Operations Manager
Job Title: Manager, Operations I
Reports to Title: General Manager
Job Summary:
The Operations Manager is accountable for the safety, environmental, quality, productivity, talent, and cost management in the Fiberline, Power and Recovery, and Paper Mill. He/she collaborates with the Leadership Team to determine the actions needed to continuously improve the culture and the results of the mill’s operating areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Safety, environmental and quality leader of the mill’s operating team; including the Power & Recovery, Fiberline, and Paper Mill Departments.
- Drives strategy and execution in all areas and hold the business unit accountable for delivering the desired results.
- Maintains a presence on the plant floor, driving two-way commination with all employees.
- Effectively communicates business unit goals and results to peers, superiors, and corporate stake holders.
- Embraces reliability practices including planning & scheduling, essential care, and condition monitoring.
- Ensures the quality of product leaving the mill meets or exceeds customer expectations through the consistent use of quality systems, operator training and auditing.
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Participates in the annual and long-term capital planning process championing projects deemed important to the department.
- Lead, motivate, and support a team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment, including setup and implementation of career development plans for all direct reports and problem resolution.
- Responsible for personnel succession and development planning for his/her unit.
- Conduct budget reviews and manage cost improvement plans.
- Engage in long-term planning to create initiatives that further the mill’s goals.
- Assess budget information to find ways to minimize expenses and optimize profits.
- Creates budgets, studies business forecasts, and analyzes financial data to control business unit costs.
- Identifying potential problems and work to find solutions to maximize efficiency and revenue.
- Identifying opportunities to position the mill for maximum profitability.
- Manage data collection to update operations metrics to achieve productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent quality performance.
Required Education/Professional Experiences:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Paper, Engineering, Science, Business or a related field
- 10+ years leadership experience in Pulp And / Or Paper Manufacturing
Preferred Education/Professional Experiences:
- Reliability/Continuous Improvement leadership experience
Critical Competencies:
Leadership, Technical, Innovation and Work Complexity
- Builds effective cross-functional working relationships & superbly leads diverse teams
- Proven coach and mentor to hourly and salaried employees
- Demonstrates consistent initiative, sense of urgency, humility, and relentless pursuit of success.
- Personally, organizationally, and strategically agile when dealing with complex problems, difficult situations, and diverse people.
- Must possess excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication, and teaching skills.
