Shipping Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Shipping Manager at our Cleveland, TN Corrugated site. The Shipping Manager will utilize leadership, operations experience, and communication to identify and convert change improvement opportunities related to people, process, and systems.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturing company specializing in Paper, Packaging, Consumer, and Building Products.

What You Will Do

• Lead, motivate and develop a team of hourly employees to increase individual and overall business performance goals; Develop direct report development plans and people management strategies
• Collaborate in daily and weekly OTIF planning and strategy meetings, continuously striving for OTIF improvement
• Foster and develop a culture based on our Principle 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
• Focus on shipping efficiencies for On Time and In Full customer deliveries
• Communicate with Sales and Customer Service teams to meet customer needs
• 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
• Chief Safety Officer for the site on Mobile Equipment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a shipping/warehouse role in a manufacturing/industrial environment

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, systems engineering, supply chain management or similar
• Prior experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment
• Certificated as an OSHA Train the Trainer Forklift Instructor
• Experience with computerized inventory systems
• Experience using ERP/WMS software systems
• Project Management Experience

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 (3) business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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 , aquí , or tu ).