Georgia Pacific
Regional Purchasing Manager - Cellulose
Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
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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
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, aqui, or tu).
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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
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, aqui, or tu).
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