Production Scheduler

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LLC is seeking a Production Scheduler for our Port Hudson facility in Zachary, Louisiana. The Production Scheduler creates and executes optimized finite-machine production schedules that meet business demand and plant performance goals. This role acts as the liaison between commercial/master scheduling and manufacturing operations, owns daily/weekly production plans, anticipates and removes obstacles to plan completion, and continuously optimizes run quantities and changeovers to maximize throughput and customer service.

For over 50 years, the Port Hudson Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 300 employees, Port Hudson strives to lead the tissue and towel business. Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

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• Create, maintain, and execute finite-capacity production schedules across machines and lines to meet customer demand and plant targets.
• Serve as the operational liaison between Sales/Customer Service, Master Scheduling, and Manufacturing to align priorities and support customer service level commitments.
• Own daily and weekly production plans: monitor progress, identify potential obstacles (material, machine, labor), and coordinate corrective actions.
• Conduct regular schedule-review cadences with manufacturing (e.g., daily operations huddle, weekly planning review) to review production results and adjust plans.
• Optimize run lengths and minimize changeovers by balancing SKU priorities, machine constraints, and inventory targets.
• Monitor and communicate production plans to affected teams in a timely manner; ensure changes are documented and acknowledged.
• Identify material shortages and expedite needs; follow up with Deployment / Planning / Procurement to close supply gaps and ensure commitments are met.
• Maintain accuracy of system parameters, master data, routings, machine calendars, and changeover times so scheduling tools can generate realistic plans.
• Identify slow-moving inventories and support disposition strategies (promotions, salvage, rework) to reduce waste and carrying costs.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives (SMED/changeover reduction, line efficiency, yield improvements) and contribute to root-cause problem solving.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards in all scheduling decisions and communications.
• Prepare and present schedule performance reports to stakeholders and leadership.

• Experience in production scheduling, planning in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with scheduling tools (Aspen Tech, Quintig, Optessa, Preactor etc.) and ERP systems (SAP. Oracle, infor etc.)

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or related field.
• Pulp and Paper industry experience
• Analytical skills (Power BI, Tableau, Python) for schedule and inventory analytics.

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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…