Shipping Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Shipping Manager at our Cleveland, TN Facility.

The Shipping Manager 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 and lead a crew of employees 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 Shipping Supervisor must also possess strong interpersonal communication and technical skills as well as being capable of leading transformation initiatives.

Our Team

The Cleveland plant employs 130 people and serves customers across the nation providing them with corrugated boxes.

This position provides opportunities for promotion both in Cleveland as well as many other Georgia-Pacific and Koch facilities across the country.

Come join our team!

You know us already! Georgia-Pacific is one of the nation's leading corrugated box manufacturers.

Check out these videos/links to learn more about the Corrugated Business at Georgia-Pacific:

www.gppackaging.com

What You Will Do


* Lead, motivate, and develop a team of shipping leads and hourly employees to improve individual and overall business performance goals.


* Foster and develop a culture based on Principled Based Management (PBM®) with a safety-first culture adhering to corporate and plant policies.


* Drive positive customer experience through daily management of On Time In Full (OTIF) metric and customer delivery expectations.


* Develop daily shipping plans to support plant operations and optimize local dedicated carrier utilization to mitigate freight costs.


* Manage warehouse inventories with focus on aged inventory management and unit organization.


* Manage dedicated carrier truck fleet and trailer pool.


* Evaluate deliveries, shipments, and product levels to improve inventory processes.


* Proactively manage forklift fleet with local and contract maintenance departments.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience supervising in shipping/warehouse management role and/or a manufacturing/industrial environment


* Proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and other relevant programs for maintaining records, data, documentation, and reporting


* Experience managing logistic processes and customer relationships

What Will Put You Ahead


* Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, systems engineering, supply chain management or similar


* Experience working in the corrugated packaging/containerboard industry on a corrugator OR in a converting operation


* Experience with computerized inventory systems


* Experience with TOPS, PCS, FFF, & KIWI

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