Title:  Manufacturing Supervisor

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

Individuals in these roles primarily focus on directing, leveraging, and guiding the work of 
others, and mobilizing resources. 
 Leaders typically manage two or more direct reports. 
 Responsible for the monitoring and achievement of operational and/or financial results for their 
area of responsibility. 
 Responsible for people management actions such as hiring, terminating, rewarding, training, 
and developing employees. 
 Progression within the levels reflects increase in scope and responsibilities as well as growth in 
business and industry experience, process and people leadership capabilities, and broad 
technical expertise. 
 Supervises entry level and experienced professionals and potentially para-professional 
employees. 
 Sets goals and objectives for team members for achievement of operational results. 
 Works on issues of general scope. 
 Problems faced may be difficult but typically not overly complex. 
 Analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of various factors and a general understanding 
of principles in own discipline and potentially a basic knowledge of other disciplines. 
 Supports team with day to day activities. 
 Applies general understanding of the business and coordinates with other areas to achieve 
department objectives. 
 Ensures policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, 
customers, and stakeholders. 
 Develops and administers schedules, performance requirements. 
 Assignments are defined by activities and objectives; work is reviewed for completeness and for 
adequacy in meeting objectives. 
 Decisions impact work processes and outcomes. 
 Errors in judgment or failure to achieve results may cause delays in schedules and potentially 
expenditure of resources. 
 Interacts frequently with internal personnel and may interact occasionally with external 
personnel. 
 Participates and presents at meetings with internal representatives. 
 Interaction typically concerns exchanging information and/or scheduling issues.

Safe Quality Food Responsibilities for all employees: 
 Follow all Plant rules, Processes, Hygiene, and Allergens procedures, related to production of 
Safe Quality Foods. 
 Report to person of authority to record any potentially unsafe conditions which may result in 
unsafe foods or noncompliance to SQF related procedures. 
 Participate in SQF Root Cause and Corrective Actions (from customer complaints, SQF audits, 
validation, and verification activities) as required. 
 Follow all procedures related to producing Safe Quality Foods (SQF). 
 Report any potentially unsafe SQF conditions or customer complaints to a person of authority to 
record and/or correct the situation. 
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
 Bachelor’s degree or related work experience required in lieu of degree. 
Must Include this disclaimer in this section:
The candidate must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, with or 
without a reasonable accommodation. Graphic Packaging retains the right to change or assign other 
duties to this position. 
KEY COMPETENCIES 
 Business acumen 
 Curiosity 
 Interpersonal skills 
 Influence skills 
 Self-starter 
 Negotiation skills 
 Organization skills 
 Results oriented