Production Manager

Georgia-Pacific Dixie in Lexington, Kentucky is seeking qualified professionals for the role of Production Manager (Cup Converting) supporting the Consumer Products Group Operations. The Lexington facility uses state-of-the-art technology to manufacture Dixie cups and lids in a progressive production environment. Dixie is a brand of choice, widely used in homes and businesses across the country.

This role is accountable for both salaried direct reports and hourly indirect reports. The Production Manager is responsible for all aspects of production operations in the Cup Converting department, with a primary focus on team performance and creating an environment that provides all team members with the greatest chance for success while advancing our vision.

This position will provide expertise and leadership to support base operations and guide transformation initiatives and continuous improvement efforts targeting risk reduction, compliance, quality, cost, and reliability. The leader in this role will drive organizational growth through operational discipline, lean manufacturing principles, and workforce capability development toward the goal of becoming a world-class manufacturer of consumer products. This position reports directly to the Operations Leader.

The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie brand's cups and lids paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and strong growth within the marketplace.

We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our technology is state of the art, and we bring together the best team to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Lexington community.

Safety & Culture

• Improve employee knowledge, capability, and use of safety program elements.
• Build and support a culture where employees identify risks and work to reduce them.
• Partner with safety professionals to develop strategies and champion a safe work environment.
• Adhere to plant safety, housekeeping, and quality standards.
• Develop organizational capabilities in safety excellence.

Operations Excellence & Performance Management

• Improve Operations Excellence efforts and enhance both departments' competitive positions regarding risk reduction, compliance, quality, reliability, cost, transformation, and capital deployment.
• Develop team members into principled entrepreneurs through an effective organizational structure, including clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and expectations aligned with the facility vision.
• Accelerate the training and verification processes for team members.
• Coordinate with and advise the Operations Leader on operations strategy, implementing changes as needed to embrace the site's ownership-based work system.
• Partner with supporting functions to pursue the facility vision and communicate effectively with a diverse workforce.

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or military leadership roles.
• Knowledge and experience with reliability systems, work processes, implementation, and continuous improvements.
• Experience leading and developing a team, crew, shift, and/or department.
• Direct leadership of operations excellence improvements, including Accelerated Manufacturing Transformation, Operations Playbook Implementation, and Asset Strategy Improvement efforts.

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Leadership experience working within a paper/pulp or converting manufacturing environment.
• Experience in managing product systems.
• Experience working and leading in a union environment.