Area Vice President, Missouri Region at Smurfit Westrock

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate. Career Opportunity: The Area Vice President is responsible for managing the entire operation of the Missouri Area (Liberty, MO, Blue Springs, MO, Chesterfield, MO, Highland, IL, Springfield Box, MO, Springfield Sheet, MO, Rogers, AR, and Ft. Smith, AR), which includes sales, production, customer service, transportation and logistics, safety, human resources, financial, environmental, quality, maintenance, engineering and community relations. Responsible for creating plan that outlines how area will meet objective of achieving overall budget or better. Directly responsible for providing leadership, mentoring, coaching, and direction to direct reports, including establishing goals and being accountable for achieving those goals. Reports to: Senior Vice President Direct Reports: General Managers How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock: • Serve as the Area Vice President, reporting to the Senior Vice President (Regional), with Profit and Loss responsibility for the entire Area. • Review and understand annual budget, forecasts, and monthly financial summaries for Area • Work with Regional Finance Manager and Regional Business Analytics Manager to analyze sales and manufacturing problems/issues in plants and provide creative solutions • Accountable for directing the sales and production of a multi-plant division to meet short- and long-range divisional objectives with optimum efficiency • Assist in recruiting, hiring, training, and managing: Production Managers, Sales Manager, Customer Service, Logistics, and Planning Manager, Finance Manager, HR & Safety Manager, and Quality Manager within assigned area • Create, build, and develop a robust succession planning process that strengthens the leadership pipeline and supports talent continuity across each plant, the Area, the Region, and Smurfit Westrock as a whole. • Establish working relationships and consistent communication with Business Unit management team and other General Managers within area • Build effective alliances with other Areas and Business Units to better serve customers that cross multiple business units • Committed to Cultural Excellence and have the ability to develop effective teams. • Create and sustain a culture of employee engagement that strengthens retention and drives continued reductions in attrition and turnover across the Area. • Committed to meeting current and future expectations and requirements of customers, and resolving customer issues that arise • Ensure that all Business Unit Customer Service, Logistics, and Planning teams within region are meeting overall service objectives • Ensure production successfully meets customer requirements at lowest total cost and ensure effective delivery of services to internal and external customers with lowest total cost fulfillment • Lead SAFE process and achieve Division and Corporate Goals through enforcement of employee accountability with regard to a safe work environment, quality, and operating efficiencies • Ensure all safety and environmental requirements are in compliance with Corporate, State, and Federal Regulations • Ensure sales team is developing and implementing Sales Excellence Program • Work with Corporate Sales Managers on strategic Business Unit growth opportunities • Build effective partnerships with union and union stewards, intervene with union issues and negotiations when necessary • Monitor and report results against established key performance indicators including clear weekly reporting metrics • Maintain assets, including building, land, equipment vehicles, and other company assets Competenc