Supply Planning Associate (Atlanta, GA, US, 30328)

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

The Promotion Supply Planner within our Sales and Operations Planning Organization is responsible for gathering, monitoring, and distributing critical promotional information to the Customer, Sales, Customer Service, and coordinating with the S&OP team to optimize the balance of brand level inventory across the supply chain network in line with target customer service levels and divisional goals. This role is customer-facing and will require a skillset that enhances GPI’s partnership with our customers to align on project requirements, meet key timeline milestones, facilitate successful manufacturing execution and on-time delivery. This role will routinely make recommendations on volume, duration, and timing probabilities to reduce risk and inventory exposure.

Key Accountabilities

• Coordinate with customers and sales on multiple aspects of SKU promotions and limited time offerings (LTOs) including timing, duration, and volume allocations of promotional materials by customer locations and SKUs.
• Accurately analyze, predict, and recommend cannibalization effects to sustaining/stock SKUs where applicable.
• Thoughtfully communicate to the customer GPI’s expectations around lead times, minimum runs, etc. and proactively report on project needs and progress.
• Create and manage multiple promotion calendars and liability trackers for a diverse customer base
• Represent and be the “voice” of Promotion Planning for both internal and external stakeholders
• Identify and proactively communicate risks to expected timelines or promotional delivery
• Identify and manage potential promotional inventory obsolescence to minimize write-offs and appropriately assign, report, and manage liabilities through to resolution/final close out of projects
• Responsible for managing promotional material master data through MMR process
• Proactively communicate product availability and production plans to customer service team, customer, sales and other internal stakeholders

Required Skills

• Experience managing multiple concurrent and consecutive time-sensitive projects involving several stage gates with inputs and deliverables to/from both internal and external stakeholders
• Experience providing exceptional event-related service to an organization’s customers coupled with an eye toward managing costs and recovering costs from our customers in adherence to their contractual terms
• Proven ability to effectively collaborate, negotiate, and influence both internal and external stakeholders using data-based analysis and logic.
• Good understanding of internal GPI manufacturing processes, run strategies and constraints across multiple manufacturing sites
• Ability to manage and interpret diverse datasets, create and maintain analytical tools in Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrated practical application of effective problem solving and solution implementation using existing tools and processes or enhancing/designing new tools and processes as needed
• Ability to determine, summarize, and present “big picture” overviews for multiple simultaneous projects based on multiple data inputs
• Strong Organizational, time management, and priority-setting skills
• Attention to detail and a passion for data accuracy

Required Experience

• BS or BA in business, supply chain, or equivalent experience in a sales function that has interacted heavily with supply chain planning
• 1-3 years of supply chain planning, sales, B2B customer account management, and/or operations for a global or multi-plant manufacturing company with demonstrated increasing responsibility. Preference for multiple years involved in promotional planning and/or order management
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems, MS Excel, order management processes and business reporting systems
• Demonstrated successful order management/account management
• Experience in Paperboard Packaging a plus

Pay Range: $59,175.00-$78,900.00

Graphic Packaging is an equal opportunity employer and abides by all applicable federal, state provincial and local laws with respect to the recruitment and hiring process. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and hiring process free from discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Should you require an accommodation for a disability, please contact your Human Resources representative or email [email protected] . 

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