Position Title: Area Manufacturing Excellence Leader - Power Pay Rate: $108,200-$144,300 Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range. Category/Shift: Salaried Full-Time Physical Location: 601 County Rd 78 Selma, Al The Job You Will Perform: • Provide visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results • Identify and deliver sustainable cost savings through multiple deliberate and continuous improvement initiatives in alignment with the mills goal of year over year (YOY) cost reduction • Train salaried and hourly employees to develop ME skills in the department and/or mill • Work within the group to develop college hires (REACH) into ME Engineers • Achieve ME certifications (White, Yellow, Green, Black, Master Black) • Maintain strong relationships with other ME leaders as well as operating and maintenance department leaders • Influence Business Unit operations teams to incorporate ME systems and processes to support sustainability of improvements as they are accomplished • Support operations through field day/annual outage support and weekend duty assignments when needed • Identify and implement Manufacturing Excellence best practices from across the mill, business, and company • Support 5S program for the area and drive improvement projects, audit systems, and excellent results • Provide support for cost reduction capital project development and implementation • Implement systems to improve/sustain results • Fulfill weekend duty team leadership role for assigned department • Provide support for budgeting cycle targeted at delivering year over year savings The Skills You Will Bring: • Instill safety as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety • Quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems • Utilize excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to groups and individuals at all levels • Approach positional responsibilities in an inclusive manner by engaging all team members in area, department, and mill • Utilize the International Paper Change Process to drive change • Work effectively alone or within a team • Possess Manufacturing Excellence (ME) certification of yellow or green belt. • Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in operations, maintenance, and/or engineering in a paper manufacturing environment is required. • Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical or electrical engineering is required; equivalent practical experience may be considered. • IP ME certification of green or black belt is required; additional lean/six sigma certifications a plus.