Disciplined Operations Leader

Georgia Pacific; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Disciplined Operations Leader to design and deploy a facility-wide Daily Management System that aligns priorities with daily execution. You will work with site leadership across operations, maintenance, reliability, quality, and support teams to implement disciplined routines, visual management, KPI ownership, and Leader Standard Work to raise performance and capability.

The role acts as a change leader for management system deployment and translates operating

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing leadership and operational excellence.
• Experience implementing Lean and Daily Management Systems.
• Experience coaching teams and leading organizational change.
• Ability to develop and deploy KPI governance and Leader Standard Work.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the Daily Management System roadmap across facilities and departments.
• Establish standard management system architecture, governance, and deployment methods.
• Develop implementation plans, scorecards, milestones, and sustainability reviews.
• Facilitate site assessments and identify improvement opportunities related to management system maturity.
• Develop and standardize action registers and accountability systems.
• Establish processes for assigning, tracking, escalating, and closing actions.
• Monitor overdue action items and facilitate prioritization reviews.
• Ensure actions are linked to improvement opportunities and business objectives.
• Design and deploy structured escalation processes and response frameworks.
• Establish escalation triggers, ownership, workflows, and communication pathways.
• Integrate escalation practices into daily and weekly operating routines.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis activities.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Lean methodologies

Daily Management System

Coach and train

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Performance dashboards

Visual management

Job description

Your Job

The Disciplined Operations Leader is responsible for developing, implementing, coaching, and sustaining a facility‑wide Daily Management System that aligns business priorities with daily execution. This role partners with site leadership, operations, maintenance, reliability, quality, and support teams to establish disciplined operating routines, visual management systems, KPI ownership, Leader Standard Work, escalation processes, and performance review cadences that improve operational results and organizational capability. The role will support the Corrugated business segment, partnering with facilities and leadership teams to drive consistent deployment and sustainment of management system standards across operations.

The position serves as the subject matter expert and change leader for management system deployment, ensuring the organization's operating principles are translated into repeatable daily behaviors, accountability mechanisms, and continuous improvement processes.

This position is home based with up to 50-75% travel to support projects across the US.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific is one of the nation's leading corrugated box manufacturers. Understanding customer needs and providing creative and custom solutions makes Georgia-Pacific much more than a typical corrugated packaging supplier and partner. The team at Modesto specializes in the bulk box making process with both converting and corrugator assets, where they support the self‑actualization of their employees. This position provides opportunities for promotion both in Modesto as well as many other Georgia‑Pacific and Koch facilities across the country. Come join our team!

To learn more about this facility and our Packaging division, please visit:

Georgia‑Pacific: How Corrugated Boxes are Made
Georgia‑Pacific: Corrugated
www.gppackaging.com

What You Will Do

Management System Design & Deployment

• Lead implementation of the Daily Management System roadmap across facilities, departments, and operating areas.
• Establish standard management system architecture, governance, and deployment methodologies.
• Develop implementation plans, scorecards, milestones, and sustainability reviews.
• Facilitate site assessments and identify improvement opportunities related to management system maturity.

Action Management and Accountability

• Develop and standardize action registers and accountability systems.
• Establish processes for assigning, tracking, escalating, and closing actions.
• Monitor overdue action items and facilitate prioritization reviews.
• Ensure actions are linked to improvement opportunities and business objectives.

Escalation and Problem Solving Systems

• Design and deploy structured escalation processes and response frameworks.
• Establish escalation triggers, ownership, workflows, and communication pathways.
• Integrate escalation practices into daily and weekly operating routines.
• Facilitate structured problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis activities.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in manufacturing, operations leadership, continuous improvement, operational excellence, or management system deployment.
• Experience implementing Lean methodologies, Daily Management Systems, Leader Standard Work, KPI management practices, or similar operating systems.
• Experience facilitating teams, delivering coaching and training, managing projects, and leading organizational change initiatives.
• Experience leading cross‑functional initiatives and driving adoption of new processes, systems, or standards in environments without direct reporting authority.
• Experience using performance dashboards, analyzing operational data, and maintaining visual management systems.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading large‑scale operational transformations.
• Knowledge of Principle Based Management, Operational Excellence, and Reliability processes.
• Experience developing training curricula and leading capability‑building initiatives.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper‑based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).