Production Manager, Paper Mill

About the role

We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth.

Essential Functions and Primary Responsibilities

• Must follow Ahlstrom manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures and policies, as applicable, to the position’s areas of responsibility, in order to meet and maintain the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements for each grade of paper.
• Lead quality improvements and implement permanent solutions.
• Assess process effectiveness and identify potential process improvements.
• Provide customer technical support to key customers.
• All other assignments assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Paper science or related field required.
• Minimum 3 years of paper or related industry experience, with papermaking and process management skills preferred; previous customer technical service experience (or similar) a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software and willing and able to learn new systems (Lean Six Sigma, structured problem solving, Statistical Process Control, JD Edwards, etc.).
• Knowledge of PI Historian and Proficy database a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly with customer interaction.
• Good written and verbal communication skills as well as teamwork skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Regular attendance at work is required. Ability to work additional hours during the week, on weekends, or outside of regular office hours may be required.
• The ability to work in a normal office environment to include: sitting or standing for long periods of time, operating various standard office equipment, carrying paper documents/files, reaching and bending, speaking on the telephone. May include safely walking through our manufacturing plant and wearing required personal protection gear (i.e. hearing and foot protection).

About Us

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders.

Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people.

Learn more at www.ahlstrom.com