Georgia-Pacific LLC
Koch Industries is one of the largest privately owned companies in the world, with a presence in diverse markets. Georgia‑Pacific (GP) Packaging, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, is a leader in providing innovative packaging solutions. Our commitment to excellence, innovation, and sustainability drives our business forward.
Your Job Join our team as an
Area General Manager (AGM)
and lead our Corrugated Packaging operations in Cleveland, TN and Huntsville, AL. As a key leader, you will have overall responsibility for the success and profitability of the plants you support. This is an exciting opportunity to align team efforts with our vision to deliver high‑quality packaging solutions on time while directly leading our operations, sales, and customer service teams across two facilities. Reporting to the VP of Packaging, you will work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams to drive growth, customer value, and operational excellence.
Location For this position you must live within 45 minutes of Cleveland, TN or Huntsville, AL. The role requires frequent travel (50%+) to effectively build customer relationships, address operational needs, and ensure quality and timeliness.
Our Team As a dynamic and experienced leader, you will oversee the overall commercialization and operations as the P&L owner of our corrugated packaging team. 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 Area Leadership
Champion a people‑first and customer‑first culture, ensuring team and customer priorities are at the forefront.
Ensure site operations are being led with a relentless focus on safety, reliability, and quality.
Oversee commercial activities, including financial budgets, commercial processes, and direct client interactions.
Lead and develop a high‑performing team, including the Director of Operations, Sales Manager, Customer Service Manager and their teams.
Foster a culture focused on performance excellence and customer satisfaction in both quality and service.
Implement new technologies to enhance manufacturing processes and quality control.
Define the commercial and operational vision, strategy, and organizational direction.
Business Strategy and Growth
Lead strategic initiatives aligned with a market‑focused vision to foster innovation and sustainable growth.
Identify and capitalize on opportunities for profitable growth.
Coordinate with operations and other departments to achieve business goals.
Relationship Building and Collaboration
Strengthen existing customer relationships and pursue new, profitable opportunities.
Enhance collaboration by building internal relationships, key to success in this position.
Cultivate a high‑performance culture centered on teamwork and shared success.
Financial Management
Manage financial budgets (P&L) across the two sites and improve business profitability.
Analyze market trends, pricing, forecasting, and budgeting using financial acumen.
Compliance, Safety, and Continuous Improvement
Ensure compliance with governmental regulations, industry standards, and GP best practices.
Promote a culture of safety throughout the organization.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, product quality, and customer satisfaction.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
Experience in manufacturing, with at least 5 years in a managerial role in sales or operations.
Proven track record in talent development and team growth.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
What Will Put You Ahead
Proficiency in managing profit and loss (P&L) statements.
Experience within the corrugated or related packaging industry.
Demonstrated leadership capabilities with a strategic mindset and success in driving organizational change.
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.
Georgia‑Pacific LLC is 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 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
Potential infertility assistance, paid parental leave, adoption assistance
Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline
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.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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Your Job Join our team as an
Area General Manager (AGM)
and lead our Corrugated Packaging operations in Cleveland, TN and Huntsville, AL. As a key leader, you will have overall responsibility for the success and profitability of the plants you support. This is an exciting opportunity to align team efforts with our vision to deliver high‑quality packaging solutions on time while directly leading our operations, sales, and customer service teams across two facilities. Reporting to the VP of Packaging, you will work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams to drive growth, customer value, and operational excellence.
Location For this position you must live within 45 minutes of Cleveland, TN or Huntsville, AL. The role requires frequent travel (50%+) to effectively build customer relationships, address operational needs, and ensure quality and timeliness.
Our Team As a dynamic and experienced leader, you will oversee the overall commercialization and operations as the P&L owner of our corrugated packaging team. 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 Area Leadership
Champion a people‑first and customer‑first culture, ensuring team and customer priorities are at the forefront.
Ensure site operations are being led with a relentless focus on safety, reliability, and quality.
Oversee commercial activities, including financial budgets, commercial processes, and direct client interactions.
Lead and develop a high‑performing team, including the Director of Operations, Sales Manager, Customer Service Manager and their teams.
Foster a culture focused on performance excellence and customer satisfaction in both quality and service.
Implement new technologies to enhance manufacturing processes and quality control.
Define the commercial and operational vision, strategy, and organizational direction.
Business Strategy and Growth
Lead strategic initiatives aligned with a market‑focused vision to foster innovation and sustainable growth.
Identify and capitalize on opportunities for profitable growth.
Coordinate with operations and other departments to achieve business goals.
Relationship Building and Collaboration
Strengthen existing customer relationships and pursue new, profitable opportunities.
Enhance collaboration by building internal relationships, key to success in this position.
Cultivate a high‑performance culture centered on teamwork and shared success.
Financial Management
Manage financial budgets (P&L) across the two sites and improve business profitability.
Analyze market trends, pricing, forecasting, and budgeting using financial acumen.
Compliance, Safety, and Continuous Improvement
Ensure compliance with governmental regulations, industry standards, and GP best practices.
Promote a culture of safety throughout the organization.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, product quality, and customer satisfaction.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
Experience in manufacturing, with at least 5 years in a managerial role in sales or operations.
Proven track record in talent development and team growth.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
What Will Put You Ahead
Proficiency in managing profit and loss (P&L) statements.
Experience within the corrugated or related packaging industry.
Demonstrated leadership capabilities with a strategic mindset and success in driving organizational change.
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.
Georgia‑Pacific LLC is 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 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
Potential infertility assistance, paid parental leave, adoption assistance
Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline
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.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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