General Manager, Fletcher

Are you looking to join a dynamic, innovation-driven, international company, building a better future for us all? UPM leads the forest based bioindustry into a sustainable, innovation-driven, and exciting future. The competence, integrity and drive of our people make us unique. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. UPM Raflatac is looking for a General Manager to join our team located in Fletcher, NC. In this role you will provide inspired leadership and overall coordination for our growing Fletcher, NC factory operations. Greetings from your Future Manager: “This is an excellent opportunity to lead a motivated team, be a part of an energetic business team and collaborate across the organization to optimize operational efficiencies and support business growth. This role is critical to provide operational leadership to provide the expected level of service and quality to our customers. You will join a motivated and highly collaborative Films & Specials Americas Management team that is excited about you coming on board.” – Gabrielle Whittaker, Director Films & Specials, Americas What you will do: Oversee the production process and coordination of all activities to ensure enough resources on hand. Plan along with factory management the production schedules, estimate costs and prepare budgets to ensure workflow meets required deadlines. Coordinate Fletcher leadership team meeting. Encourage continuous improvement and safety culture so that it permeates at all levels. Overall responsibility of meeting factory targets. Instilling leadership and behaviors according to company policies and principles. Establish local food safety team, food safety targets, and policies within the factory. Involved in high profile local food safety recalls and customer claims. Allocates local resources for quality and food safety management system and CI. Accountable for quality, service, and food safety performance within the factory. Ensure and enforce collaboration between different functions. Ensure sufficient attention and support is given by the matrix organization departments for the local operation. Participate in Americas Management team meetings, reporting on Fletcher activities/developments and representing the interests of Fletcher team. Facilitate local policy decisions in the context of UPM and Americas policy frameworks. Lead Fletcher community relations activities. Perform all duties in full compliance to all laws, safety and environmental regulations, and in a manner consistent with company policies and procedures. Who you are: You have Bachelors degree or any combination of education and experience equivalent to BS in Engineering, Business or related area. You have a minimum of 7 years experience supervising manufacturing operations, preferably in the paper, converting or adjacent industry. You have great interpersonal skills, ability to encourage team work among diverse groups and provide leadership without direct authority. You must have good understand of business principles as applied to manufacturing and management of personnel. This is what we offer for you: Meaningful job: We are proud of what we do. Our work highlights the expertise of our personnel, the high quality of our products and the company's values. Inspired and motivated teams: We have a highly skilled workforce. We are a multifaceted, international organization that works as a team to achieve our shared objectives. Development opportunities: With us, you can build up your expertise. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career. Responsibility for people and environment: Our ethical principles embrace people as well as the environment. We are always striving to build a more sustainable future. Comprehensive benefit package: UPM’s benefit package includes medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and a 401(k) retirement plan. Additional information: Location: Fletcher, NC. Are you interested? Please apply via the link above and attach your CV and cover letter by July 10th, 2022. Please note that we are going through the applications already during the application period, and you may be contacted already before the application deadline. Only candidates authorized to work within the United States without sponsorship will be considered. If you have any technical issues with submitting your application, please contact our HR Service Center at careers@upm.com or 877-723-5247. This Job Description is intended to be a guide and is not intended to be a contract of employment, explicit or implicit. All contents are subject to change at the sole discretion of the company. Cooperation is expected of all employees. Other duties may be assigned as needed. UPM North America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. UPM Raflatac is leading in sustainable labeling through our innovative self-adhesive label materials and services. We offer high-quality paper and film label stock for branding and promotion, informational labels, and labels with functionality. We operate a global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices. Our company employs around 3,000 people and made sales of EUR 1.7 billion (USD 1.9 billion) in 2021. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM. Find out how we are labeling a smarter future beyond fossils at www.upmraflatac.com Follow UPM Raflatac on Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram #LI-POST