Your JobThe Ocean Logistics Procurement Lead is the regional subject-matter expert for marine logistics capacity sourcing, strategy, and commercial execution. Primarily supporting Georgia-Pacific Packaging and Cellulose-and extending support to all Georgia-Pacific businesses within the region-this role owns carrier service contract negotiations, bid management, ongoing carrier performance oversight, and operational reviews, ensuring contractual alignment, capacity availability, and effective commercial execution across ocean freight programs.
Success in this role relies on delivering stakeholder-centric solutions and operational excellence while applying Koch Vision PBM® principles and disciplined economic decision-making. The Lead must collaborate proactively with commercial, operations, and carrier partners to secure reliable, cost-effective ocean capacity, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement in service and cost performance.
What You Will Do- Customer-centric & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as primary contact for businesses within scope on business needs for container shipping and market intelligence.
- Foster strong relationships with all stakeholders: mills/plants, sales and customer service team, freight forwarding teams, and other internal and external stakeholders.
- Rate Sourcing & Contract Management
- Negotiate effectively for mutually beneficial outcomes, assess needs through economic thinking, analyze markets, and maximize market advantage.
- Maintain accuracy and consistency across systems and platforms
- Ensure that offers and agreements are executed upon in accordance with negotiated terms.
- Bids & Capacity Sourcing (Lead semi-annual export bid)
- Pre-bid: define schedule/timelines, obtain forecasts, capture business requirements.
- During bid: manage bid system data, review offers, engage carriers and stakeholders across multi-round processes.
- Post-bid: present outcomes to stakeholders, update financial systems, and ensure agreed upon terms are executed
- Continuously monitor performance variances at the root cause.
- Carrier Performance & Operations
- Lead carrier commercial and operational reviews: prepare agendas, performance analysis, share service feedback
- Drive carrier compliance and manage escalation processes
- Liaise through claims processes
- Analyze financial performance and lead action plans for variances
- Systems, Reporting & Process Improvement
- Maintain continuous and accurate updates in all systems
- Maintain and update SOPs for businesses and carriers; capture business requirements, contacts, and deliverables.
- Drive value-creation
- Compliance, PBM & Economic Decision-making
- Act as a compliance and ethics champion; ensure integrity in decisions and actions.
- Embed Koch Vision PBM® and performance-based management principles in decision-making, cycles of mutual benefit, and contract terms.
- Ensure decisions are supported by sound economic analysis.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)- 5+ years' experience in ocean logistics, freight procurement, and/ or carrier management
- Demonstrated experience freight sourcing, contracts management, and successful negotiations
- Strong Excel skills and comfort with data-driven analysis and reporting
- Proven stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and written/verbal communication skills
- Experience with carrier performance management and claims processes
What Will Put You Ahead- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, finance, or related field
- Experience in commodity logistics or working with mills/plants within complex supply chains
- Advanced Excel, Power BI / Tableau, or experience building operational dashboards
- Prior experience working in a matrixed environment with multi-site stakeholders
Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .
Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
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