Georgia Pacific
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Your Job Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Purchasing and Stores with both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory experience. This role reports to the Divisional Procurement Director and has two direct reports. The ideal candidate 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 has the ability to build a capability that delivers a supply chain with an optimized total cost of ownership to operations. This is an onsite role that sits at our facility in Memphis, TN.
Our Team 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.
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 Containerboard & 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 Containerboard & Cellulose spend against defined buying channels, category strategies and financial controls
Manage and be accountable for procurement operations across a facility 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 procurement professionals to excellence in Stewardship
Ensure purchasing and inventory departments are disciplined, optimized, reliable, support a defined asset maintenance work process and are supported by corporate leadership and mill operation teams
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
2+ years of purchasing/procurement experience
Demonstrated experience in driving procurement transformation and implementing changes
Supervisory experience
What Will Put You Ahead
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience evaluating spend within operations while seeking ways to improve the purchasing of materials/services and related processes
Experience in the manufacturing industry
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).
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Sales and Business Development
Industries
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
Location Memphis, TN
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Direct message the job poster from Georgia-Pacific LLC
Your Job Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Purchasing and Stores with both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory experience. This role reports to the Divisional Procurement Director and has two direct reports. The ideal candidate 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 has the ability to build a capability that delivers a supply chain with an optimized total cost of ownership to operations. This is an onsite role that sits at our facility in Memphis, TN.
Our Team 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.
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 Containerboard & 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 Containerboard & Cellulose spend against defined buying channels, category strategies and financial controls
Manage and be accountable for procurement operations across a facility 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 procurement professionals to excellence in Stewardship
Ensure purchasing and inventory departments are disciplined, optimized, reliable, support a defined asset maintenance work process and are supported by corporate leadership and mill operation teams
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
2+ years of purchasing/procurement experience
Demonstrated experience in driving procurement transformation and implementing changes
Supervisory experience
What Will Put You Ahead
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience evaluating spend within operations while seeking ways to improve the purchasing of materials/services and related processes
Experience in the manufacturing industry
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).
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Sales and Business Development
Industries
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
Location Memphis, TN
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