Technology Leader

Georgia-Pacific
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As the Technology Leader for the
Palatka, FL site, you will primarily be responsible for the following:

* Oversight and leadership for the site IT reliability, capability and resources.
* Account manager and service broker for all aspects of IT/OT services and applications, promoting adoption of standard solutions where possible.
* Active participation on the mill leadership team to drive change.
* Advancing innovation, optimization, and automation with energy and enthusiasm.
* Collaboratively define technology automation vision and opportunities for waste elimination and optimization through material processing and handling, product flow and tracking, technology usage, monitoring, and analytics to enable competitive position.

* Collaboratively work with the Process Controls groups to drive innovations of IoT efforts.

* Executing strategies based on vision which:
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+ Leverage technologies, capabilities and transformation to rapidly improve and influence operating costs.
+ Develop capabilities that provide shop floor performance metrics that can be actionable for employees on the shop floor to respond timely to key losses and opportunities.
+ Successful implementation of capital projects.
+ Challenges the status quo of how work has always been done.

A Day In The Life Typically Includes:

A strong performer in this role will effectively apply our MBM® management philosophy to excel at:

* Managing all local IT activity and ensuring it is aligned with the business vision and strategies.
* Working directly with key operations and business leaders to automate and optimize processes.
* Connecting the mill leadership team to IT vision and strategy.
* Developing and gaining buy-in for a comprehensive IT roadmap at the local site.
* Experimenting with new technologies and solutions, enhancing our knowledge of innovation and opportunities.
* Leading local IT resources, consistently staying up-to-date with and connecting IT employees with how they enable GP to create value.
* Managing internal and 3rd party infrastructure resources for delivery of critical site services. Active member of Manufacturing IT community sharing best practices and standards.
* Understanding and promoting awareness & adoption of leveraged applications and services.
* Provide transformational and collaborative leadership in working with Process Control, Engineering and Operations groups.

What You Will Need:

Basic Qualifications:

* At least 5 years of experience in an information technology field or related engineering field.
* At least
3 years of direct supervisory experience leading teams.
* Bachelor’s degree or higher.
* Experience developing/communicating vision and strategy.
* Experience with successful implementation of project management methodology and toolsets.

What Will Put You Ahead?

Preferred Qualifications:
* At least 5 years of experience in leadership in leading teams.
* Experience supporting a manufacturing environment.
* Process control/engineering and/or automation experience.
* Experience gathering customer ideas/requirements and translating into effective solutions.
* Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate resources
* Ability to lead with vision and tenacity.

Want to learn more about Georgia-Pacific?

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran
Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.

This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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