Key skills
LeadershipMentoring
About this role
Location(s)
Cleveland, Tennessee
Company
Georgia-Pacific
Career Field
Operations & Manufacturing
Job Number
188357
Your Job
Georgia-Pacific Corrugated is seeking a Converting Supervisor (3rd Shift) to join our Cleveland, TN box facility.
This is more than a supervisory role — it’s a change leadership opportunity. You’ll join a facility that’s already made significant strides in improvement and is positioned for continued investment and transformation. We’re looking for a hands-on leader who thrives in a dynamic, team-centered environment. Someone with grit, resilience, and the ability to coach, develop, and inspire both seasoned professionals and newer team members. This role is one of the most important and impactful in our company. Your leadership will directly influence how we achieve our goals and create long-term value. If you're driven to help a team win and grow your career in the process — we want to invest in you.
Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.
Our Team
The team at Cleveland, TN, specializes in full box-making operations, where they support the self-actualization of their employees. The Cleveland facility is located between Chattanooga and Knoxville. Cleveland is a stone’s throw from Great Smokey Mountains and Nantahala National Park for those who are outdoor enthusiasts. This position provides opportunities for promotion in Cleveland and many other Georgia-Pacific and Koch facilities across the country. Join our team! To learn more about this facility and our Packaging division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com.
What You Will Do
- Lead and support an operations team with a strong focus on safety, quality, and production goals
- Be a culture carrier — fostering teamwork, accountability, and continuous learning
- Drive safety ownership by promoting proactive hazard identification and resolution
- Support employee growth through hands-on coaching, training, and mentoring
- Champion waste reduction, machine center optimization, and production excellence
- Collaborate cross-functionally to meet quality and delivery expectations
- Manage scheduling, performance feedback, issue resolution, and team engagement for hourly team members
- Play a key role in facility transformation efforts, contributing to a vision of operational excellence
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Supervisory or Leadership experience in manufacturing
- Must train on first shift and move to 3rd shift after training is complete
- Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship
What Will Put You Ahead
- Corrugated industry experience
- Experience working in a unionized environment
- Experience with KIWI production system
- Experience with food grade (BRC) standards and compliance
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Hiring Philosophy
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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.
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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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