Category Group Director

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Category Group Director to lead the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) Field portfolio, including Services, MRO, Outage Services, and Track Implementation, representing approximately $3B in annual spend. This role provides direct leadership to the SS&P Field Category team, with responsibility for driving value creation, talent development, and PBM® advancement.

Based in Atlanta with a hybrid schedule, the leader accelerates value capture through strategic

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex cross-functional teams in category management or procurement.
• Proven ability to develop leaders, coach performance and drive engagement.
• Strong economic thinking and disciplined decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop leaders and teams to maximize contribution and growth.
• Execute sourcing and category strategies to maximize value across spend.
• Align resources across categories with Operations priorities to deliver productivity gains.
• Foster a unifying PBM culture and integrate strategy, execution, and leadership.
• Build trusted partnerships with Operations and capability groups to accelerate value capture.

Skills

Leadership

Category management

Strategic sourcing

People development

Job description

Your Job

The Category Group Director is accountable for leading and advancing the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) Field portfolio, including Services, MRO (maintenance, repair and operations), Outage Services, and Track Implementation, representing approximately $3B in annual spend. This role provides direct leadership to the SS&P Field Category team (Mill Services and MRO), Outage Services, and Track Implementation teams, with responsibility for driving value creation, talent development, and PBM® advancement.

This leader plays a critical role in accelerating value capture through strategic category management while fostering a unifying, high‑performance culture grounded in Principled Based Management® (PBM®).

Location: This role is based in Atlanta at GP Center, and will enjoy a hybrid schedule.

Our Team

Georgia‑Pacific’s Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization is responsible for the strategic category management, sourcing and procurement of the critical supplies and materials that support our facilities. The SS&P organization partners with our business partners and leverages best practices to uniquely position the team to improve decision making capabilities and capture significant savings and efficiency opportunities.

What You Will Do

Develop and maximize team contribution

• Lead, coach, and develop leaders and team members to maximize their contribution, capability growth, and self‑actualization.
• Model PBM® and coach teams to apply economic thinking, disciplined decision‑making, and profitable challenge to maximize contribution.
• Connect individuals to SS&P and Operations strategies, priorities, and long‑term vision.
• Provide regular, actionable performance feedback and close capability gaps to improve performance and talent readiness.
• Support the growth, development, and movement of talent across GP and KII.

Accelerate Value Capture Through Category, Outage, And Track Capabilities

• Work through leaders and teams to execute sourcing and category strategies that maximize value across managed categories.
• Ensure strong integration and prioritization of work across category management, outage services, and track implementation.
• Incorporate market headwinds and tailwinds into category visions and value bets to optimize outcomes for GP and KII.
• Remove barriers and enable teams to leverage adjacent capabilities (Data, Market Insights, A&I, IFC) to strengthen competitive advantage.
• Build and sustain trusted partnerships with key leaders inside and outside SS&P, with a strong focus on Operations strategies and priorities, including major productivity and investment initiatives.
• Align resources to priority categories while remaining alert to value creation opportunities in base categories.
• Promote a healthy sense of urgency while applying Koch’s risk philosophy to deliver results.
• Help teams prioritize and deprioritize initiatives to remain aligned with Operations productivity bets and the vision to be the best manufacturer in the industry.

Foster a unifying, winning PBM® culture

• Champion “One Team” thinking and integrated teamwork across SS&P and Operations.
• Lead at the intersection of strategy, execution, and culture to create direct financial impact, strengthen SS&P’s value and talent, and help manufacturing succeed.
• Demonstrate and reinforce economic and critical thinking, disciplined decision‑making, and speed to value.
• Promote continuous learning, PBM® understanding, and leadership development across the organization.
• Own and champion transformation efforts by aligning the right skills, knowledge, and capabilities to create the highest value.
• Strengthen supervisory effectiveness and PBM® capability of leaders and peers across the organization.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Leader with experience leading complex, cross‑functional teams in category management, sourcing, or field services environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop leaders, coach performance, and build high‑engagement, action‑oriented teams.
• Strong economic thinker with a track record of disciplined decision‑making and value creation.
• Experienced in partnering with operations and enterprise capability groups to deliver results.
• Able to lead through change, manage ambiguity, and drive transformation aligned with PBM® principles.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience leading large, multi‑category spend portfolios.
• Deep understanding of outage services, Track implementation, and/or asset‑intensive operations.
• Demonstrated success integrating data, analytics, and market insights into strategies.
• Demonstrated transformational leadership skills to help organizations challenge their status quo.
• Experience using Plan, Do, Check, and Adjust methods to drive continuous improvements initiatives across an organization.

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.

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 much more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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.

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.

Compensation Philosophy

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.