Georgia-Pacific LLC
Georgia-Pacific LLC is looking for a highly motivated
Buyer
to support its Palatka, FL mill. The mill is located in Northeast Florida, about an hour south of Jacksonville and near historic St. Augustine.
It is a high volume, time‑critical purchasing role that covers Maintenance Repair and Operating supplies, direct materials, chemicals, equipment spare parts, and outside services from external vendors. The role reports directly to the Purchasing Manager and involves learning about national, regional, and local contract agreements and ensuring compliance with corporate and local policies.
Responsibilities
Ensures adherence to all safety, environmental and purchasing policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Utilizes the company’s purchasing system to process purchase orders from requisitions.
Ensures the contractual document accurately reflects the terms and conditions of purchase, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms.
Issues requests for quotations (RFQ), analyzes and evaluates quotes, negotiates price and terms, and exercises independent judgment to select suppliers based on lowest total cost of ownership.
Knowledgeable of Company’s strategic supply agreements and utilizes these to maximize value.
Collaborates with internal requestors to understand requirements (e.g., specifications, scopes of work, performance and timing requirements).
Demonstrates high level of customer focus and sense of urgency.
Uses strong verbal and written communication skills to solve problems and provide status updates to customers and suppliers (e.g., commitment dates).
Analyzes root causes of accounts payable exceptions and takes steps to resolve and prevent.
Initiates changes to improve the effectiveness of the purchasing process.
Manages own time to accomplish goals and prioritizes a variety of tasks.
Responsible for administration of contractor management tools, including Ariba, ISNET, and SAP/S4.
Facilitates competitive bid events through Ariba and analyzes vendor bids to ensure compliance with requirements.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree combined with at least 1 year of procurement experience, OR 3+ years of experience in procurement or a similar field (e.g., project management, warehousing, accounting, supply chain).
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Teams, Microsoft Word, Outlook, and SharePoint.
Intermediate Excel skills, including experience with functionality and logic formulas.
Preferred Qualifications
Buying experience.
Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems.
Familiar with Power BI.
Knowledge of purchasing process and procedures and key commercial terms such as freight payables, incoterms, delivery terms, and invoice reconciliations among others.
Experience in negotiating contracts at a local, regional, or national level.
Experience working in a manufacturing or maintenance environment.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision.
Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
Life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, retirement.
Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance.
Potential infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.
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.
Seniority Level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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 more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. Georgia‑Pacific also operates one of the largest recycling businesses and has more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations.
At Koch Companies Our compensation philosophy explains that any range provided is an estimate and the actual amount may be higher or lower depending on each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.
Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military‑Ready and Second Chance employers.
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Buyer
to support its Palatka, FL mill. The mill is located in Northeast Florida, about an hour south of Jacksonville and near historic St. Augustine.
It is a high volume, time‑critical purchasing role that covers Maintenance Repair and Operating supplies, direct materials, chemicals, equipment spare parts, and outside services from external vendors. The role reports directly to the Purchasing Manager and involves learning about national, regional, and local contract agreements and ensuring compliance with corporate and local policies.
Responsibilities
Ensures adherence to all safety, environmental and purchasing policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Utilizes the company’s purchasing system to process purchase orders from requisitions.
Ensures the contractual document accurately reflects the terms and conditions of purchase, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms.
Issues requests for quotations (RFQ), analyzes and evaluates quotes, negotiates price and terms, and exercises independent judgment to select suppliers based on lowest total cost of ownership.
Knowledgeable of Company’s strategic supply agreements and utilizes these to maximize value.
Collaborates with internal requestors to understand requirements (e.g., specifications, scopes of work, performance and timing requirements).
Demonstrates high level of customer focus and sense of urgency.
Uses strong verbal and written communication skills to solve problems and provide status updates to customers and suppliers (e.g., commitment dates).
Analyzes root causes of accounts payable exceptions and takes steps to resolve and prevent.
Initiates changes to improve the effectiveness of the purchasing process.
Manages own time to accomplish goals and prioritizes a variety of tasks.
Responsible for administration of contractor management tools, including Ariba, ISNET, and SAP/S4.
Facilitates competitive bid events through Ariba and analyzes vendor bids to ensure compliance with requirements.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree combined with at least 1 year of procurement experience, OR 3+ years of experience in procurement or a similar field (e.g., project management, warehousing, accounting, supply chain).
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Teams, Microsoft Word, Outlook, and SharePoint.
Intermediate Excel skills, including experience with functionality and logic formulas.
Preferred Qualifications
Buying experience.
Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems.
Familiar with Power BI.
Knowledge of purchasing process and procedures and key commercial terms such as freight payables, incoterms, delivery terms, and invoice reconciliations among others.
Experience in negotiating contracts at a local, regional, or national level.
Experience working in a manufacturing or maintenance environment.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision.
Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
Life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, retirement.
Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance.
Potential infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.
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.
Seniority Level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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 more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. Georgia‑Pacific also operates one of the largest recycling businesses and has more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations.
At Koch Companies Our compensation philosophy explains that any range provided is an estimate and the actual amount may be higher or lower depending on each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.
Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military‑Ready and Second Chance employers.
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