Job Opportunity:
As General Manager, you will have full responsibility for the performance and profitability of the plant facility. This includes managing and focusing on measures associated with safety, quality, cost, and productivity and focusing on strategic expansion by increasing local and regional sales.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Improve the plant’s profitability and ensure all safety and quality requirements are met.Drive facility’s focus on Safety, Quality, Cost and Productivity along with No Fail Basics methodology throughout the organizationDevelop and implement business plans that align with company goals and overall strategic vision for Division. Build a high performing team and work collaboratively to drive change initiatives within the organization.Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives tied to the strategic business direction.Build partnerships with your Divisional Sales Managers to identify facility growth opportunities and maintain relationships with key accounts. Oversee sales and production to meet short-term and long-term divisional objectives to achieve optimum efficiency.Build effective alliances with other Business Units, Human Resources, Sales, Logistics, Production, Safety and Quality Managers to better serve customers that cross multiple business units.Foster employee development through training and other resourcesPromote diversified recruiting, hiring, training, and managing of facility staff.Ensure all safety and environmental compliance issues are addressed on a timely basis.Recommend and justify capital expenses that suit both short- and long-term goals of the facility.Cultivate our involvement and dedication to Performance Excellence programsPerforms other duties as assigned.
Competencies:
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Safety Mindset - Supports safety programs, policies/procedures; takes preventative and corrective action to address potential safety hazards and prevent future injuries; follows all safety related company policies, and complies with location specific safety rules
Ability to Execute - Sets and accomplishes challenging goals, prioritizes and manages tasks effectively, maintains an organized system to monitor progress, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets standards and responsibilities, provide leadership/motivation.
Commitment to Task – Sets objectives/standards; meets commitments; stays focused under pressure; shows a sense of urgency about getting results.
Communication - Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas and messages through written, verbal, and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience; shares information and ideas with others in a timely manner. Listens carefully and attentively.
Customer Focus - For both internal and external customers, builds customer confidence; is committed to increasing customer satisfaction; sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems; ensures commitments to customers are met in a timely manner.
Diversity - Supports an inclusive workplace; incorporates different viewpoints and ideas to maximize performance and contributions of employees; develops strengths in team members; understands his/her role in building and sustaining a culture of high performance.
Initiative - Tackles problems and takes independent action; seeks out new responsibilities; acts on opportunities; generates new ideas; practices self-development; demonstrates a bias for action without prompting.
Innovation - Generates new ideas; challenges the status quo; pursues ongoing improvements; supports change, encourages originality, solves problems creatively.
Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy; is committed to excellence; continuously looks for improvements; finds root cause of problems; owns/acts on problems; seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience - College degree preferred with a minimum of 7-10 years equivalent related industry experience; at least 4 years prior management experience.
Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, collective agreements, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. May require the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. May require the ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Computer Skills - To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of and basic computer skills; proficient with AS400, KIWI, Qlikview, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook)
Financial Skills - Must have experience understanding and interpreting Profit and Loss statements, profitability statements, and sales forecasting. Must be able to create insightful reports that consume data from the above-mentioned software. Must have the ability to create and adhere to capital project justifications.
Other Qualifications
This position requires strong leadership skills, independent thinking, strong organizational and planning skills, excellent analytical and problem-solving ability, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.