Senior Director of Disciplined Operations & Management Systems

Your Job

Our Team

What You Will Do

• Own the Blue Diamond internal audit process for the corrugated org, ensuring sites are consistently prepared, compliant, and improving audit outcomes year over year.
• Lead and develop direct reports dedicated to audit readiness, execution, and follow-up.
• Partner with sites to assess gaps, prioritize corrective actions, and embed sustainable controls rather than short-term fixes.
• Establish standard audit preparation routines, readiness reviews, and post-audit learning across all facilities.
• Serve as the corporate subject matter leader for management systems, with deep expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and disciplined execution.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable management systems that drive predictable performance across multiple sites.
• Ensure consistency in leader standard work, tiered accountability, performance reviews, and problem-solving routines.
• Coach Regional Manufacturing Directors and plant leaders on effective system ownership and maturity progression.
• Build organizational capability by coaching leaders at all levels on structured problem solving, change leadership, and system thinking.
• Plan and lead large, cross-site improvement initiatives, managing scope, resources, timelines, risks, and performance metrics.
• Translate enterprise strategy into executable plans at the corporate and site level.
• Partner with corporate, regional, and plant stakeholders to ensure initiatives transition smoothly into base operations.
• Provide functional leadership for Disciplined Operations across the corrugated organization, with Regional Manufacturing Directors reporting directly to this role.
• Establish governance, escalation, and review mechanisms to ensure consistent execution and visibility of performance.
• Communicate effectively across organizational levels to align on financial, operational, and risk mitigation priorities.
• Champion the use of Georgia-Pacific's Lean Manufacturing Systems and Playbook to routinely assess organizational health.
• Validate results through structured, repeatable review processes and data-driven metrics.
• Ensure improvements are embedded, sustained, and owned by the business.
• This role is expected to travel 50% to 75%.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Extensive experience in manufacturing or industrial environments with progressive leadership responsibility.
• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing and management system design, implementation, and sustainment.
• Demonstrated success planning and executing large-scale, multi-site initiatives.
• Proven ability to build and lead teams, including direct and indirect reports.
• Highly effective organizational and project management skills.
• Strong influencing capability with executive-level communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis and Microsoft Excel.
• Able to travel 50% to 75% of the time.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field.
• Prior experience owning or supporting internal audit systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading regional or enterprise operational excellence functions.
• Certification in Lean, Six Sigma, and/or Project Management (PMP).
• Experience in corrugated, paper, tissue, or converting manufacturing operations.
• Current or previous experience working within the Principle Based Management framework.

For this role, we anticipate paying $180,000 - $220,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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