Neenah is actively searching for a Vice President of Operational Excellence to join our Global Operations Team. As the SME for Continuous Improvement, the VP of Operational Excellence will be a global thought leader, responsible for executing the vision and course of the Neenah Operating System (NOS). This position will participate in the deployment of strategy, initiatives, associated activities and roadmaps. S/he will direct efforts within the leadership team to become best in class for safety and delivery, improve quality, reduce waste, and maximize process performance. Success in this position of high influence will require strong leadership through strategic training, coaching, project management and effective facilitation of the transformation process and events. Their action oriented team will partner with operations to identify areas of process improvement and execute specific production projects and implement the Neenah Operating System across multiple functions and locations. This is a newly created position, for an organization in the early stages of their Lean journey. It will be key that the incumbent leads teams to embrace a new practice, encourage all to lead with a process thinking mindset and promote best practice sharing across facilities. NOS will be deployed across the organization in a manner that empowers employees and creates a high level of personal accountability. The VP of Operational Excellence needs to be visible in the plants and be a trusted partner and expert resource to the plant managers and operational leaders.
Neenah has built a tradition of innovation, service and growth since its founding in 1873 and we create value by improving the image and performance of everything we touch. We do that by providing real world solutions for brand owners that grow their top and bottom line sales. Based in Alpharetta, GA with R&D and manufacturing facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany, Neenah is a publicly traded company and a global leader serving customers across 6 continents in more than 80 countries. We are a leading manufacturer of both specialty, performance-based products that serve a variety of end markets, and premium fine papers and packaging used to convey and enhance image through unique colors, textures, and finishes. Neenah presents true, varied and exciting choices that are both environmentally and aesthetically exceptional through sound environmental practices at our manufacturing facilities.
An outstanding opportunity exists for the right person to join Neenah, Inc. at the Whiting Mill in Stevens Point, WI.
This position provides technical support and guidance to paper production crews to meet production and quality goals while emphasizing safe working practices and collaborating with maintenance to optimize equipment. The ideal candidate has the attitude, initiative, and excellent skills to support Neenah’s collaborative, high-achievement culture.
Neenah offers an attractive benefit package to all full-time employees which includes incentive pay, 401(k), medical, dental, vision and group life.
Neenah Filtration is looking for Manufacturing Shift Team Leader to join our dynamic team where your experience and efforts make a difference. This position will be located in Appleton, WI supporting our Filtration Assets. The incumbent will work within the Operations Department to support key initiatives and help drive and achieve short and long-term goals.
The Manufacturing Shift Team Leads are responsible for supervising, providing technical support and guidance to paper machine, saturator and rewinder crews to meet production and quality goals while emphasizing safe working practices and collaborating with maintenance to optimize equipment. These positions will play a key role in operations leadership through the engagement of manufacturing employees by providing visible support, fostering open communications, coaching and developing manufacturing employees in a safety conscious environment resulting in a benchmark operations culture. The Shift Team Leads typically rotate shifts with the potential for some weekend coverage.
Neenah Filtration is looking for a Process Engineer to join our dynamic team where your experience and efforts make a difference. This position will be located in Appleton, WI supporting our Filtration Assets. The incumbent will work within the Operations Department to support key initiatives and help drive and achieve short and long-term goals. This position will be expected to help look at the overall business (from raw materials to finished product), prioritize process improvements needs, work with the team to find solutions and take responsibility for implementing those solutions.
The incumbent will provide technical support and guidance to manufacturing production crews to meet production and quality goals while emphasizing safe working practices and collaborating with maintenance to optimize equipment. The ideal candidate has the attitude, initiative, and excellent skills to support Neenah’s collaborative, high-achievement culture.
