General Manager Portland Recycle Job at Smurfit Westrock, Portland, OR

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  • Smurfit Westrock
  • Portland, OR

Job Description

The Opportunity:

The General Manager at WestRock Portland Recycle plant is responsible for the total operation and financial success of the facility. Management areas include plant operations (multi-shifts), compliance, safety, business development, employee management, and meeting corporate financial goals

Responsibilities:

As site leader, the General Manager is responsible for the safety, operational excellence and business results of a large, multi-product recycling facility. To successfully achieve the desired results, the GM has oversight and ownership for all business results working closely across all functions.

Key areas of accountability include:

• Drive a culture of safety across a multi-shift facility, investing in behavioral recognition programs and a strong focus on hazard recognition and prevention utilizing corporate resources and programs.

• Ensure a systematic approach to maintenance, preventative maintenance, and appropriate capital investments.

• Work with sales resources to ensure appropriate recycle contracts and drive profitable product disposition.

• Engage across local business and government operations to ensure contracts and services to the benefit of all.

• Collaborate with procurement, logistics, and customers to ensure best landed cost of product to internal mills.

• Negotiations with outside contractors, vendors, suppliers to ensure competitive services and prices as needed.

• Understands and drives the financial performance of the business.

• Engages regularly with employees to ensure alignment, communication and engagement across the facility.

• Leads with integrity and ensure the facility is compliant with all appropriate standards, policies and regulations.

• Oversees transportation fleet and ensures all compliance.

• Seeks out and develops new opportunities for increased business.

• Work closely with sales manager in developing and maintaining relationships with key accounts.

• Build effective relationships with all departments to produce strong customer relationships and a superior product.

• Build effective alliances with other WestRock plants to better serve customers that cross multiple plants.

• Provide a vision for the plant strategically linking resources of the facility with its respective markets.

• Foster employee development through training and other resources

• Values and seeks contributions from all team members and facilitate regular team meetings.

• Control cost within budgetary limits to achieve profitability.

• Review and understand annual budget, forecasts and monthly financial summaries for area

• Responsible for management of assets (P&L) to include material sourcing-procurement, sales, safety, plant operations, customer service, environmental, and quality.

What You Need:

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience in the single stream waste handling required.

General Manager experience preferred

Leadership experience a must

Effective negotiating skills.

Strong customer service mentality.

Job Tags

For contractors, Local area, Shift work,

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