HR Manager / Senior HR Manager

Your Job

We are seeking a Human Resources Manager to join the HR team at Georgia-Pacific’s Leaf River Cellulose facility in New Augusta, MS.  

The ideal candidate will have a passion for building company culture, building organizational capability, strategic partnering with operations leaders and supervisors, and contributing to business transformation.

We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills and business acumen who can apply principles of economic thinking. This leader will also create and execute strategies to advance business priorities and to build and maintain an advantaged talent position while ensuring compliance with all labor laws and standards.

Proactively seeking and sharing knowledge and providing respectful challenge to ideas as a true thought partner will be key to success. A successful leader in this role will have the passion for building business partner capability within the HR organization to advance our culture and results.

This is an onsite role and will require that you live in the local area of New Augusta, MS or be open to relocating.

Our Team

The HR Manager will lead the Leaf River HR team and will provide support to the Leaf River Operations team. Leaf River is a nonunion facility in South Mississippi, just 20 miles from Hattiesburg, with a dedicated workforce of about 320 employees. For 40 years, the Leaf River team has focused on producing top quality chemical cellulose, custom fibers, and non-woven materials for products like diapers, baby wipes, and coffee filters. As part of Georgia-Pacific’s Cellulose business, Leaf River exemplifies safety, operational, and environmental excellence.

What You Will Do

• Create a competitive advantage for the site by supporting the advancement and application of Principled Based Management across the business.
• Quickly build effective working relationships centered on trust by way of practical and strategic guidance to leaders/supervisors across the mill.
• Partner with HR team and the mill leadership team to advance facility and Company vision, priorities, and strategies.
• Own the strategic plan development of building an advantaged talent position alongside the facility leadership teams.
• Deploy strong economic thinking capabilities (financial acumen, risk optimization, marginal analysis, etc.)
• Understand key business drivers/priorities to formulate and execute appropriate solutions.
• Use data analytics to drive labor optimization efforts.
• Develop and implement HR strategies that enable attainment and advancement of business strategy, including the areas of talent, organizational change, organizational design, incentives, etc.
• Leverage and build preferred partnerships with our capabilities to achieve overall business objectives.
• Design, build, and enhance leadership teams and elevate leader performance.
• Partner with site leaders in the areas of performance management, succession planning, organizational development, and change management.
• Partner with Learning & Development in their efforts to continually enhance the skills and capabilities of our employees.
• Provide guidance to leaders to ensure compliance with all labor laws and standards.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Proven experience with HR related processes that might include – culture development, selection, performance management, talent/org planning, etc.)
• Experience as an HR Manager or HR Business Partner
• Experience supporting site leadership teams directly
• Experience influencing and coaching leaders within a business environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field
• Experience in a supervisory role where you have developed HR teams and HR professionals
• Experience with data analytics; analyzing data, pulling reports, etc. to execute on opportunities

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.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day –to make everyday products even better. 

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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