Manager Supply Planning CPG

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Manager/Senior Manager - Supply Planning to lead Retail Tissue supply planning from our Atlanta office. Hybrid arrangement includes weekly in-office presence.

You will build and lead a team of supply planners, shape S&OP, and drive service, cost and asset efficiency across the network. The successful candidate will collaborate with Category, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance and Logistics, champion process improvements, and enable product transitions and launches.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply planning, forecasting, supply chain, production planning, or inventory management.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across functions, build productive relationships, and communicate with diverse business partners.
• Experience leading and influencing teams and developing consensus decision-making.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, attract, retain, and develop talent - Lead team of supply planners. Advance the PBM culture and ensure each team member understands the shared vision and how his/her priorities create value for GP
• Manage the Sales and Operations Process (S&OP) - Enable development of short-term and long-term plans focusing on optimizing trade-offs between service, cost, and asset efficiency.
• Enable Service Excellence - Ensure brand item level targets are designed to meet competitive service levels at supply chain optimized costs
• Enhance Margin - Increase Category profitability through identification of and execution against Supply Chain efficiency opportunities that optimize manufacturing and distribution costs.
• Enable Growth - Facilitate execution of product transitions and launches of new items. Collaborate with Business Operations to resolve gaps in capacity where capital projects may be needed
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally - Develop preferred partnerships with key business leaders to enable improved decision making. Effectively gain alignment across a dispersed stakeholder group including Category, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, Logistics, and Supply Chain
• Transformation - Advocate, communicate value, and drive improvements in tools, processes, and metrics through the Retail Planning organization

Skills

Supply planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Process improvement

Tools

SAP IBP

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Manager/Senior Manager - Supply Planning to support Georgia Pacific's Consumer Products group. The ideal candidate is resourceful, can work autonomously, is an effective communicator and possesses entrepreneurship skills. Success also requires effective partnering across multiple capabilities resulting in a shared point of view. This individual will be responsible for Retail Tissue Supply Planning and will report to the Director of Retail Supply Chain.

Location: This role will work directly from our GP office in Atlanta, Georgia. While GP offers some work location flexibility, we have a hybrid approach that includes a weekly in-office presence.

What You Will Do

• Lead, attract, retain, and develop talent - Lead team of supply planners. Advance the PBM culture and ensure each team member understands the shared vision and how his/her priorities create value for GP
• Manage the Sales and Operations Process (S&OP) - Enable development of short-term and long-term plans focusing on optimizing trade-offs between service, cost, and asset efficiency. Clearly articular range of outcomes to proactively identify action plans
• Enable Service Excellence - Ensure brand item level targets are designed to meet competitive service levels at supply chain optimized costs
• Enhance Margin - Increase Category profitability through identification of and execution against Supply Chain efficiency opportunities that optimize manufacturing and distribution costs. Continue challenging assumptions for optimized transfer sourcing adherence to further reduce supply chain costs
• Enable Growth - Facilitate execution of product transitions and launches of new items. Collaborate with Business Operations to resolve gaps in capacity where capital projects may be needed
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally - Develop preferred partnerships with key business leaders to enable improved decision making. Effectively gain alignment across a dispersed stakeholder group including Category, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, Logistics, and Supply Chain
• Transformation - Advocate, communicate value, and drive improvements in tools, processes, and metrics through the Retail Planning organization

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in supply planning, forecasting, supply chain, production planning, or inventory management
• Ability to collaborate effectively across functions, build productive relationships, and communicate with diverse business partners
• Experience leading and influencing teams and developing consensus decision-making
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience coaching and developing talent
• Advanced knowledge of inventory planning and production planning processes
• Proficiency with planning software and statistical forecasting tools (SAP IBP, etc.)

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.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

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

• 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

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.