Logistics Shift Leader

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring a Logistics Shift Leader at our Fort Smith, AR 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.

Our Team

The Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith community.

What You Will Do

• Direct the flow of resources based on available labor and needs of shift.
• Communicate with internal resources in other departments to support operational material flow.
• Develop team members into Principled Entrepreneurs through an effective organizational structure, including Roles, Responsibilities and Expectations connected to the facility vision
• Build and support a culture where employees identify risks and work to reduce them
• Communicate with external resources (KBX, Deployment, Customer Service, Third Party Warehouse, OTR Drivers) to ensure flow of information to needed parties based on shipments and production inputs.
• Support Logistics team with system troubleshoot to deliver consistent flow of materials.
• Monitor all assets in department for impacts that may disrupt operation.
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Previous warehouse/logistics experience
• Computer experience - demonstrate ability to fully function in multiple system/warehouse applications
• Proven ability to take initiative and effectively lead team members
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with customers
• Ability to problem-solve and have attention to detail
• Must be able to multi-task and handle any competing demands
• Experience using Kronos and/or SAP or other CMMS
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering
• Experience managing and engaging a team in continuous improvement
• Experience working and leading in a union environment
  
  

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, aquí, or tu).