Quality Director - Dixie
About the role
The Dixie Quality Leader is a proven Principled Entrepreneur, Economic Thinking and Strategy deploying business leader responsible for optimizing profitable quality performance, driving perpetual transformation, meeting desired customer experience for our commercial brand and operating partners across the Georgia-Pacific Dixie value stream.
Responsibilities
Developing and driving implementation of strategies to transform quality results
Applying PBM principles such as Principled Entrepreneurship, Economic Thinking, Venture Summaries, Marginal Analysis, etc. to maximize value creation and build & develop talent
Partner with senior leaders in business category, R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and other categories to align to strategic priorities for improving consumer experience
Leading end-to-end value stream that transforms our approach to quality & creates board (SBS) optimization across all supply chain sources, perpetually transforms technology/innovation, drive profitable reduction in variability of process and products and builds an effective quality management system through manufacturing sites
Enabling the performance of products to be integrated into operational discipline, resulting in reduced losses, driving the use of process tools that identify losses, uncover root cause and lead operations to effective corrective action which prevents reoccurrence
Leading quality in such a way that products are delivered to our customers at the right quality, right time and in the right condition to provide excellent customer experience. This is done by having measures and metrics in place that are indicators of progress at various levels of the process, not only at finished product level, but at paper level and at shipping level and leverage technical resources & technology to optimize and drive continuous improvement
Lead resources to leverage skills, knowledge, and experience while continually building & developing talent that optimizing the profitability of quality across the entire Dixie value stream
Support quality processes that ensure that products and changes to our products are brought to market efficiently and effectively
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in a Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Biology, or a Science field
Leadership experience leading cross-functional teams and developing talent
Experience leading transformation projects, driving strategies and executing
Experience working with Statistical Process Controls, data analytics and variability reduction
Experience executing quality processes, including change management, CAPA/RCA, and continuous improvement, leveraging quality management systems across multiple sites
Experience in operations or quality leadership roles in a manufacturing and/or heavy industrial environment
Experience executing and improving quality management systems
Able to travel up to 30% per needs of the business
What Will Put You Ahead
Master’s degree in Business, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Biology, or a Science field
Experience working with or through supply chain, marketing, operations, technology, commercial, innovation and/or portfolio management processes
Experience organizing, prioritizing, establishing partnerships to lead and supervise teams to drive prioritized initiatives and metrics that drive and maximize value creation
Experience in paperboard (SBS, CNK, CRB, etc.) manufacturing and quality management systems
Experience in operations or quality leadership roles in pulp and paper manufacturing environment
Experience driving financial results and initiating capital and venture summary solutions
Six-Sigma certification (Black Belt or Master Black Belt) and proven practitioner & positive change agent
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Life Insurance
AD&D
Disability
Retail
Retirement
Paid Vacation/Time Off
Education Assistance
Infertility Assistance
Paid Parental Leave
Adoption Assistance
Company Information
As a Koch company and 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 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.
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.
Equal Opportunities
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