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Georgia-Pacific (GP) is hiring for a Division Quality Manager to join the team! The Division Quality Manager is responsible for supporting GP manufacturing sites and quality teams through assessing quality systems, validating product performance to quality expectations, and providing guidance in support of CAPA /RCA development.


This role is a remote opportunity with 50% travel dictated by business needs.

Our Team

The Quality Team is responsible for leading and influencing quality at our GP sites to meet production expectations. The goal is to drive quality improvements, support perpetual transformation, profitably reduce variation, and develop quality talent using project management and statistical tools. The group's combined talents complement each other to optimize and ensure operational, brand & commercialization support that enables virtuous cycles of mutual benefit with partners, manufacturing and commercial.

What You Will Do

• Lead an effective quality system and divisional quality support by proactively monitoring product and process performance with alarms based on statistical trends before non-conforming product is produced
• Enable the performance of products to be integrated into operational discipline, resulting in reduced losses, by using process tools that identify losses, uncover root cause and lead operations to effective corrective action which prevents reoccurrence
• Lead quality in such a way that products are delivered to our customers at the right quality, right time and in the right condition to provide excellent customer experience. This is done by having measures and metrics in place that are indicators of progress at various levels of the process, not only at finished product level, but at paper level and at shipping level
• Lead quality processes that ensure that products and changes to our products are brought to market efficiently and effectively

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience working in quality management systems
• Experience working with Statistical Process Controls: examples such as %stability, Tz, CpK, PpK, measurement control and calculation of defect rates OR Six-Sigma certification (Green Belt), Quality certification or affiliation with a professional Quality organization
• Experience executing quality processes, including change management, CAPA/RCA, and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading initiatives and/or projects that transform quality strategies
• Able to travel up to 50% per needs of the business, domestic and international

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with quality and statistical tools such as Minitab ® or NWA (Northwest Analytics) ® and reporting tools such as Tableau®
• Bachelor's Degree in a Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Biology or a Science field
• Leadership and direct management experience of people, teams, prioritizing work assignments, developing of talents & skills
• Experience with GFSI (SQF preferred) certifications and implementation
• Experience conducting/leading quality system audits
• Experience managing a cross functional team and influencing key stakeholders across an organization
• Six-Sigma certification (Black Belt)

For this role, we anticipate paying $100k - $130k per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form

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Hiring Philosophy

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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 ).