Lumber Trader

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking qualified candidates for a Lumber Trader role at our Atlanta, GA corporate office. The role focuses on maximizing value through dynamic pricing and open market trading, while collaborating with customers, mill operations, and internal teams to grow profitable opportunities.

This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in office, emphasizing market intelligence, pricing strategies, and cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing and sales.

Qualifications

• Experience in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, or Forestry
• Customer service and relationship management experience
• Experience with Microsoft Excel

Responsibilities

• Execute account management strategy that results in profitable growth opportunities with assigned accounts.
• Demonstrate trading excellence, the right combination of dynamic pricing and volume, which maximizes value for the business.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships which increase open market trading alternatives and contract opportunities.
• Use metrics and KPIs to identify opportunities and develop effective trading strategies and maintain mill health.
• Provide timely and accurate market intelligence to support strategic sales decisions.

Skills

Customer service

Relationship management

Excel

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking qualified candidates to consider for a Lumber Trader role with our corporate office in Atlanta, GA. The Lumber Trader role is responsible for maximizing value for Georgia Pacific’s lumber manufacturing facilities through fast-paced information gathering, dynamic pricing and open market trading (sales) functions. The role develops a clear understanding of customer needs, available alternatives, and the factors that influence purchasing decisions, then uses market knowledge and sound judgment to create solutions that generate mutual benefit for customers and the business. Collaborating closely with customers, mill operations, and other internal capabilities, the trader develops new business opportunities, supports mill asset strategies, optimizes inventory and profitability, and expands market reach. Our culture is defined by the Principle-Based Management™ philosophy which guides everyday decision making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in office.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific’s Lumber business is a leading manufacturer of Southern Yellow Pine lumber, supplying high-quality products for residential, commercial, and industrial construction. Backed by decades of innovation and a commitment to responsible sourcing, GP delivers reliable building materials that help customers build stronger communities.

What You Will Do

• Execute account management strategy that results in profitable growth opportunities with assigned accounts.
• Demonstrate trading excellence, the right combination of dynamic pricing and volume, which maximizes value for the business.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships which increase open market trading alternatives and contract opportunities.
• Use metrics and KPIs to identify opportunities and develop effective trading strategies and maintain mill health.
• Provide timely and accurate market intelligence to support strategic sales decisions.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, or Forestry
• Customer service and relationship management experience
• Experience with Microsoft Excel

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in lumber, forest products, building materials, or commodities trading
• Knowledge of Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) products and market dynamics
• Experience creating solutions that drive profitability and customer value
• Experience collaborating with manufacturing, mill operations, or production planning teams

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. 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.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

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.

Our Benefits

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

• 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

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.