Plant General Manager

International Paper•Buffalo, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant General Manager is accountable for the profit and loss of the facility, ensuring environmental, health, and safety compliance with company policies, laws, state, and federal regulations. This role oversees manufacturing operations including throughput, cost and waste control, maintenance, quality, inventory control, and meeting budgeted production metrics. The position also involves sales responsibilities such as local sales, customer service, partnering with the sales manager to establish and meet facility sales goals, identifying and targeting market segments, and deploying division pricing strategy. Strategic planning, including business, marketing, and capital planning processes, is also a key aspect. Additionally, the role supports positive labor relations, manages human resources functions like workforce engagement, diversity, recruiting, hiring, employee and leadership development, and employee labor relations, and handles financial management including establishing and managing budgets and compliance with financial controls.

Requirements

Seven to ten years corrugated experience preferred.
Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience.
Builds Effective Teams
Business Insight
Courage
Customer Focus
Decision Quality
Develops Talent
Drives Engagement
Drives Vision and Purpose
Manages Complexity
Optimizes Work Processes
Plans and Aligns
Strategic Mindset

Responsibilities

Accountable for profit and loss of the facility.
Ensure Environmental, health and safety compliance, including company policy and laws, state and federal regulations.
Oversee manufacturing, including throughput, cost and waste control, maintenance, quality, inventories control and meeting budgeted production metrics.
Manage sales, including local sales, customer service, and partnering with sales manager to establish and meet facility sales goals, identifying and targeting market segments, deploying division pricing strategy.
Engage in strategic planning, including business, marketing and capital planning processes.
Help to maintain and support positive labor relations.
Manage human resources, including workforce engagement, diversity, recruiting and hiring, employee and leadership development and employee labor relations.
Oversee financial management, including establishing and managing budgets and compliance with financial controls.