Storeroom Manager

We are looking for a Stores Manager to lead the Palatka Paper Mill Storeroom operations, overseeing $41 million in inventory across 21,000 SKUs and managing a team of 12 hourly employees. The ideal candidate will have strong communication, planning, and organizational skills, with an interest in inventory management. This role creates long-term value by applying the company's Principle-Based Management philosophy and Georgia-Pacific's Guiding Principles.

Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement ("SS&P") organization is responsible for the strategic category management, sourcing and procuring the critical supplies and materials that support more than 140 locations across the US. The SS&P organization is currently undergoing an exciting transformation where we are partnering with our business partners and leveraging best practices to build internal capabilities that uniquely position the team to improve decision making capabilities and capture significant spend and efficiency opportunities. This effort is a critical element in Georgia-Pacific's continuous transformation. It is an exciting time to be part of a growing team and at the center of the transformation to help mold the future state of the SS&P organization!

• Provide leadership for storeroom including supervision, safety management and skills development
• Work with storeroom team, customers, and suppliers to optimize inventory availability and carrying costs, in support of production and maintenance objectives
• Sustain progressive customer focus and value creation
• Meet compliance requirements for inventory accuracy, financial controls, environmental and quality verifications, and receipts accuracy
• Ensure inventory management excellence, including security, replenishment, proper storage and maintenance, timely receipt and issuance, inventory count and reconciliation, new item justification, timely inventory reviews for obsolescence and proper quantities
• Create computer generated reports, analyze data, and act on report data to determine course of action for problem resolution and performance improvement
• Develop and use metrics that accurately measure key performance indicators to drive continuous improvement and eliminate waste
• Manage mill receiving process to ensure accurate and timely receipt of all procured goods
• Maintain high standard of housekeeping, organized storage layout, and efficient parts flow
• Ensure stores tools and safety equipment are maintained to be safe and reliable
• Lead meetings and initiatives with operations teams to develop action plans to facilitate process improvements and resolution of inventory control problems
• Meet materials compliance, financial controls, stores best practice objectives
• Represent facility and corporate headquarters, affiliates, and other locations during meetings of Store's Managers and others for the purpose of advancing inventory management excellence and other improvement initiatives

• Bachelor's degree OR at least 4 years of relevant experience (inventory management, procurement, supply chain and/or maintenance experience)
• 2+ years in a supervisory role
• Working knowledge of SAP or similar inventory management system
• Microsoft Office experience to include: MS Word (document creation), Outlook (email and calendar usage) and Excel (creating and analyzing spreadsheets and data utilizing filters and pivot tables)

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Business
• Experience working in a manufacturing or maintenance environment
• Experience working with reporting tools, databases and/or data visualization tools (Tableau, Qlik, SQL, MS Access)
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA
• Knowledge of warehouse operations, maintenance and/or reliability concepts and best practices