Regional Purchasing Manager - Cellulose

Georgia-Pacific is currently seeking a Regional Purchasing Manager for our cellulose operations. The ideal candidate is a talented leader with both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory experience, has proven supervisory experience, has a track record of creating value through building strong working relationships with a diverse group of customers, has demonstrated a principled entrepreneurial mindset, and possesses the ability to build a capability that delivers a supply chain with an optimized total cost of ownership to operations. This role reports to the Procurement Director, Containerboard and Cellulose.

This is an onsite role that can be based at GP Center in downtown Atlanta, GA, or one of our manufacturing facilities located in Brunswick, GA, New Augusta, MS (Leaf River), or Monroeville, AL (ARC). This role will travel ~30-50% of the time.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization is responsible for the strategic category management, sourcing and procurement of the critical supplies and materials that support our facilities. The SS&P organization partners with our business partners and leverages best practices to uniquely position the team to improve decision making capabilities and capture significant savings and efficiency opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Manage and lead direct reports leveraging principle based management and role of a supervisor (create inclusive environment, build high performing team, help employees self actualize)
• Leverage comparative advantage of the team and adjust RRE's to maximize results for GP
• Connect team to SS&P vision, operations vision, accelerated sourcing transformation, accelerated manufacturing transformation and how roles directly impact our ability to achieve the bets
• Contribute as a key member of the SS&P organization and the cellulose leadership teams and own strategic business responsibilities as designated by senior management.
• Organize the team to execute standard work processes and achieve disciplined operations in Sourcing Execution
• Manage and be accountable for cellulose spend against defined buying channels, category strategies and financial controls.
• Manage and be accountable for purchasing operations across a multiple number of facilities with high levels of spend in high volume, multi-commodity environments.
• Develop strong partnerships internally and externally, aligning with strategic initiatives, commitments and supply chain strategies.
• Lead a team of purchasing professionals to excellence in stewardship
• Ensure purchasing departments are disciplined, optimized, reliable, support a defined asset maintenance work process and are supported by corporate leadership and mill operation teams.
• Develop category strategies where applicable
• Drive purchasing and inventory transformation, implement changes, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships internally and externally, aligning with strategic initiatives, commitments and supply chain strategies.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 3 years of purchasing management or category management experience
• Supervisory experience
• Demonstrated experience in driving transformation and implementing changes
• Willing to travel 30-50% of the time

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with ISO standards, 5S, and/or Lean Six Sigma
• Experience evaluating spend within operations while seeking ways to improve the purchasing of materials/services and related processes
• Experience in the manufacturing industry

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Hiring Philosophy

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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.

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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

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