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Georgia-Pacific’s Safety ELP Program: Your Personal and Professional Growth Opportunity Kirk Mahan: Director-Safety Excellence & Innovation (Global Safety & Health) Chris Banyai: Safety Manager, Wheatfield, IN Gypsum. Georgia-Pacific At-A-Glance.
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Georgia-Pacific’s Safety ELP Program: Your Personal and Professional Growth Opportunity Kirk Mahan: Director-Safety Excellence & Innovation (Global Safety & Health) Chris Banyai: Safety Manager, Wheatfield, IN Gypsum
Georgia-Pacific At-A-Glance • Leading producer of tissue, towels, napkins, tableware, pulp, corrugated boxes, chemicals and wood products • 40,000 employees at 300 locations in North America, South America and Europe • Safety and health excellence is critical to success
Major Businesses Consumer Products Building Products Building Products Linerboard/Medium Packaging Cellulose Bleached Board Kraft Packaging Consumer tissue, towel and napkin Professional Dixie products Communication Papers • Plywood • Oriented Strand Board • Lumber • Gypsum • Chemicals • Engineered Wood Products
Program Highlights • Established in 2007 • Recognized talent pool for management positions • Excellent visibility with GP leadership endorsement • Networking opportunities with other entry-level participants and site leadership throughout the company • Mentoring during field assignments • Exposure to different facilities and processes • On the job training 8
ELP Rotation Overview • 3 month orientation to GP in Atlanta with the Global Safety & Health Department • 18-36 months in one or more GP manufacturing facilities and/or working with a business S&H leader to learn and apply safety and health, and to learn the business and manufacturing processes • After successful completion of the program, participants become GP facility safety and health professionals 9
Understanding the ELP Opportunity Exposure to working in different GP Businesses • More exposure makes a more focused vision • You will start to see “what good looks like” Your job is full of mentors; develop a never ending network 12
The Learning Never Stops . . . • Operations • Machine Reliability • Product Quality • Process Engineering • Workers’ Compensation • Human Resources • Environmental • Shipping • Security It’s good to know a lot about something and little bit about everything 13
The Learning Never Stops . . . The best way to learn something new is to teach Create tools for someone else to succeed Ask yourself what have I failed at today? 14
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