General Manager

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Employer: WestRock Services, LLC (d/b/a Smurfit Westrock)

Job Title: General Manager (multiple openings)

ATR: ATR65018

Job Location: 10600 Fischer Road, Von Ormy, TX 78073

Job Type: Full Time

Travel: Yes - Domestic (U.S.) travel required up to 25% of the time.

Telecommute: No

Job Duties:

• Maintain the plant’s profitability and ensure all safety and quality requirements are met
• Develop and implement business plans that align with company goals and overall strategic vision
• Build a high performing team and work collaboratively to drive change initiatives within the organization
• Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives tied to the strategic business direction
• Build partnerships and effectively collaborate with commercial/sales business partners to identify facility growth opportunities, and maintain relationships with key accounts
• Oversee and drive improvements in facility production to meet short-term and long-term divisional objectives to achieve optimum efficiency
• Build effective alliances with other Business Units, Sales, Logistics, Production, Safety and Quality Managers to better serve customers that cross multiple business units

Requirements:

Employer will accept a bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in business, manufacturing, engineering or a related field and 5 years of progressive post- baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in an operations/production management role.

Position requires experience in the following:

• Lead end-to-end manufacturing operations for corrugated box production, including corrugator, converting, finishing, warehousing, and logistics systems
• Apply engineering-based decision making to optimize throughput, yield, waste reduction, and energy efficiency
• Direct capital engineering projects (e.g., corrugator upgrades, die-cutters, slitters, material-handling automation) using ROI modeling, capacity analysis, and risk assessment
• Implement Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and statistical process control (SPC) methodologies to improve OEE, uptime, and quality consistency
• Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance programs, using failure-mode analysis (FMEA) and root-cause methodologies
• Analyze process data, production KPIs, and cost drivers to guide continuous improvement and operational scalability
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, and industrial safety engineering standards
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality assurance, supply chain, and R&D teams to improve product performance and customer specifications
• Manage plant P&L using quantitative financial modeling tied to operational metrics (yield, scrap, labor efficiency)
• Lead and develop a technical workforce including engineers, supervisors, maintenance technicians, and operators through structured training systems

Domestic (U.S.) travel up to 25% of the time.