Operations Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific’s Dixie facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is seeking an Operations Manager to lead our Converting and Printing organization. As a member of the Plant Leadership Team (PLT), you will report directly to the Site Leader and partner with fellow leaders to shape site strategy and deliver results. Your primary focus will be developing leaders of leaders-building their capability to coach frontline leaders, strengthen our hourly workforce, and create long-term value. We are looking for a collaborative, transformative leader who applies Principle-Based Management® (PBM), thinks strategically, and stays connected to the people, processes, and day-to-day requirements that turn strategy into results. You will help advance Fort Smith’s winning culture through trust, ownership, constructive challenge, and a shared commitment to team success.

Our Team

For nearly 80 years, Georgia-Pacific’s Fort Smith Dixie facility has been a cornerstone of manufacturing in the River Valley. With more than 450 employees, our site strives to lead the press ware business and create long-term value for the Dixie supply chain. Our winning culture is rooted in trust, respect, and ownership. We apply PBM to encourage employees to share knowledge, constructively challenge ideas, and contribute to continuous improvement as one integrated team. Building on our legacy, we continue to pursue significant growth and investment, with anticipated investments exceeding $125 million over the next three years. As a United Steelworkers (USW)-represented facility, we work closely with our local union to support successful plant operations while promoting the safety, health, and welfare of all employees and fostering a respectful workplace.

What You Will Do

• Lead the Converting and Printing organization through PBM, strengthening a winning culture of safety, trust, ownership, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop leaders of leaders through individualized coaching, mentoring, clear expectations, and actionable feedback; equip them to develop frontline leaders and strengthen workforce capability.
• Serve as an active member of the PLT, partnering with the Site Leader and fellow team members to shape site priorities, share knowledge, constructively challenge ideas, and support decisions that create long-term value for the site and Dixie supply chain.
• Translate site strategy into clear operating priorities, resource alignment, and disciplined daily execution while staying connected to employees and conditions on the plant floor.
• Help leaders establish a clear vision, take ownership of results, address performance and knowledge gaps, and remove barriers to team success.
• Lead transformational change that improves operational effectiveness, organizational capability, and business performance.
• Use data analytics, performance measures, and economic thinking to prioritize opportunities, guide decisions, and assess improvement efforts.
• Partner with maintenance, engineering, reliability, and quality as one integrated team to improve asset utilization, operating capability, and manufacturing performance.
• Drive improvements in productivity, yield, efficiency, waste reduction, fiber utilization, energy optimization, and product quality.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Leadership experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience developing leaders who lead other leaders, including coaching, mentoring, training, and providing feedback to strengthen capability and performance.
• Experience leading continuous improvement, reliability, or process improvement initiatives.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Leadership experience across multiple Georgia-Pacific facilities.
• Department leadership experience in a paper and/or pulp mill with complex operations.
• Experience applying PBM to develop leaders, strengthen culture, and create long-term value.
• Experience translating strategic priorities into day-to-day operating plans and partnering across functions to deliver results.

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Hiring Philosophy

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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.

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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, aquí, or tu).