Operations Manager

Hawesville Mill

Job Title: Manager, Operations I

Reports to Title:  Mill General Manager

Job Summary:

The Operations Manager is accountable for the safety, environmental, quality, productivity, talent, and cost management in the Bleach Pulp Mill and the Fine Paper Departments.  He/she collaborates with the Leadership Team to determine the actions needed to continuously improve the culture and the results of the mill’s operating areas.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Safety, environmental and quality leader of the mill’s operating team; including the Woodyard, Power & Recovery, Fiberline, H1Paper Machine, H2 Paper Machine and Shipping Departments.
• Drives strategy and execution in all areas and hold the business unit accountable for delivering the desired results.
• Maintains a presence on the plant floor, driving two-way communication with all employees.
• Effectively communicates business unit goals and results to peers, superiors, and corporate stake holders.
• Embraces reliability practices including planning & scheduling, essential care, and condition monitoring.
• Ensures the quality of product leaving the mill meets or exceeds customer expectations through the consistent use of quality systems, operator training and auditing.
• Participates in the annual and long-term capital planning process championing projects deemed important to the department. 
• Lead, motivate, and support a team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment, including setup and implementation of career development plans for all direct reports and problem resolution.
• Responsible for personnel succession and development planning for his/her unit.
• Conduct budget reviews and manage cost improvement plans.
• Engage in long-term planning to create initiatives that further the mill’s goals.
• Assess budget information to find ways to minimize expenses and optimize profits.
• Creates budgets, studies business forecasts, and analyzes financial data to control business unit costs.
• Identifying potential problems and work to find solutions to maximize efficiency and revenue.
• Identifying opportunities to position the mill for maximum profitability.
• Manage data collection to update operations metrics to achieve productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent quality performance.

Required Education/Professional Experiences:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Paper, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years leadership experience in Pulp And / Or Paper Manufacturing
• Experience working in a union environment 

Preferred Education/Professional Experiences:

• Reliability/Continuous Improvement leadership experience
• Experience working with an advanced team-based system or team environment.

Critical Competencies:

Leadership, Technical, Innovation and Work Complexity

• Builds effective cross-functional working relationships & superbly leads diverse teams
• Proven coach and mentor to hourly and salaried employees
• Demonstrates consistent initiative, sense of urgency, humility, and relentless pursuit of success.
• Personally, organizationally, and strategically agile when dealing with complex problems, difficult situations, and diverse people.
• Must possess excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication, and teaching skills.
• Strong business acumen.