Pulp Scheduling & Logistics Lead

Sappi; Cloquet, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sappi North America in Cloquet seeks a supply chain specialist to coordinate between pulp procurement, production, global sales and logistics, ensuring timely fulfillment of customer orders.

The role focuses on scheduling production and shipments, forecasting inventory, and driving process improvements across SAP, ERP and MES systems while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams and customers.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office, Outlook, SharePoint, Elixir, Manufacturing Execution, ERP systems.
• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years' experience required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork and time management; autonomous and detail-oriented.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and publish the pulp production schedule to maximize machine utilization while meeting delivery and quality requirements.
• Validate customer and order information against production capabilities and resolve discrepancies.
• Serve as primary contact for customers, global sales, and logistics with timely order status updates.
• Maintain weekly sales forecasts and a three-month outlook; support forecasting and data analysis for planning.
• Produce month-end inventory and financial close reports and reconcile variances between physical and system inventories.
• Lead weekly Sales & Operations Planning calls and consolidate cross-functional updates.
• Maintain key systems and data (Elixir, SAP, MES, ERP interfaces, customer master data) to ensure continuity.
• Perform controls per SIN framework and participate in audits (Forestry Certification, ISO).
• Stay current on industry knowledge and participate in improvement initiatives.
• This role does not include formal on-call responsibilities but may require after-hours guidance occasionally.

Skills

SAP

Microsoft Office

Outlook

SharePoint

Elixir

Manufacturing Execution

ERP

Learning Agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Logistics, Business Studies or equivalent

Job description

Sappi North America in Cloquet seeks a supply chain specialist to coordinate between pulp procurement, production, global sales and logistics, ensuring timely fulfillment of customer orders.

The role focuses on scheduling production and shipments, forecasting inventory, and driving process improvements across SAP, ERP and MES systems while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams and customers.