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Purchasing Manager

Location(s)

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Company

Georgia-Pacific

Career Field

Procurement & Sourcing

Job Number

186420

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Georgia-Pacifics Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization has an immediate opening in consumer products division for a Purchasing Manager supporting our Muskogee, OK facility, reporting to Regional Purchasing Manager. This person manages the local purchasing function, supervises personnel in this area, and will lead change, manage priorities, and develop the SS&P organization to deliver both short and long-term value within high volume, time-critical environment.

The ideal candidate has proven working leadership experience, has a record of creating value through building strong working relationships with a diverse group of customers, has demonstrated a principled entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to build a capability that delivers a supply chain with an optimized total cost of ownership to operations. This role emphasizes the importance of a fast-paced and detailed execution in our daily operations and understands that our customers rely on us to meet their needs efficiently and effectively. To ensure we continue to exceed expectations, it''s crucial that we maintain a sense of urgency and attention to detail in everything we do while continue to challenge respectfully.

This is an onsite role at the Georgia-Pacific facility in Muskogee, OK.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacifics 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

• Multi-task as supervisor that provides on-going coaching and feedback but also task performer to assist as needed with team. Uses approach to stop, think and ask questions.
• Manage purchasing operations across the facility with high spend.
• Build partnerships within the facility and across capabilities to create value for GP.
• Lead a team of purchasing professionals to excellence in safety, health and environmental compliance, total cost of ownership of goods and services, competitively advantaged agreements and process efficiency.
• Lead the overall direction and management of strategic procurement for all local material spend, while partnering with customers, to ensure the creation of maximum value in quality, cost, reliability, & delivery in areas of endeavor.
• Manage and support procurement process, including negotiations and contract creation
• Partner with mill operations teams in efforts to ensure procurement processes are reliable and support defined asset strategies.
• Develop strong category partnerships, aligning with and managing strategic initiatives, commitments and supply chain strategies.
• Interface with the mill leadership teams pertaining to business initiatives and value drivers.
• Work with requestors to understand requirements, specifications, and timing; conduct competitive bidding process, including soliciting RFIs/RFPs and robust bid analysis & recommendations.
• Manage and improve the procure-to-pay process (including invoice reconciliation management) and train internal customers on their roles in these processes as needed.
• Work with key leaders in the mill to drive proper work process.
• Sets department goals and works to lead improvements across the supply function and within a facility.
• Work with internal customers to identify and address unmet needs that align with procurement and business unit goals to deliver long term value.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams at the facility and headquarters to implement corporate initiatives.
• Acts as key member of the leadership team at Muskogee Mill.
• Set the teams standard by exemplifying the use of a principle-based framework, and ensure team consistently applies it to guide their actions.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum 3 years purchasing experience
• Supervisory experience, including hiring new talent and coaching/mentoring existing teams
• Must be available for on-call rotations including nights, weekends, and holidays

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor''s Degree or higher in Purchasing, Supply Chain, Business, Finance or Engineering
• 5+ years of purchasing experience
• Negotiations, risk assessment and contract management experience
• Diverse experience with different commodities and commodity management (parts and services)
• MRO purchasing and/or storeroom management experience.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment

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. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

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. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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