Business Unit Leader(FQ-Tissue)

First Quality•Anderson, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Business Unit Leader for our First Quality Tissue facility located in Anderson, SC. Business Unit Leader are responsible for providing leadership to the business unit to include overall performance with the goal of improving departmental efficiencies and lowering operating costs while ensuring compliance with government mandates and FQT systems. Provide leadership and guidance to the business unit leaders responsible for crew performance, maintenance coordination, and continuous improvement in order to meet or exceed Safety, Quality, Speed, Efficiency, Waste, and Cost objectives. Own the team’s overall performance results. Come join a high performance team, where our Culture defines who we are. We have built a community upon a foundation of Humanity, Core Business Philosophy, and Working Together. This means putting our team members and customers first. We have invested in the latest technology and resources to support a business that will last for generations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technical or business management field preferred.
Minimum 7 years of experience with Paper Manufacturing or Converting required, TAD experience preferred.
Demonstrates good leadership qualities – accountability, credibility, trust.
Standard knowledge of OSHA laws and regulations within the manufacturing field.
Employs excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Possesses excellent time management and organizational skills.
Analytical thought process by identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a lean manufacturing environment preferred.
SAP knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

Promote an action-oriented safety culture embracing safety as a core value, instilling and exemplifying a safety mindset for all team members resulting in an incident free workplace
Comply with, and be a role model for, all First Quality Safety, policies, guidelines, and procedures
Demonstrate business and leadership acumen
Drive business strategy and vision and promote positive change with the entire workforce
Organize, prioritize and lead business unit to solve tactical and strategic opportunities
Maintain a constructive working relationship with other departments in order to efficiently resolve cross department issues
Apply comprehensive knowledge and full understanding of the paper making and/or converting process
Instill mindset of "sense of urgency" and a "results driven" culture
Provide leadership to support a continuous improvement culture focused on manufacturing fundamentals and manufacturing excellence
Primary person responsible for coordinating with HR to ensure investigation processes are followed in team member incidents
Primary person responsible for all safety & environmental incidents and ensure appropriate countermeasures are identified and completed on time
Ensure teams are compliant in key areas of Safety, Quality, Production and Skill Development
Ensure best practices are communicated and implemented across business units utilizing Management of Change and Improvement Idea processes
Owner of production targets and forecasts
Owner of business unit’s quality results
Ensure the reliability work system is executed with collaboration between operating and maintenance teams
Manage spending to budget
Manage overtime and labor effectiveness
Owner of Capital plan and execution of approved projects on time
Owner of extraordinary maintenance plan
Ensure waste is at or below standard
Ensure inventory accuracy at or above target