Koch Industries

Director of Operations

Koch Industries$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of leadership in corrugated manufacturing or converting operations
  • Experience in enhancing operational metrics (safety, productivity, waste reduction)
  • Proven track record in talent development and retention
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant fields or equivalent development
  • Certification in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Champion a safety-first culture to prevent incidents
  • Lead and optimize manufacturing processes for efficiency
  • Translate business goals into actionable operational plans
  • Manage P&L to drive profitability and efficiency
  • Mentor and build future leadership talent
  • Identify and implement process improvements and changes
  • Collaborate with various business partners to align strategies

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans with contributions
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance programs
  • Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Corrugated business is seeking a hands-on, high-impact leader with deep corrugated and/or converting manufacturing experience to serve as Director of Operations at our facility. This is more than a plant leadership role-it is an opportunity to drive operational excellence, develop future leaders, and build lasting value. Our Albion facility is a high-performing site with a strong market presence, and we are looking for a leader who is ready to guide its next chapter of growth.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, bring strong corrugator and/or converting experience, and can align teams around continuous improvement, we want to hear from you.

What You Will Do
Champion Safety First: Cultivate a culture where safety is the top priority and incidents are preventable.
Drive Operational Excellence: Lead manufacturing processes, optimize production flow, and continuously reduce waste and variability.
Execute Strategy: Translate business goals into actionable plans that improve results across safety, quality, cost, and service.
P&L Ownership: Own the financials-drive profitability and operational efficiency.
• Build Talent: Mentor, coach, and build bench strength for future leadership across all levels.
Lead Change: Identify opportunities, challenge the status quo, and lead your team through transformation.
Partner Across the Business: Work closely with commercial, supply chain, engineering, and HR partners to align local execution with enterprise goals.

Basic Qualifications (Required):
• Leadership experience in a corrugated manufacturing environment, with direct involvement in corrugator and/or converting operations
• Demonstrated success in improving operational metrics such as safety, productivity, waste reduction, or uptime
• Proven ability to develop and retain talent, including performance management, succession planning, and building team capability

Preferred Qualifications (What Will Put You Ahead):
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other structured continuous improvement programs; certification (e.g., Green Belt)
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, Industrial Technology, or related field, or completion of equivalent professional development or certification programs

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 .

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.

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About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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