Supply Planner

Supply Planner Position

The Supply Planner position is responsible for planning inbound supply, inventory management, and service level metrics across multiple corrugated container plants within an assigned region. This role relies on both tactical and strategic approaches to build the most efficient supply chain across their respective facilities. Success is driven through detailed collaboration across many functions such as production planning, logistics, converting, and analytic teams. The purpose of the role is to drive supply chain excellence in the form of increased service rates at optimized inventory levels at the lowest cost to serve.

How you will impact WestRock:

• Work both independently and with the corrugated plant teams to improve the forecasting strategy and coordinate new product demand as well as customer and seasonal changes into supply needs.
• Identify and communicate inventory and service risks related to forecast changes or demand variability.
• Short and long-term planning to optimize inventory levels, plant efficiency, costs, and service levels. This includes participating in a collaborative, cross-functional, Sales Planning process; measuring and developing actionable improvement plans for key performance metrics.
• Provide short-term plan adjustments as necessary in response to volatile market conditions.
• Create metrics scorecards and reporting solutions.
• Manage inventory health - aged inventory, slow moving, and discontinued tons.
• Reconcile demand with manufacturing and distribution capabilities, enabling a rapid response to change.
• Develop a clear understanding of the plants supply chain and effectively managing inventory within that supply chain, which includes managing inventory levels to plant floor and receiving capacity.
• Understand the market conditions for our products, including how financial and customer pressures are continuous factors affecting service to both internal and external customers.
• Utilize the related planning systems to support inventory planning and positioning.
• Maintain, review, and update monthly inputs used to calculate safety stocks and inventory targets.
• Anticipate plant requirements and integrate those requirements into WestRocks supply chain practices.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years in supply chain functions with a broad range of products and customers.
• In-depth knowledge of Excel and forecasting tools.
• Multi-site inventory management is a plus.
• Must possess superior communication skills.
• This position will require up to 10% travel.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.