General Manager Position Available In Jackson, Alabama

General Manager 3.1 3.1 out of 5 stars Stevenson, AL The Opportunity The General Manager has full responsibility for the performance and profitability of the Stevenson Mill. This includes leading and focusing on measures associated with safety, quality, cost, and productivity. Lead the development of budgets, operating, capital and strategic plans. Builds an engaged and empowered team and supports individuals to develop and operate at their full potential. The General Manager reports to the Senior Vice President of Regional Mill Operations. How you will impact

Smurfit Westrock:

Driving a 100% safe work environment by leading safety culture, systems, and processes. Achieve our continually improving annual goals and maintain compliance. Lead sustainability initiatives and environmental management systems to achieve goals, ensure compliance and environmental stewardship. Be a preferred supplier to our customers with quality, service, and innovation. Focus on the “no fail basics” of quality and service. Collaborate with our innovation and commercial teams to deliver new and enhanced products. Manage, monitor, and report manufacturing cost to produce a competitive product at the lowest system cost. Lead continuous improvement processes to deliver productivity in excess of inflation. Focus on driving excellence in key operational metrics (uptime, yield, OEE) with a critical view on cost. Maximize operating efficiencies through disciplined manufacturing and reliability processes. Develop stretch operating plans and budgets and deliver financial results. Understand and review forecasts, financial reports, supply chain metrics, and cost drivers to direct improvement. Develop a 5-year capital plan aligned with the company strategy and asset management. Implement capital projects on time and within budget to drive improved EHS, quality, reliability, cost, and productivity. Proactively manage the talent requirements of the business, including the assessment, development, recruitment, and retention of diverse team members. Ensuring the existence of a succession plan for all key positions within the business. Collaborates with other mills and functions to drive Path to One Objectives. Foster a diverse and inclusive culture that values integrity, accountability, respect, teamwork, excellence, collaboration, engagement, and open communications, where individuals operate at their full potential. Build effective partnerships with union leaders and members based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence. Collaborate with corporate labor relations team on union issues and negotiations. Create positive Community/Government Relations that support sustained operations. What you need to

Succeed:

Embody Key Behaviors:

Integrity

• Honest, ethical and do the right thing
• always. Respect
• Treat others with respect and earn the respect of others through actions. 100% Responsibility
• Take responsibility for actions and control the controllable Align Goals
• Align individual, team and organizational goals and target actions to execute effectively. Communicate the Why
• Take time to listen, ask why and explain why. Empower
• Earn trust, develop self and co-workers, engage, and empower others to do their best work. Recognize Performance
• Recognize performance through continuous feedback and celebrate wins.

Experience/Capabilities Industry Relevance:

15+ years in Pulp and Paper manufacturing leadership roles including multiple location and functions. Experience or knowledge of integrated mill operations is considered a plus.

Education:

B.S. Degree in Engineering or Science. MBA is considered a plus.

Leadership:

Experienced leader who develops vision and influences the head, heart, and actions of others to follow. Encourages constructive conflict and takes unpopular stands if necessary. Able to lead through crisis.

Operational Expertise:

Demonstrated history of achieving safety, environmental, productivity, and cost results. Understand core elements of safety and environmental requirements, quality management systems, reliability, capital management and mill operations. Includes a commitment to continuous improvement and the ability to deploy lean, six sigma and other operational tools with positive outcomes.

Business Acumen:

Know how business works; knowledgeable in current policies, practices, trends, competition, and information affecting the organization. Capable of translating strategic vision into tactical actions which improve profitable growth. Expertise in shaping strategies and allocating resources that build needed capabilities.

Building Talent:

A record and commitment to building organizational capability by developing teams and leaders. A demonstrated ability to attract, develop and retain diverse talent to achieve business expectations. Brings experience with processes and tools for continually evaluating and upgrading talent.

Team Development:

Demonstrated success in building, developing, and leading teams. Proven ability in motivating a team to move from “good to great.” Creates an open and transparent environment in which diverse individuals can work together to drive optimal creative outcomes. Defines success in terms of the whole team and creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Inspiring and Influencing:

A motivating leader, with effective communication skills who leads with optimism, resilience, and confidence combined with a balanced ego. Creates a climate in which people want to do their best, empowers others, invites input, shares ownership and recognition. Leads by example and demonstrates effectiveness in dealing with all levels of the organization. Fosters high-performing teams that work collaboratively to achieve results. Drive for

Results:

Record of delivering results. Strong bias to execute with high sense of urgency and speed. Proactively seeks to improve processes and productivity and/or make the business more efficient. Proven at navigating ambiguity and uncertainty in evaluating risk and making decisions, decisively leading through business, industry, and customer cycles. Sets targets, communicates, pushes self and other for results, and drives a results-oriented culture.

Customer Focus:

Understands how to identify unmet customer needs and to align operations to create and deliver distinctive value for customers. Acts with the customer in mind

• establishes and maintains customer relationships and gains trust and respect.

Cultivating Innovation:

Creates an environment that supports and accelerates new concepts and approaches. Brings innovative growth-oriented thinking in a positive and non-threatening manner. Drives innovation through collaboration and scales and invests in innovative ideas.

Foresight:

Solves problems by thinking ahead, reframing the issue, and quickly cutting through the complexity to the key success levers. Seeks win-win nuanced solutions that enable big picture thinking with a focus on the details.

Learning:

Seeks out, absorbs, and leverages new learning and insight both about the external environment and about their own leadership approach.

Adaptability:

Builds strong interpersonal connection through authenticity and empathy, while demonstrating the ability to transform themselves over time.