Description Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of. bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters, and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. In addition, the company produces private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants and discount stores Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development-all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success. What you will do: Technical/Operational Consultation Develop and drive long range business plans, ensure a strong linkage between long term operational and commercial strategic objectives for the business. Research, identify and develop business opportunities and the necessary manufacturing capability needed to deliver to new products to market; collaborate across the division to gain alignment; develop & execute project plans supporting the 3+year strategy for the PPD business. Actively participate with sales, supply chain and operations in both product development and long-term capacity investment processes to ensure alignment with capabilities, customers, and market requirements to meet expected growth and financial objectives. Provide insights on available capacity, manufacturing capability, and product quality to meet tomorrow's demands; establish multi-year strategies. Leverage engineering technical experts with sales & marketing to identify market opportunities. Customer Focus Acts as customer advocate, able to provide operations a complete understanding of customer needs. Assists in the development of appropriate customer-related substrate and product specifications. Conducts pro-active customer calls to build relationships with customers and develop an in-depth understanding of the customer's processes and substrate requirements. Leadership Foster an environment that encourages employee engagement through demonstration and modeling of Clearwater Paper's Core Values Drive a culture of collaboration throughout sales, marketing, operations, and engineering across the division. Enable technical sustainment plans by promoting developing and transferring knowledge across work groups. Key Competencies & Attributes High degree of business curiosity; quick learner with a proactive and agile mindset Optimistically looks toward future for opportunities to innovate and improve Strong understanding of critical financial business metrics; ability to develop and leverage data to quantitively and analytically make business decisions and take smart risks Demonstrated ability to understand the organizational impact in decision making; see the big picture and distil it into action plans Able to think strategically and act tactically; hands on Demonstrated leadership courage to identify and communicate project risks; develop, align resources and communicate countermeasures to mitigate risks. Strong capability in project planning and management Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed and highly collaborative environment to influence change and core processes Demonstrated strong change management skills; aligning and bringing others along - act to improve culture, process, products Confidence in dealing with ambiguity; bringing different perspectives to light and rallying others to aligned goals and objectives Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal); leading and presenting complex materials for various audiences What you will need: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required, Master's Degree in either Engineering or MBA strongly preferred 10+ years