WestRock Company · 17 hours ago
Master Planner - Supply Chain
CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expWestRock is a global packaging company committed to sustainability and innovation. The Master Planner is responsible for balancing demand and supply across Corrugated Packaging plants, driving solutions to meet strategic objectives and financial commitments while collaborating with various teams.
CommercialManufacturingPackaging ServicesPaper ManufacturingSustainability
Responsibilities
Balance demand forecasts across plants by proactively reviewing demand against orders and capacity; identify gaps and drive solutions development to align supply plans to meet our strategic and financial commitments
Identify potential bottlenecks or excess capacity across the node, partner with supply planning and operations to develop and recommend proposals to mitigate supply and cost risk
Ensure orders are routing appropriately to plants in node to maximize OTIF
On an exception basis, re-balance demand and orders as needed and collaborate with other Master Planners and Supply Planners to balance across nodes
Assign primary plants to new items and local customers and collaborate with Supply Planning to assign primary and backup plants to new national customers once node is determined
Develop inventory planning strategies by setting seasonal, pre-build, contractual, and Days of Supply targets for converting facilities, ensuring optimal stock levels while minimizing working capital expense
Ensure warehouse inventory aligns with demand by directing planning efforts and partnering with key stakeholders to maintain visibility of KPIs, risks, tradeoffs, and escalation needs
Participate in ITP process and ensure KPI’s, risks, tradeoffs and decisions/escalations needed are visible. Work with key stakeholders such as Commercial, Customer Service, Line Schedulers, Supply Planners, Logistics, Finance and others accordingly
Facilitates connecting ITP decisions and plans back to operations, commercial and pricing teams as needed to ensure execution
Facilitate and drive continuous improvement opportunities that target increasing system and process utilization, efficiencies, and throughput in the division to optimize capacity, minimize cost and best satisfy customer requirements (OTIF)
Support the implementation of new technology implemented as part of Smurfit Westrock’s transformation efforts
Maintain accurate and clean data and ensure system is updated with the most current capacity outlook
Qualification
Required
Depth of understanding of Corrugated Box Plant operations across order management, design specifications, production planning, corrugator, converting and shipping
Comprehension of current market conditions and seasonality with the ability to anticipate changes
Analytical and able to logically process information to produce insights in a consumable format; aggregates, cleanses, and disseminates data in structured formats to support better business decisions and improved performance
Process oriented - Plans, designs, manages processes while focusing on refining and improving to increase efficiency and effectiveness; understands process inputs, activities, outputs, roles and sequencing
Ability to prioritize, multi-task and handle multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills, and attention to details
Minimum 5+ years of supply chain or related experience
BS in engineering, supply chain management, general business administration, operations, or similar fields, or equivalent experience
Preferred
Experience with advanced planning software is strongly preferred (SAP, Blue Yonder, o9), ideally through implementation of new tools
Experience with Kiwiplan strongly preferred
Master of Business Administration or relevant MS degree is preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
An attractive salary reflects skills, competencies, and potential.
A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
Company
WestRock Company
Smurfit Westrock is the global leader of paper-based packaging solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2023-09-12Acquired
2015-07-02IPO
Leadership Team
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Samuel Shoemaker
President, Consumer Packaging
Recent News
2026-01-09
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