Georgia-Pacific - Brunswick, GA

posted 4 months ago

Full-time - Manager
Brunswick, GA
10,001+ employees
Wood Product Manufacturing

About the position

Georgia-Pacific's has a new role opening for a talented leader as Manager, Purchasing and Stores with both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory experience. This role reports to the Director, Procurement Operations, Containerboard and Cellulose and a dotted line to the Vice President of Manufacturing for Cellulose Brunswick. There are approximately 4 direct purchasing reports and ~10 individuals responsible for storeroom operations. The ideal candidate 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 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 Brunswick, GA. 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!

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 3 years of purchasing management experience
  • Supervisory experience
  • Demonstrated experience in driving procurement transformation and implementing changes
  • Willing and able to travel 10% of the time

Nice-to-haves

  • 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

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • life insurance
  • ADD
  • disability
  • retirement
  • paid vacation/time off
  • educational assistance
  • infertility assistance
  • paid parental leave
  • adoption assistance
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