CAREER OPPORTUNITY:

Responsible for managing and developing the West Point Mill Shipping Department. This includes the roll line for three containerboard paper machines, finishing, warehousing, loading, and all other shipping activities/areas. Priorities of this leader and the department are Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Reliability/Cost/Production.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT SMURFIT WESTROCK:

• Manages, develops, and improves department safety, personnel, maintenance requests, and budget.

• Manages a team of 2 salary (Shipping Supervisor and Material Mgmt. Associate) and 31 hourly employees.

• Responsible for developing and implementing loading plans and methods to ensure safe, damage-free delivery.

• Ensure all departmental training needs are documented and current in C-Pro.

• Works with railroad and corporate supply chain on rail related items.

• Boxcar quality and supply

• Rail complaints

• Track issues

• Works with AAR, railroad and corporate transportation on developing new loading plans or loading trials as needed.

• Helps coordinate machine scheduling with paper mill and production planning to ensure machines are trimmed in efficient manner and meets customer and mill needs.

• Manage third party spotting service for the mill.

• Work with corporate transportation team on truck, rail, & intermodal needs.

• Works closely with OCC area and Smurfit Westrock OCC planners and transportation to make sure mill OCC unloading and onsite trailers are handled in way to support OCC and paper reloading.

• Help coordinate and manage mill storage and use of supplemental fiber in bale or roll form.

• Expedites as needed

• Tracking and tracing

• Daily inventory management

• Leads and coordinate mill, logistics, or other supply chain projects as needed.

• Weekend duty rotation for shipping. Generates mill rail switch list when on duty and ensures that the area is covered each weekend for the rail switch and operationally.

• Coordinates roll broke shipments with WestRock reclaim sales.

• Attend paper mill meetings & morning mill production meetings as needed.

• Work with corporate supply chain and Logistics on finished good inventory reduction and process enhancement projects.

• Serve as a behavioral change agent responsible for promoting mill culture, including commitment to quality, and organizational effectiveness among all employee groups at this site.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor\u2019s degree preferred and 5 years experience in manufacturing environment with Logistics and production planning background

• Preferred 2-3 years of managing others.

• Qualifications / Training Preferred: 6 Sigma Green Belt Certified, APICS Basics of Supply Chain Management

• Proficient in: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, JD Edwards, Oracle, Panther, C-Pro, Smurfit Westrock complaint system.

• Eligible to work in the United States

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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 integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.