Manufacturing Excellence Leader – Fiber, Power & Utilities

International Paper • Valliant, OK

7d • $101,000 - $134,600 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Excellence Leader is a full-time, dedicated resource in the ME organization of the Valliant Mill who reports directly to the Manager of Manufacturing Excellence (MME). The ME Leader is a senior technical resource within the ME team supporting the Valliant Mill’s Fiber, Power & Utilities Business Units. The ME process uses lean and six sigma concepts to help the mill better identify, prioritize, and implement key process, reliability, and cost improvement projects. This specific position works within a larger ME team, which may require cross functional responsibilities.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience in Paper Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Management, or Manufacturing Excellence related assignments
• Strong manufacturing management background with a track record of achieving results through systems and teams
• Must have demonstrated the ability to set expectations with stretch goals and measure work to determine the degree of goal attainment
• Experience with continuous improvement concepts and tools is required. IP Green Belt certification is highly recommended.
• 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

Nice To Haves

• IP Green Belt certification is highly recommended.

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 and facilitating deliberate improvement efforts for fiber, energy, reliability, productivity, engagement, customers, and safety within Fiber, Power & Utilities
• Ensuring ME principles are utilized in daily operations for continuous improvement
• Supervising, mentoring and coaching the ME ECE engineers in the departments
• Integrating and coordinating ME efforts with the area Technical Assistants and other belted area resources.
• Working with the Capital Engineering group to initiate, develop, and successfully implement cost reduction capital opportunities
• The ME Leader will work closely with a variety of different areas throughout the mill including operations, maintenance, technical, and management.
• Influence Business Unit operations teams to utilize IP’s management of change process to drive change and support successful project delivery and sustainability of improvements
• Fulfill weekend duty as scheduled
• Provide support for budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year over year savings

Benefits

• International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets
• Leadership training, promotional opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level