Strategic Purchasing & ERP Coordinator

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Paragould (AR); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Paragould seeks a Purchasing Coordinator to support sourcing, purchasing, and replenishment of raw materials, packaging, and other categories. This role maintains ERP purchasing data and helps ensure supplier follow-up, inventory availability, and on-time delivery across projects.

You will process requisitions and POs, monitor open orders, support inventory planning, and collaborate with internal teams to mitigate supply risks.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain or a similar role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Process the purchase requisition and purchase order process to ensure materials, supplies, and services are ordered accurately, timely, and in alignment with approved suppliers, pricing, inventory needs, and delivery requirements.
• Monitor open purchase orders, supplier acknowledgements, delivery schedules, backorders, and past-due items to support supplier performance and on-time, in-full delivery.
• Support inventory replenishment by reviewing inventory levels, supplier lead times, usage trends, order status, and material availability to help maintain appropriate supply levels.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records in the ERP system, including supplier data, purchase order details, pricing, lead times, item setup support, and other purchasing-related data.
• Collaborate with internal departments to understand material requirements, service needs, timing expectations, and potential supply risks that may impact operations.
• Investigate and support resolution of supplier, receiving, invoice, quantity, pricing, and delivery discrepancies in partnership with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Partner with Quality and suppliers to support resolution of quality concerns, complaints, corrective actions, and documentation requests related to purchased goods and materials.
• Compile, validate, and summarize purchasing, supplier, inventory, pricing, and delivery information to support reporting, performance reviews, and business decision-making.
• Identify and communicate opportunities to improve cost, supplier performance, process efficiency, data accuracy, and service levels; support implementation of approved improvements as assigned.
• Perform purchasing activities in accordance with company policies, approval requirements, safety expectations, and applicable regulatory or compliance requirements.
• Support purchasing-related projects, process changes, system updates, and other departmental initiatives as assigned.
• Provide support for the upcoming SAP implementation, including purchasing data review, process validation, testing support, and user transition activities as needed.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Paragould seeks a Purchasing Coordinator to support sourcing, purchasing, and replenishment of raw materials, packaging, and other categories. This role maintains ERP purchasing data and helps ensure supplier follow-up, inventory availability, and on-time delivery across projects.

You will process requisitions and POs, monitor open orders, support inventory planning, and collaborate with internal teams to mitigate supply risks.