Inventory Planner

Georgia Pacific; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific Packaging is hiring an Inventory Planner to ensure timely, cost-effective replenishment of containerboard roll stock to our corrugated plants. Your planning decisions directly affect plant uptime, freight efficiency, sourcing cost, and our ability to deliver sheets and boxes on time to customers.

This is an onsite role based at GP Center in downtown Atlanta, GA with a hybrid schedule of 3 days onsite/2 days work-from-home per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 1 year inventory/supply chain experience OR 5 years inventory/supply chain experience in manufacturing.
• Strong Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data analysis).
• Willingness to travel (up to 5 overnight trips/year).

Responsibilities

• Create and execute replenishment plans using inventory management/ERP tools to meet demand while minimizing stockouts and excess inventory.
• Monitor daily inventory positions and proactively adjust plans for demand and supply changes; escalation risks and drive corrective actions.
• Lead weekly operations reviews with supported plants to confirm demand, resolve inventory issues, and assign action items.
• Coordinate with mill production planning and transportation to align mill outbound and plant inbound schedules—balancing cost, service, and capacity constraints.
• Approve warehousing/3PL invoices and resolve supplier billing discrepancies.
• Travel to mills and supported plants up to 5 times/year to build relationships, deepen operational knowledge, and drive improvements.
• Review and analyze key KPIs the company uses to track successful inventory planning
• Cost management: recommend and implement optimal shipping mode and routing, select the most cost-effective supply source, and minimize demurrage/detention and freight related charges.

Skills

Excel

Travel readiness

ERP knowledge

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP system(s)

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Packaging is hiring an Inventory Planner to ensure timely, cost-effective replenishment of containerboard roll stock to our corrugated plants. Your planning decisions directly affect plant uptime, freight efficiency, sourcing cost, and our ability to deliver sheets and boxes on time to customers.

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific Packaging is hiring an Inventory Planner to ensure timely, cost-effective replenishment of containerboard roll stock to our corrugated plants. Your planning decisions directly affect plant uptime, freight efficiency, sourcing cost, and our ability to deliver sheets and boxes on time to customers.

This is an onsite role based at GP Center in downtown Atlanta, GA. This team generally works a hybrid schedule of 3 days onsite/2 days work-from-home per week.

Our Team

You’ll join a collaborative, cross-functional supply chain team that partners with Production Planners, Trades and Purchasing, mill shipping and supply chain, corrugated plants and sheet feeders, and other capability groups to balance service and cost.

What You Will Do

• Create and execute replenishment plans using our inventory management/ERP tools to meet demand while minimizing stockouts and excess inventory.
• Monitor daily inventory positions and proactively adjust plans for demand and supply changes; escalation risks and drive corrective actions.
• Lead weekly operations reviews with supported plants to confirm demand, resolve inventory issues, and assign action items.
• Coordinate with mill production planning and transportation to align mill outbound and plant inbound schedules—balancing cost, service, and capacity constraints.
• Approve warehousing/3PL invoices and resolve supplier billing discrepancies.
• Travel to mills and supported plants up to 5 times/year to build relationships, deepen operational knowledge, and drive improvements.
• Review and analyze key KPIs the company uses to track successful inventory planning
• Cost management: recommend and implement optimal shipping mode and routing, select the most cost-effective supply source, and minimize demurrage/detention and freight related charges.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree + 1 year inventory/supply chain experience OR 5 years relevant experience in inventory/supply chain within a manufacturing environment
• Strong Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data analysis)
• Willingness to travel (up to 5 overnight trips/year)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in the packaging industry (containerboard/corrugated)
• Experience with rail and truck logistics
• Experience using ERP system(s)
• Experience using Power BI

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As 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.

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.

• 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 is 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

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