Fibers Manufacturing Excellence Group Leader

International Paper Company•Mansfield, LA

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The Fibers Manufacturing Excellence (ME) Group Leader will be the key driver for deliberate and continuous improvement efforts in the Fibers department, which consists of the Woodyard, Pulp Mill, and Caustic Plant areas. The selected candidate will be responsible for: Using a data driven approach to identify cost and performance gaps, identifying deliberate improvement opportunities, and prioritizing project efforts that maximize resource utilization and year-over-year improvements Ensuring deliberate and continuous improvement efforts align with the department's goals, which in turn align with mill and corporate objectives Managing, facilitating, and coaching deliberate improvement efforts for fiber, energy, reliability, productivity, engagement, customers, and safety Ensuring ME principles are utilized in daily operations for continuous improvement Supervising the ME group in Fibers Mentoring and coaching Engineers in the Early Career Manufacturing (ECM) program Integrating and coordinating ME efforts with the Manager of Manufacturing Excellence (MME) Working with the Capital Engineering group to initiate, develop, and successfully implement cost reduction capital opportunities

Requirements

Must have demonstrated the ability to set expectations with stretch goals and measure work to determine the degree of goal attainment
Must have experience and ability developing and mentoring newly hired engineers
Must have strong written communication and oral presentation skills
Must have demonstrated the ability to manage project/process improvements and guide a team to successful completion of tasks
Should be familiar with ME principles and utilization of the tools in a wide variety of applications
B.S. degree in Engineering or related field
Candidate will have 5 or more years of experience in Woodyard, Pulp Mill, and/or Caustic Plant, Process Engineering, Management, or Manufacturing Excellence related assignments

Responsibilities

Using a data driven approach to identify cost and performance gaps, identifying deliberate improvement opportunities, and prioritizing project efforts that maximize resource utilization and year-over-year improvements
Ensuring deliberate and continuous improvement efforts align with the department's goals, which in turn align with mill and corporate objectives
Managing, facilitating, and coaching deliberate improvement efforts for fiber, energy, reliability, productivity, engagement, customers, and safety
Ensuring ME principles are utilized in daily operations for continuous improvement
Supervising the ME group in Fibers
Mentoring and coaching Engineers in the Early Career Manufacturing (ECM) program
Integrating and coordinating ME efforts with the Manager of Manufacturing Excellence (MME)
Working with the Capital Engineering group to initiate, develop, and successfully implement cost reduction capital opportunities