Logistics Specialist
Georgia Pacific
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Lexington, Kentucky
Contract type: Full time
Your Job
Georgia Pacific is immediately hiring for a Logistics Specialist to join our Dixie team in Lexington, Kentucky. This role requires strong skills in logistics, inventory management, technical support, process improvement, safety, and long-term asset care. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in logistics operations, with a focus on delivering proactive and responsive solutions to business needs. Key responsibilities include safely enhancing productivity and reducing costs through process optimization, as well as improving operational knowledge and skills. Additionally, the candidate will serve as the primary escalation point and support for the on-shift team, which may require additional flexibility and availability.
Our Team
The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie brand cups and lids 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 reaches 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 Lexington community.
What You Will Do
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).
Georgia Pacific is immediately hiring for a Logistics Specialist to join our Dixie team in Lexington, Kentucky. This role requires strong skills in logistics, inventory management, technical support, process improvement, safety, and long-term asset care. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in logistics operations, with a focus on delivering proactive and responsive solutions to business needs. Key responsibilities include safely enhancing productivity and reducing costs through process optimization, as well as improving operational knowledge and skills. Additionally, the candidate will serve as the primary escalation point and support for the on-shift team, which may require additional flexibility and availability.
Our Team
The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie brand cups and lids 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 reaches 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 Lexington community.
What You Will Do
- Embrace influential leadership to support the organization while advancing our Principle-Based Management (PBM) culture.
- Aligning resources to a common priority; ensure that assigned resources are effective and required resources are urgently requested and obtained.
- Work with site team members in capturing process improvement opportunities.
- Communicate with external resources (KBX, Deployment, Third Party Warehouse, OTR Drivers, Spotting Service) to ensure the flow of information to needed parties based on shipments and production inputs.
- Effectively support the on-shift Logistics team.
- Research ways to increase inventory accuracy.
- Communicate with hourly team members about errors found and assist in helping them understand the process and how the error affects inventory accuracy.
- Participate in Department DO Meetings.
- Manage the trailer pool and FIFO trailers in the yard.
- Act as the RIM owner for the department, accurately processing shipping and receiving documentation.
- Monitor, research, and clear Queue errors.
- Provide daily and weekly reporting of department KPIs.
- Two (2) or more years of leadership experience within a warehouse environment.
- Experience working within manufacturing, warehousing, or inventory management.
- Experience performing cycle counts and auditing inventory.
- Experience using multiple computer systems and/or warehouse applications.
- Five (5) years or more of experience working within a logistics environment.
- Knowledge and experience with reliability systems, work processes, implementation, and continuous improvements.
- Knowledge and experience working in an inventory or logistical management system.
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).
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