Your Job
Georgia-Pacific's Dixie Consumer Products is seeking qualified professionals for their Production Planner opportunity supporting the Fort Smith, Arkansas operation. This role is a key interlink between sales, product line, supply chain and our manufacturing. The Production Planner will service the production needs of the facility from vital supply ordering to the final finished good material and drive optimization of production planning in a high SKU manufacturing environment with multiple manufacturing lines.
Our Team
The Fort Smith Plant is part of the Dixie brand plates and bowls paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace.
We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our employees help other's and the business reach their full potential, promoting our Principle-Based Management culture to the work they do every day. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Fort Smith community.
What You Will Do
- Create and execute optimized finite machine production schedules in support of the business demand and plant performance goals.
- Serve as a liaison between the business, master scheduling and operation teams in support of achieving customer service level expectations.
- Take ownership of daily and weekly production plans, identifying potential obstacles to completing plans efficiently while meeting production targets. Meet on a cadence with the manufacturing team to assess production schedules and adjust as necessary based on production results. Optimize run quantities and minimize changeovers.
- Assure production plans are communicated timely and monitored. Daily assess material shortages that need to be expedited and follow up with the appropriate Deployment / Planning personnel to ensure commitments are achieved.
- Maintain system parameters, data, and settings to ensure the various systems utilize accurate data.
- Identify slow moving inventories and develop plans for disposition and waste reduction.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Experience in material planning or inventory Control Management.
- Experience working with an inventory control system.
- High school diploma
What Will Put You Ahead
- Bachelor's Degree or higher within a Supply Chain, Purchasing or Business field
- One (1) or more years of experience working within a manufacturing operation
- Experience as a production scheduler/planner working within a manufacturing operation
- Experience with SAP/WMS (Warehouse Management System) software
- Experience in a high SKU environment with multiple manufacturing facilities and multiple warehouse locations
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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. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, 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. 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
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 visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf
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