Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader

Position Title: 

Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader

 

 

Pay Rate:

$120,900 - $134,300

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

 

 

Category:

Salary full-time (exempt)

 

 

Physical Location:

International Paper – Columbus Mill

4335 Carson Road

Columbus, MS  39701

This position is located at the Columbus, MS Global Cellulose Fibers mill.  As one of the largest softwood pulp producers in the world, this location produces bleached softwood pulp for use in paper and specialty products such as absorbent personal care products, pharmaceuticals and photographic-based papers.

 

The Job You Will Perform:
 

• Primarily responsible for development and implementation of deliberate improvements focused on capital and non-capital cost reduction, waste reduction, process efficiency and variability reduction projects as well as continuous improvements within these functional areas.
• Coordinate use of ME toolbox as needed to address mill issues including Six Sigma, Kaizen, Capital Cost Reduction project management and other ME tools.
• Assist in the facilitation of Strategy Deployment and Realizable Gap (R-Gap) processes including periodic reviews. 
• Be knowledgeable of the 9 Cost Reduction Global Manufacturing System (GMS) elements and possess the facilitative and organizational skills to lead one or more of these elements.
• Conduct training as needed to ensure both team leaders and team members are knowledgeable on ME processes and methods.
• Coordinate technical efforts of departments through participation in regular project review meetings. 
• Support business units with strategic evaluations and/or performance tracking, as well as budgeting/business analysis. 
• Conduct all functions within a work systems based framework to ensure sustainability.
• Support operating business units as needed as a technical resource or in an operations management capacity. Act as liaison between operating areas within the mill.  Champion resolution of complex operating issues as needed.
• Be knowledgeable and participate in Maintenance/Reliability work systems such as Manufacturing Work Systems (MWS), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Basic Care (BC) development and Precision Maintenance (IEPM).
• The ME resource will be required to provide support for project management and/or outage management during annual outages.
• Demonstrate leadership in the area of safety and support broad based participation in the mill’s safety initiatives.  
• Actively drive self-development.
• Champion training efforts in the operating areas related to new cost reduction capital and non-capital projects.
• Lead White Belt training modules and mentor yellow belt candidates and green belt candidates as they work through certification.
• Foster peer relationships within the ME team to ensure overall ME team skill set is constantly growing, particularly where more experienced team members can positively support development of less experienced team members. 
• Manage REACH engineers, and interns/co-ops on the ME team as necessary.

 

The Skills You Will Bring:

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
• A minimum of 5-10 years of manufacturing management or process experience in a heavy industrial environment (prior paper or chemical industry experience preferred).
• Candidate will possess Green Belt certification level or higher and be able to certify to IP’s Green Belt level within 1 year of service
• Prior experience as a First Line Leader, Operations Maintenance Coordinator, and Area Process Manager preferred
• Possess good skills in written and oral communication, problem solving, time management, conflict resolution and task group facilitation.
• Possess strong computer knowledge and skills that include experience with spreadsheets, word processing, and Minitab.
• Simca experience preferred
• Ability to excel with minimal supervision in a team environment.

 

• Competencies:
  • Managing Through Systems, Confronting Direct Reports, Developing Direct Reports, Building Effective Teams, Integrity & Trust, Motivating Others, Managerial Courage, Problem Solving, & Action Oriented

 

 

The Benefits You Will Enjoy:

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement co