Quality Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to join our team in Fort Smith, AR. As a key member of the team, the Quality Manager works with operations to meet the facility production goals focused on ensuring the site produces Quality right first-time products, on time, meeting our customers’ needs and ensuring GP is the preferred partner.

The Facility Quality Manager (FQM) provides oversight at the facility for incoming raw materials, intermediates, and finished products manufactured in operations and finished goods in packaging and warehousing.

Quality oversight includes assisting with development and commercialization trials, and ensuring acceptance criteria are met, managing, measuring, and monitoring quality metrics for daily operations per the facility Quality Control Plan and meeting or exceeding our customers’ expectations. This position assures that site operations meet regulatory and compliance requirements for Safe Quality Food (SQF), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and internal processes (procedures and policies).

Our Team

The individual will report to Site Director and guide a small team of quality and lab professionals at the site. This role leads quality efforts across this fully integrated production operation and its over 400 total associates.

What You Will Do

• Drive sustainable quality processes and systems through application of management systems and a cadence of verification through self and with operations leaders
• Provide leadership and coaching to employees through a shared Quality vision for the operation
• Apply Operational Excellence Strategy and Principled Based Management (PBM) Principles for managing continuous improvement of Quality Systems and Processes
• Work with Operations and corporate capabilities to better align the Voice of the Customer (VOC) with the Voice of the Process (VOP)
• Bea Champion for Product Safety and Quality certification programs
• Oversee and implement Production and Commercialization trials within the facility, ensure acceptance criteria is established and approved
• Conduct quality reviews with product systems and track performance against key action plans
• Build collaborative relationships with strategic customers
• Lead and facilitate the root cause and corrective action process, with a mindset of eliminating future defects, and providing timely resolution to customer inquiries
• Assure supplier quality is meeting our needs to produce quality products
• Use statistical methods to track, monitor, and report quality performance in a way that informs leadership of the critical few opportunities to work on, with recommended actions
• Collaborate with other GP quality leaders to leverage knowledge and build a transformational quality system that achieves our vision
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Three years or more of Quality Leadership experience managing quality and process improvements in a manufacturing environment
• Experience leading a team
• Knowledge and use of statistical tools for data analysis to monitor quality performance
• Experience with executing quality processes including change management, CAPA/RCA, and continuous improvement
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Technical Discipline
• Paper manufacturing or related industry experience
• Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or similar experience or certification
• Demonstrated capability to lead sustainable change
• HACCP Experience
• Quality certifications from a recognized industry organization
• Demonstrated experience with Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), SQF preferred certifications and proven track record for related program management and implementation
  
  
  

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf