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International Paper Manufacturing Excellence Leader – Fiber, Power & Utilities in Valliant, Oklahoma
Job Description
Manufacturing Excellence Leader – Fiber, Power & Utilities
Valliant, OK
Salary Range ($101,000-$134,600) - Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills, and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short–term incentive plan.
The Manufacturing Excellence Leader is a full-time, dedicated resource in the ME organization of the Valliant Mill who reports directly to the Manager of Manufacturing Excellence (MME). The ME Leader is a senior technical resource within the ME team supporting the Valliant Mill’s Fiber, Power & Utilities Business Units. The ME process uses lean and six sigma concepts to help the mill better identify, prioritize, and implement key process, reliability, and cost improvement projects. This specific position works within a larger ME team, which may require cross functional responsibilities.
Responsibilities ( including but not limited to ):
The successful candidate will be the key driver for deliberate and continuous improvement efforts in the Fiber, Power & Utilities departments. The selected candidate will be responsible for:
Using a data driven approach to identify cost and performance gaps, identifying deliberate improvement opportunities, and prioritizing project efforts that maximize resource utilization and year-over-year improvements
Ensuring deliberate and continuous improvement efforts align with the department’s goals, which in turn align with mill and corporate objectives.
Managing and facilitating deliberate improvement efforts for fiber, energy, reliability, productivity, engagement, customers, and safety within Fiber, Power & Utilities
Ensuring ME principles are utilized in daily operations for continuous improvement
Supervising, mentoring and coaching the ME ECE engineers in the departments
Integrating and coordinating ME efforts with the area Technical Assistants and other belted area resources.
Working with the Capital Engineering group to initiate, develop, and successfully implement cost reduction capital opportunities
The ME Leader will work closely with a variety of different areas throughout the mill including operations, maintenance, technical, and management.
Influence Business Unit operations teams to utilize IP’s management of change process to drive change and support successful project delivery and sustainability of improvements
Fulfill weekend duty as scheduled
Provide support for budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year over year savings
Qualifications:
B.S. degree in Engineering or related field
5+ years of experience in Paper Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Management, or Manufacturing Excellence related assignments
Strong manufacturing management background with a track record of achieving results through systems and teams
Must have demonstrated the ability to set expectations with stretch goals and measure work to determine the degree of goal attainment
Experience with continuous improvement concepts and tools is required.IP Green Belt certification is highly recommended.
Must have strong written communication and oral presentation skills
Must have demonstrated the ability to manage project/process improvements and guide a team to successful completion of tasks
Should be familiar with ME principles and utilization of the tools in a wide variety of applications
Key Competencies:
Action Oriented
Functional/Technical Skills
Informing
Integrity & Trust
Managerial Courage
Managing & Measuring Work
Motivating Others
Organizing
Priority Setting
Problem Solving
Process Management
Data Analytics
About Us
The Benefits You Will Enjoy:
International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets
The Career You Will Build:
Leadership training, promotional opportunities
The Impact You Will Make:
We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.
The Culture You Will Experience:
International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.
The Company You Will Join:
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting internationalpaper.com.
International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact reasonable.accommodations@ipaper.com or (877) 973-3919.
Job Identification 2001657
Job Schedule Full time
Locations 890 International Paper Ln, Valliant, OK, 74764, US