Purchasing & Stores Manager

Georgia Pacific; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific invites an experienced purchasing leader to join our Toledo, Oregon containerboard facility as Manager, Purchasing and Stores. You will lead the procurement and storeroom teams, blending strategic category management with hands-on buying to support operations.

The onsite role requires supervisory experience and a proven ability to drive procurement transformation, build strong partnerships, and optimize total cost of ownership across multi‑commodity spend.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Purchasing management

Supervisory experience

Procurement transformation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement ("SS&P") organization is responsible for the strategic category management, sourcing and procuring the critical supplies and materials that support more than 140 locations across the US. The SS&P organization is currently undergoing an exciting transformation where we are partnering with our business partners and leveraging best practices to build internal capabilities that uniquely position the team to improve decision making capabilities and capture significant spend and efficiency opportunities. This effort is a critical element in Georgia-Pacific's continuous transformation. It is an exciting time to be part of a growing team and at the center of the transformation to help mold the future state of the SS&P organization!

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.

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 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 300,000 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.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• may also include 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.