Logistics Manager

Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Logistics Manager at our West Monroe, LA Facility. The ideal person will utilize leadership, logistics experience, and communication to identify and convert change improvement opportunities related to people, process, and systems. The ideal candidate will demonstrate safety as the primary value to exceed shipping expectations for operations, vendors, and customers. The candidate must be self-driven and demonstrate a commitment to safety, manufacturing excellence and quality. The Logistics Manager must also possess strong interpersonal communication and technical skills as well as being capable of leading transformation initiatives.

Our Team
The team at West Monroe specializes in our rectangular or octagonal bulk bins. These products provide strength, helping to reduce warehouse and freight costs, increasing stacking limits, and superior product protection. Come join our team! To learn more about this facility and our Packaging division, please visit: [1] www.gppackaging.com

What You Will Do
* Lead, motivate and develop a team of hourly employees to increase individual and overall business performance goals
* Collaborate in daily and weekly OTIF planning and strategy meetings, continuously striving for OTIF improvement
* Foster and develop a culture based on our Principled Based Management (PBM)
* Promote a safety culture that will manufacture, warehouse, and deliver contaminate free products meeting all required product safety laws, regulations, and corporate policies
* Manage shipping and warehouse functions along with inventory accuracy for the plant and 3rd party warehouses
* Collaborate with outside carriers to manage truck fleets along with outside vendors
* Evaluate deliveries, shipments, and product levels to improve inventory problems and shortages
* Managing RCA completion and action closure tracking on all external carrier/warehouse OTIF misses

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* Experience managing logistic processes and relationships
* Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead
* Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, systems engineering, supply chain management or similar
* Previous experience with CSC Vue within KIWI System, BGO (Board Grade Optimization) and Orion
* Prior experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment
* Certification as an OSHA Train the Trainer Forklift Instructor
* Experience with computerized inventory systems

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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy [2] here.

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 [3] 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.

Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: [4] http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

References

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1. https://www.gppackaging.com
2. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture
3. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy
4. http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf