Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Paper

Position Title: 

Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Paper

Pay Rate: 

$108,200-$144,300

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Category/Shift: 

Salaried Full-Time 

Physical Location: 

601 County Rd 78

Selma, Al

The Job You Will Perform: 

• Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results

• Identify and deliver sustainable cost savings through multiple deliberate and continuous improvement initiatives in alignment with the mills goal of year over year (YOY) cost reduction

• Train salaried and hourly employees to develop ME skills in the department and/or mill

• Work within the group to develop college hires (REACH) into ME Engineers

• Achieve ME certifications (White, Yellow, Green, Black, Master Black)

• Maintain strong relationships with other ME leaders as well as operating and maintenance department leaders

• Influence Business Unit operations teams to incorporate ME systems and processes to support sustainability of improvements as they are accomplished

• Support operations through field day/annual outage support and weekend duty assignments when needed

• Identify and implement Manufacturing Excellence best practices from across the mill, business, and company

• Support 5S program for the area and drive improvement projects, audit systems, and excellent results

• Provide support for cost reduction capital project development and implementation

• Implement systems to improve/sustain results

• Fulfill weekend duty team leadership role for assigned department

• Provide support for budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year over year savings

The Skills You Will Bring: 

• Instill safety as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety

• Quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems

• Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to groups and individuals at all levels

• Approach positional responsibilities in an inclusive manner by engaging all team members in area, department, and mill

• Work effectively alone or within a team

• Possess Manufacturing Excellence (ME) certification of yellow or green belt.

• Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in operations, maintenance, and/or engineering in a paper manufacturing environment is required. 

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical or electrical engineering is required; equivalent practical experience may be considered. 

• IP ME certification of green or black belt is preferred; additional lean/six sigma certifications a plus.