Your Job Georgia-Pacific has a new role opening for a talented leader as Manager, Purchasing and Stores with both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory experience at our Toledo, Oregon containerboard facility. This role reports to the Regional Purchasing Manager, Containerboard, and has a dotted line to the Vice President of Manufacturing for Toledo. The role leads the Toledo purchasing team and 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 located at Georgia-Pacific's Toledo, Oregon containerboard facility. 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 RREs 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 spend against defined buying channels, category strategies and financial controls.
- Manage and be accountable for procurement operations across the Toledo 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 Toledo mill operation teams.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) - Three 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.
What Will Put You Ahead - 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.
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