Supply Planning Associate

Supply Planning Associate

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

Required Experience

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

GPI's Benefit Program

Applicants will be accepted on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. This role is incentive plan eligible. Additional information will be shared during the hiring process. Each candidate's compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, knowledge, skills, past experience, job duties, geography, and business need, among other things. Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran / military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.