quality standards.
• Develop organizational capabilities in safety excellence.

Operations Excellence & Performance Management

• Improve Operations Excellence efforts and enhance both departments' competitive positions regarding risk reduction, compliance, quality, reliability, cost, transformation, and capital deployment.
• Develop team members into principled entrepreneurs through an effective organizational structure, including clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and expectations aligned with the facility vision.
• Accelerate the training and verification processes for team members.
• Coordinate with and advise the Operations Leader on operations strategy, implementing changes as needed to embrace the site's ownership-based work system.
• Partner with supporting functions to pursue the facility vision and communicate effectively with a diverse workforce.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or military leadership roles.
• Knowledge and experience with reliability systems, work processes, implementation, and continuous improvements.
• Experience leading and developing a team, crew, shift, and/or department.
• Direct leadership of operations excellence improvements, including Accelerated Manufacturing Transformation, Operations Playbook Implementation, and Asset Strategy Improvement efforts.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Leadership experience working within a paper/pulp or converting manufacturing environment.
• Experience in managing product systems.
• Experience working and leading in a union environment.

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