Beschreibung und Anforderungen

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter von nachhaltigen Papier- und Verpackungslösungen. Wir sind Materialwissenschaftler, Verpackungsdesigner, Maschinenbauingenieure und Fertigungsexperten mit einem gemeinsamen Ziel: Innovate Boldly. Nachhaltig verpacken. Geleitet von unseren Werten der Integrität, des Respekts, der Verantwortlichkeit und der Exzellenz, nutzen wir führende Wissenschaft und Technologie, um faserbasierte Verpackungen voranzubringen.

Beschreibung und Anforderungen

The Opportunity:

The Operations Manager is responsible for managing the safety, reliability, cost, quality, productivity, and employee engagement in a goal-oriented environment. This position provides overall operational leadership support to align to the mill's strategic plan. This role is responsible for day-to-day management of the department’s supervisory staff. The Operations Manager is accountable for safety results, achieving production goals, managing performance of direct reports, making sound operational decisions, and supporting the team’s troubleshooting of production issues.

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock:

Business Excellence

• Provide leadership to mill personnel to ensure overall safe operations by driving toward a 100% safe work environment by leading safety culture, systems, and processes.
• Facilitating an environment where safety is our priority.
• Making general observations of facilities or structures to improve safety, housekeeping and maintenance needs.
• Effectively manage production performance.
• Effectively create an environment of teamwork.
• Leading and planning production performance.
• Troubleshooting quality and operational issues and developing systems and structures to avoid recurrences.
• Establish high level of performance by setting key departmental goals and objectives.
• Monitoring compliance with standard operating procedures.

• Ensuring quality systems are supported, in place, and comply with required customer specifications.
• Identifying long term departmental improvement opportunities.
• Ensure environmental compliance with federal, state, and local statutes, and Smurfit Westrock environmental standards.
• Operate in a manner that meets customer expectations.
• Support Continuous Improvement activities and champion the overall improvement of the mill’s cost position.
• Supports the development of operational forecasts and budgets to improve mill profitability.

People and Culture

• Drives systematic improvement in mill operations and other mill processes like communications, safety, quality, employee engagement.
• Develop leaders through training, stretch assignments, feedback, the performance management process, etc.
• Build positive relations with employees and union leaders based on the Smurfit Westrock values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, and Loyalty.

What you need to succeed:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline is highly preferred.
• Highschool diploma or G.E.D. required.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of management experience in pulp and paper manufacturing required.
• Integrated paper mill experience, paper engineering, chemical engineering preferred.
• Strong leader with demonstrated communication skills and a high sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Ability to direct continuous improvement in all areas, but with special emphasis on safety, environmental, quality, production, and cost.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Must have excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent planning, organizational, time management and prioritization skills.

Computer Skill Proficiency

• Microsoft Office – Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word, Outlook, required.
• Manufacturing Process programs e.g. SAP platform, JD Edwards, CMMS and/or any other similar programs.

Beschreibung und Anforderungen

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Smurfit Westrock ist ein Arbeitgeber, der Chancengleichheit bietet. Wir sind bestrebt, eine vielfältige Belegschaft zu schaffen und zu erhalten, in der sich jeder wertgeschätzt, respektiert und einbezogen fühlt. Smurfit Westrock diskriminiert nicht aufgrund von Rasse, Hautfarbe, Religion, nationaler Herkunft, Geschlecht, Alter, Behinderung, Veteranenstatus, sexueller Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität oder einer anderen durch Bundes-, Landes- oder Kommunalrecht geschützten Grundlage.