Purchasing and Stores Manager - Cumberland City

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a talented leader to serve as Manager, Purchasing and Stores, with both strategic and tactical purchasing and inventory experience.

Reporting to the Group Manager for Gypsum, with strong customer relationship at the site, this role leads the local purchasing and storeroom function, including one direct storeroom leader.

The ideal candidate has proven supervisory experience, a track record of creating value by building strong relationships with a diverse customer base, and a principled, entrepreneurial mindset.

In this role, you will manage local purchasing and inventory processes, supervise the team, and lead change-balancing priorities and developing the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement ("SS&P") organization to deliver both near-term impact and long-term value.

This position is pivotal in ensuring the profitable execution of purchasing and inventory strategies.

This is an onsite role based at our Cumberland City, TN 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 leveraging Principle-Based Management and role of a supervisor (create inclusive environment, build high performing team, help employees self-actualize)


* Organize the team to leverage comparative advantage to execute standard work processes and achieve disciplined operations in Sourcing Execution to maximize results for GP.


* Manage and be accountable for Gypsum site spending against defined buying channels, category strategies and financial controls.


* Ensure purchasing and inventory departments are disciplined, optimized, reliable, support a defined asset maintenance work process and are supported by corporate leadership and mill operation teams.


* Manages sourcing, procuring, negotiating, contracting, and managing inventory of equipment, MRO parts, services, and supplies through appropriate procurement practices, total cost of ownership and compliance guidelines.


* Actively participates as key member of the leadership team at the facility to identify and address unmet needs that align with procurement and business unit goals to deliver long term value.


* Proactively partner with key stakeholders-including Operations, Reliability,...