Manager, Purchasing & Stores

Georgia-Pacific - Brunswick, GA

Full-time - Manager

Brunswick, GA

10,001+ employees

Wood Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Manager, Purchasing and Stores at Gia-Pacific is a leadership role focused on both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory management. This position is responsible for overseeing a team of purchasing professionals and managing procurement operations within a facility that handles significant spending in a high-volume, multimodal environment. The role emphasizes building strong relationships, driving procurement transformation, and ensuring disciplined operations in sourcing execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead direct reports leveraging principle-based management and supervisory roles.
• Leverage the comparative advantage of the team to maximize results for Gia-Pacific.
• Connect the team to the SS&P vision and operations vision, emphasizing the impact of their roles on achieving business goals.
• Contribute as a key member of the SS&P organization and the Containerboard & Cellulose leadership teams, owning 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.
• Develop strong partnerships internally and externally, aligning with strategic initiatives and supply chain strategies.
• Lead a team of procurement professionals to excellence in stewardship.
• Ensure purchasing and inventory departments are disciplined, optimized, and reliable.

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 purchasing processes
• Experience in the manufacturing industry

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance