Demand Planner

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Demand Planner to own and improve forecast accuracy for tissue category, partnering with Sales and Customer Planning to drive alignment. This onsite role inAtlanta offers a hybrid schedule with three days in the office weekly. Local candidates or those willing to relocate are encouraged to apply.

You will leverage SAP IBP, Excel, and Power BI to analyze trends, monitor bias, and present data-driven recommendations to leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in demand planning, supply chain, forecasting, category management, or sales planning.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the demand forecast across a 13-week execution horizon and 18+ month planning horizon.
• Analyze trends, seasonality, customer demand signals, promotions, product transitions, and market changes to develop an accurate forecast.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, bias, risks, and opportunities, while maintaining a clear point of view supported by data.
• Lead monthly Demand Alignment and Demand Review processes for your category.
• Build consensus across Sales, Supply Chain, Customer Planning, and Category teams while owning the final forecast recommendation.
• Communicate forecast changes, key assumptions, risks, and business impacts to stakeholders and leadership.
• Use SAP IBP, Excel, Power BI, and other tools to improve forecast quality and business decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate reporting, and enhance forecasting capabilities.
• Translate data into actionable business insights and recommendations.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

Cross-functional influence

Data analysis

Communication

Tools

SAP IBP

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC is adding to the team! The Demand Planner will be responsible for category demand planning and key account planning for the tissue category within our Consumer Products business. This position will partner with sales and customer planning to gain customer insights, develop a forecast point of view, and lead S&OP meetings with our category team to gain forecast alignment.

Location: This is an onsite role at our GP HQ in downtown Atlanta, GA. We offer a hybrid work schedule, with three days in the office each week. We are seeking local applicants, or candidates that are willing to relocate to the area.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose and building products. Our familiar consumer brands include Quilted Northern, Angel Soft, Brawny, Dixie, enMotion, Sparkle and Vanity Fair. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world's largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates more than 80,000 jobs indirectly.

What You Will Do

Forecast Ownership

• Own and improve the demand forecast across a 13-week execution horizon and 18+ month planning horizon.
• Analyze trends, seasonality, customer demand signals, promotions, product transitions, and market changes to develop an accurate forecast.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, bias, risks, and opportunities, while maintaining a clear point of view supported by data.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead monthly Demand Alignment and Demand Review processes for your category.
• Build consensus across Sales, Supply Chain, Customer Planning, and Category teams while owning the final forecast recommendation.
• Communicate forecast changes, key assumptions, risks, and business impacts to stakeholders and leadership.
• Use SAP IBP, Excel, Power BI, and other tools to improve forecast quality and business decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate reporting, and enhance forecasting capabilities.
• Translate data into actionable business insights and recommendations.

Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Use SAP IBP, Excel, Power BI, and other tools to improve forecast quality and business decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate reporting, and enhance forecasting capabilities.
• Translate data into actionable business insights and recommendations.

The Experience You Will Bring (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in demand planning, supply chain, forecasting, category management, or sales planning
• Strong analytical and forecasting capabilities.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams through data-driven insights.
• Comfort challenging assumptions and providing an independent point of view.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with SAP IBP planning system
• Experience in Consumer Goods segment; focused on demand planning, statistical forecast management, and end-to-end supply chain planning

(This position is not eligible for sponsorship)

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy: All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are: Georgia-Pacific is a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

Our benefits plan includes:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities: Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc