Area Vice President, Missouri Region

Area Vice President, Missouri Region

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.

The Area Vice President is responsible for managing the entire operation of the Missouri Area, 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

Competencies:

Decision Making Abilities: Make appropriate decisions to satisfy customer needs, take appropriate steps to implement decisions.

Vision and Strategy: Create and deliver an effective vision of the future to maximize company performance; communicate that vision in a way that effectively inspires others; Successfully translate vision into concrete strategic action.

Customer Orientation: Ability to operate with customer's best interest in mind.

Planning and Organizing: Establishing a course of action for self or others to accomplish a specific goal; planning proper assignments of personnel and appropriate allocation of resources.

Coaching: Facilitate the development of others' knowledge and skills; provide timely support, feedback, and guidance to help them reach goals.

Teamwork and Collaboration: Work effectively with others in support of area, region and company initiatives and goals; cooperate and demonstrate positive attitude toward others.

Team Building: Build and develop a high-performing team by placing the right people in the right roles to meet current priorities and position the company for future success.

Ethics & Integrity: Behave in accordance with Smurfit WestRock's culture and operating principles at all times, and rewards the same behavior to others. Take action based upon the best interest of the Company rather than how it affects him/her personally.

Adaptability to Change: Respond quickly to changing demands, processes, and updated information.

Communication Skills: Communicate routinely with other Regional Vice President and Business Unit leadership team and complete written reports as required on a timely basis.

Creativity: Bring improvement ideas to customers, plants and packaging design ideas to Corporate, develop and present innovative ideas and solutions.

Initiative: Take action, initiate projects in pursuit of greater profitability, anticipate potential problems and address them early.

What You Need to Succeed:

Bachelor's Degree (Business or related field preferred)

15+ years of related professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum 10 years of cross-functional experience in Sales, Manufacturing, Safety, Quality, Environmental Compliance, and Financial Management

Ability to focus on outcomes that drive higher earnings, improve volume and lower costs

Ability to create and promote a culture that propels high employee and customer satisfaction

Capable of understanding how situations impact your decisions, behavior, communications, and others

Demonstrated commitment to driving customer satisfaction, financial performance, and employee satisfaction

Ability and discipline to manage your time and priorities in fast-paced and ever-changing environment

Demonstrated experience in sales and ability to build solid relationships and understand customer needs

Possess strong verbal, written and presentation skills to effectively and confidently communicate with a broad range of stakeholders including customers, associates, business unit management team and regional and corporate leadership

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.