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Senior Area Operations Leader

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, South Carolina, Spartanburg
Nov 18, 2025
Your Job Georgia-Pacific Corrugated Division is always looking for strong leaders. We are now hiring a Senior Area Operations Leader for plants in our East Region. The Sr. Area Operations Leader will have overall responsibility for the operations performance of the facilities. They will have leadership responsibility for our box plant facilities located in Sheboygan, WI, Bradford, PA, Mt. Wolf, PA, Augusta, GA, and Spartanburg, SC. This role will report directly to the VP of Packaging. Our Team As a dynamic and experienced leader, you will oversee operational success of our corrugated packaging team at these 5 plants. This role offers a significant opportunity to impact and lead a team that values winning together. If you are a talented leader eager to drive success and growth in a customer-focused environment, we invite you to apply! What You Will Do Our operations vision is to: "Be the best manufacturer in our industries - manufacturing quality products, on time, at competitive costs, with zero significant incidents". To advance toward this vision, we look to our Area Operations Leaders to: Advance our Principled Based Management culture Select, develop, motivate, and retain highly productive operations leaders across multiple sites Lead and improve our operations processes (e.g., Environment, Health and Safety, Reliability, Production, Yield, Costs, Quality, & Capital Projects, Compliance with laws and regulations) Identify and align operational priorities with commercial business Innovate and advance our competitive position Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) (5) five+ years of manufacturing operations leadership experience Willing and able to travel domestically on average 50% of the time, with flexibility to travel up to 75% of the time as the needs of the business dictate What Will Put You Ahead Bachelor's Degree or higher Experience within Corrugated or Converting manufacturing (15) Fifteen + years of manufacturing operations leadership experience or area/segment leadership Experience with operations planning and execution At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. 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 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).