Logistics Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Logistics Leader at our Darlington, SC Facility. The ideal person will utilize leadership, logistics experience, and communication to identify and convert change improvement opportunities related to people, process, and systems. You will demonstrate safety as the primary value to exceed shipping expectations for operations, vendors, and customers. The Logistics and Warehouse Leader must also possess strong interpersonal communication and technical skills as well as being capable of leading transformation initiatives.

Our Team

The Darlington 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 others, 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 Darlington community.

What You Will Do

• Lead, recruit, and develop a team of material flow employees and shift leaders to maintain a safe and fulfilling work environment.
• Execute key business strategies by managing both automated and manual material movements to enhance operational flow.
• Develop team members into Principled Entrepreneurs through an effective organizational structure, including Roles, Responsibilities and Expectations connect to the sit vision.
• Maintain accurate inventory levels of raw materials and finished goods, impacting production and deployment planning.
• Optimize production planning to align with facility goals and support corporate planning groups.
• Eliminate waste and improve inefficiencies in internal and external procedures, championing innovative ideas from all organizational levels.
• Foster positive relationships with contractors, material handlers, internal/external customers, and corporate partners.
• Utilize key metrics to identify trends and proactively address potential issues.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, systems engineering, supply chain management or similar.
• Previous experience with reporting tools via SAP, Tableau, PowerBI.
• Solid understanding of logistics and supply chain management.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external partners.
• Experience working directly with Regional & Local Distributions Centers
• Experience leading hourly and salary teams

What Will Put You Ahead

• Proven experience in managing logistics processes and relationships.
• Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Familiarity with warehouse management and automation systems
• Experience with DOT regulations for Intermodal and Dry Van.

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 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 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 click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).