Inventory Planner

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Georgia Pacific Packaging is hiring an Inventory Planner to ensure timely, cost effective replenishment of container board 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.

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.

• 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; escalate 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.

• 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).

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

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, AD&D, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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  for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information , aqui, or tu).