Business Unit Leader

About the role

The Business Unit Leader-Converting position is available at the First Quality Tissue Midwest facility in Defiance, OH. This role will train in both Lock Haven, PA and Anderson, SC during the first 6-9 months.

Responsibilities

• Promote an action-oriented safety culture embracing safety as a core value, instilling and exemplifying a safety mindset for all team members resulting in an incident free workplace.
• Manage daily operations in the Converting department with a focus on continuous improvement, ensuring production and delivery of the highest quality products at the lowest costs, consistent with customer requirements, company plans and profit objectives.
• Develop, implement, and lead strategic initiatives to support the production objectives of the plant.
• Effectively communicate operating plans, performance goals, and expectations to team members.
• Foster an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness among the work team and with other functional areas within the organization.
• Nurture the collaborative environment by promoting transparency and communicating positively and effectively.
• Lead and manage direct reports including coaching and performance feedback.
• Ensures training, employee development, and work systems enable all converting team members to maximize their contribution to the plants' success and contribute to productivity efforts.
• Prioritizes and controls platform production activities to maintain high quality and efficiencies.
• Leads platform in all key process and product trials to ensure the production learning curve and business product needs are met.
• Support and set up maintenance priorities, outage management, any activities around reliability and preventative maintenance development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Engineering, or a related operations field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Production and a minimum of 5 years’ Production Management experience.
• Experience in a lean manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience in inventory control, scheduling, and planning (asset).
• A superior knowledge of and commitment to safety.
• Knowledge center lining equipment.
• Knowledge of converting production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Standard knowledge of Excel and Office programs.
• SAP knowledge preferred.

Qualifications

• Possess interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and develop team members – a leader who can identify, train, develop top talent and build effective teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the willingness to make decisions and exhibit sound, accurate judgment.
• Action oriented with keen time management skills to manage, measure and prioritize work effectively.
• Excellent communication skills to speak clearly and persuasively with a drive for results.
• Ability to delegate to maximize safety, quality and production goals.

Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record in production management and continuous improvement.
• Experience in inventory control and scheduling.
• Knowledge of converting production processes and quality control.
• Experience in SAP or similar enterprise resource planning software.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities.
• Paid time off (three-week minimum).
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500).
• Bundled joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby).
• Tuition assistance.
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums.

Pay

Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities.

Schedule

Full-time position.