Director, Transformation

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At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities. 

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

The Director of Transformation (DT) will be a member of Graphic Packaging’s transformation office and serve as a cross-functional business partner to key executives. Their primary responsibility will be to execute strategic enterprise initiatives that drive growth, profitability, and long-term success. This individual will lead efforts to facilitate and coordinate our business strategy processes along-side our business leaders, to optimize and expand our existing global footprint with a focus on growth. This position requires an experienced, data-driven, analytical, collaborative, and influential leader who can work effectively across a variety of stakeholders. The DT will work closely with the executive leadership and key subject matter experts to develop a progressive view of the industry and the opportunities within.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:   

• Support the long-range planning (LRP) cycle to support our executive team in crafting Graphic Packaging’s annual LRP and updates required throughout the year
• Continuously improve Graphic Packaging’s execution tracking framework to drive accountability around business priorities and allow leadership to continuously focus on what matters most and course correct where needed
• Provide critical support to strategic planning process by conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses, such as, competitive landscape assessments, and industry analysis, to identify potential growth opportunities and inform strategic decision-making, and prepare in-depth analyses on industry segments, key trends and competitive dynamics.
• Facilitate build/buy/partner strategy & prioritization in partnership with key operations and executive leaders.
• Partner with business leaders, People and Corporate Communications functions to cascade the plan at all levels of the organization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop strategic initiatives that drive growth and value for Graphic Packaging leveraging analytical skills and industry expertise that align with the company's goals and vision.
• Identify potential partnership and M&A opportunities by generating high-quality ideas and screening them for executive review, enabling Graphic Packaging to make strategic investments which drive value.
• Develop management reports and board presentations that provide clear and concise insights, enabling effective communication and decision-making at all levels of the organization.
• Builds analytical models and performs regular financial, competitive, performance, and market analyses for the business in order to comprehensively value business opportunities.
• Collaborate across the organization with top leadership, aiding in individualized strategy formulation for different projects and initiatives.
• Partner with business leaders to recommend and implement profitable strategies for GPI using economic thinking to develop sound understanding of current and future business.
• Develop a diverse array of knowledge sources to support market outlook/point-of-view and economic thinking including the POV of GPI business segments. 
• Identify potentially disruptive effects on the business segment and how they might create opportunities.
• Build sustainable knowledge systems to optimally share and apply learnings and propose future market scena