Senior HR Manager - Toledo, OR

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Toledo, OR seeks an experienced Human Resources Manager to lead HR at our containerboard mill. You will partner with site leaders to drive culture, talent development, and safety while aligning HR programs with core business goals.

The role emphasizes strategic workforce planning, change management, and data-driven decision making. You will coach supervisors, manage talent pipelines, and advance standardization across GP operations on the West Coast.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking to influence outcomes.
• Ability to implement HR change in manufacturing or commercial settings.
• Strong relationships with stakeholders and collaboration across the organization.
• Proven coaching skills and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to prioritize based on value and impact.
• Located or willing to relocate near our Toledo, OR plant.
• Experience with talent mobility, selection, performance management, and talent planning is a plus.
• Experience supporting site leadership teams directly.

Responsibilities

• Build trust with the workforce and leaders to advance culture and productivity.
• Identify talent gaps and coach supervisors on gap-closure plans.
• Understand, develop, apply, and coach employees on Principle Based Management.
• Develop business acumen to understand drivers of performance and deliver results.
• Drive innovation in HR and automate transactional work; leverage shared capabilities.
• Provide strategic guidance to leaders in change management and development.
• Use data-driven solutions to support business and improve results.
• Partner with capabilities teams to improve talent position across GP.
• Identify HR compliance risks and address gaps while maintaining compliance.
• Optimize risk by interpreting policies; drive standardization and waste reduction.
• Foster healthy Union relations.
• Promote knowledge sharing across GP HR leaders to improve efficiency.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Change management

Relationship building

Coaching

Prioritization

Relocation willingness

Talent mobility

Performance management

Talent planning

Site leadership collaboration

Job description

Your Job

We are seeking a Human Resources Manager to join our team at Georgia Pacific’s containerboard mill in Toledo, OR. The Toledo facility is an integrated mill that manufactures containerboard, including unbleached linerboard and corrugating medium that is converted into corrugated boxes and packaging at numerous box plants on the West Coast from Washington to California and New Mexico. The packaging is used for a variety of products such as fruit, vegetables and seafood; consumer goods such as tissue, paper products, packaged food and beverages. The GP Toledo mill is the largest recycler of wastepaper (used cardboard boxes) in Oregon at over 500,000 tons recycled annually. To learn more about Georgia-Pacific’s packaging business please visit: GP Packaging and view the video How Paper Is Made!

Our Team

Toledo, situated on a bend of the Yaquina River and surrounded by wooded hills, is just seven miles inland from the Central Oregon Coast, the only inland coastal community with a deep-water channel. The historic town cascades over the hillsides to the river. Once a bustling lumber mill town, Toledo’s industries today include lively boat repair businesses and Port of Toledo facilities; which support the fishing industry; a vibrant arts community, and a modern paper products mill. (visittheoregoncoast.com) Individuals would need to be in the local area for this role or willing to relocate to the local area.

What You Will Do

• Build trust with the workforce and leaders to advance our culture and productivity.
• Ensure employees connect with how they create value for the company; identify talent gaps that are obstacles and coach supervisors on the development of gap closure plans.
• Understand, develop, apply, and coach employees on the application of Principle Based Management
• Develop business acumen to understand key drivers of business performance and support delivering results.
• Drive innovation in HR functions and processes to include continued automation of transaction work and leveraging shared capabilities across the business.
• Provide strategic guidance to leaders in areas of change management and employee development.
• Leverage data driven solutions to support business and advance results.
• Partner with various capabilities teams to improve our talent position – selection, attraction, and retention.
• Identify HR Compliance risks and develop gap closure plans to address risks while implementing a systematic approach to maintaining compliance.
• Optimize risk to the Company by effectively interpreting current policies and practices while identifying opportunities to drive standardization and eliminate waste.
• Foster healthy Union relations
• Foster knowledge sharing culture to profitably improve efficiency and consistency for GP and to discover untapped value and partner with other HR leaders across GP to share information and best practices.
• Be “forward thinking” to anticipate needs and issues before they arise.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking skills to influence positive outcomes, supported by customer and peer feedback
• Strong individual willingness and capability to implement change in HR; manufacturing or commercial business efforts; and site or team-specific outcomes for key initiatives.
• Demonstrated the ability to build positive relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders, leveraged capabilities, and peers across the organization
• Performance history of strong coaching skills, openly sharing knowledge, and flexibility
• Ability to effectively prioritize based on value, understanding of how/where HR can quickly impact team members positively
• Located or willing to relocate near our Toledo, OR manufacturing plant

What Will Put You Ahead

• Proven experience with HR related processes that might include – Talent mobility, selection, performance management, talent planning, etc.)
• Support the development and alignment of initiatives to accelerate achievement of strategic business objectives
• Minimum of 3 or more years in an HR Generalist or HR Manager role
• Experience supporting site leadership teams directly
• Located or willing to relocated near our Toledo, OR manufacturing plant

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, aquí, or tu).