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Your Job
Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization is seeking a Associate Category Leader to support category strategy execution and day-to-day sourcing activities across Process Equipment and related spend categories.
This role blends category management fundamentals with hands-on sourcing execution and is designed to build the skills and experience needed to grow into a future Category Leader role.
In this position, you will manage smaller or less complex categories and sourcing initiatives, while supporting senior Category Leaders through data analysis, opportunity identification, process management, and execution of category strategies at the facility and operational level.
You will play a key role in translating strategy into action, supporting plant needs, resolving day-to-day sourcing issues, and strengthening the overall effectiveness of the SS&P organization.
This role is based at GP Center in Downtown Atlanta, offers a hybrid work schedule, and will travel ~10-25%.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Our Team
Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization is responsible for the strategic category management, sourcing, and procurement of critical supplies and materials supporting more than 140 locations across the United States.
SS&P is undergoing a transformation focused on building stronger category management capabilities, improving decision-making through data and analytics, and partnering more closely with operations to deliver sustainable value.
This role offers broad exposure to sourcing execution, category management, supplier engagement, and operational partnership, making it an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to grow their procurement and commercial capabilities.
What You Will Do
* Support Category Leaders in the development and execution of category strategies and sourcing plans
* Help translate category strategies into actionable plans at the facility and operational level
* Manage smaller categories, sub-categories, or discrete sourcing initiatives with appropriate guidance
* Lead and support competitive sourcing events, negotiations, and supplier selections for assigned categories or initiatives
* Address day-to-day sourcing, supplier, and pricing issues that arise for operations
* Support implementation of contracts, pricing changes, and sourcing decisions at facilities
* Analyze spend, pricing, and market data to identify cost, value, risk, and compliance opportunities
* Support should-cost analysis, benchmarking, and financial modeling to inform sourcing decisions
* Track and report category spend, savings, supplier performance, and strategy adherence
* Support sourcing and category management processes, tools, and standard work
* Help identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and consistency across the team
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Type: Permanent Location: Atlanta, US-GA
Salary / Rate: Not Specified
Posted: 2026-03-14 08:13:18
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Your Job
The Procurement Lead is responsible for developing and executing rate and capacity strategies that align with the KBX's pricing, service, and profitability goals.
This role is accountable for building carrier partnerships, leading bid activities, optimizing asset-based capacity, and championing innovation across the transportation procurement space.
Our Team
The KBX Capacity Solutions Team plays a crucial role in ensuring freight moves efficiently and cost effectively for our customers.
We specialize in building and managing strong carrier partnerships, forecasting and securing capacity across modes, and designing tailored solutions that balance reliability, cost-efficiency, and speed.
Our team combines hands-on carrier management with data-driven planning and real-time execution to reduce disruptions, optimize utilization, and deliver transparent customer outcomes.
What You Will Do
* Build and manage strategic carrier relationships to secure long-term capacity, competitive pricing, and preferred partnership status.
* Serve as the carrier contact during bid and other pricing events to ensure clear communication, collaboration, and consistent discount-to-market outcomes.
* Prioritize and expand asset-based, power-only, and asset-driven partnerships to reduce cost and broker dependency
* Lead bid design, negotiation, and execution to meet or exceed discount and profitability targets.
* Collaborate closely with Managed Freight and internal stakeholders to gain alignment on capacity needs, pricing impacts, service requirements, and continuous improvement actions.
* Partner with Capacity Analytics and use market intelligence, price modeling, and performance data to inform bid strategy and decision making.
* Use data tools and technology (optimization tools, mobile apps, portals, GenAI) to identify opportunities, drive adoption, and improve operational efficiency.
* Establish clear expectations, ensure compliance to bid terms and conditions, and maintain consistent rate administration discipline.
* Proactively monitor industry and customer operational changes (market shifts, seasonality, shutdowns, volume variance) to anticipate capacity impacts and adjust strategy.
* Drive innovation by challenging existing processes, promoting creative capacity development approaches, and commercializing KBX value propositions.
* Model leadership and KBX principles: maintain a Personal Development Plan with quarterly reviews, provide direction, and uphold high standards for internal and external trust.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* Experience creating, executing and analyzing transportation bids
* Experience in a procurement capacity within the transportation or logistics industry
* Experience negotiating with carriers to drive cost savings
* Experience with carrier management, truckload markets, and/or asset-based transportation models
* Experience leveraging an...
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Type: Permanent Location: Green Bay, US-WI
Salary / Rate: Not Specified
Posted: 2026-03-11 08:10:33
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Your Job
The Inventory Manager is responsible for overseeing MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) inventory across multiple manufacturing divisions in GP's packaging & cellulose division.
This role ensures support of storerooms effectively support operations while driving working-capital efficiency, reducing waste, and enabling long-term inventory optimization.
The Inventory Manager partners closely with plant leadership, operations, procurement, and reliability teams to implement sustainable processes, improve inventory health, and support enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
This is an onsite role at our headquarters, GP Center, in downtown Atlanta and requires ~30% travel.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Our Team
Georgia-Pacific's 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
* Own MRO inventory levels for assigned divisions, ensuring storerooms support operational reliability while minimizing excess and obsolete stock.
* Monitor and report Inventory KPIs-reserved/unreserved overmax, stockout risk, picks, putaways, etc.-to leadership, identifying root causes and improvement opportunities.
* Ensure inventory levels progress toward aligned business targets and long-term best-practice benchmarks.
* Conduct periodic plant visits with clear objectives to validate processes, build alignment, and support continuous improvement.
* Lead min/max optimization cycles, including initial Corrugated optimization and quarterly refreshes.
* Support ad-hoc optimization requests, including CTB/CELL adjustments and plant-specific needs.
* Implement sustainable processes to eliminate future reserves (SLOB, over-max, new stock decisions).
* Utilize analytical tools and technology to evaluate stock levels, automate decision-making, and reduce plant time burden.
* Identify opportunities to transfer, share, or disposition spare parts across the network.
* Partner with plant/mill leaders to build shared accountability for MRO inventory performance and transformation.
* Escalate issues when partners are not supporting required changes or performance expectations.
* Ensure all levels of the organization understand inventory metrics, processes, and expectations.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* Experience in inventory management, supply chain, reliability, or operations within a manufacturing environment
* Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and drive action
* Proficiency with inventory management systems, ERP tools, and optimizati...
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Type: Permanent Location: Atlanta, US-GA
Salary / Rate: Not Specified
Posted: 2026-03-11 07:58:31
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Your Job
Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization is seeking a Purchasing & Stores Manager to support our facility in Talladega, AL.
This position will manage local procurement, storeroom operations, and supervise storeroom personnel.
This role may also be asked to participate in centralized sourcing teams, special projects, and contract negotiations.
The ideal candidate is self-directed, works with a high sense of urgency, and possesses the ability to solve problems and collaborate with other disciplines to meet the needs of operations.
Location: Onsite at Talladega, AL.
Travel: Up to 10% travel required
Our Team
Georgia-Pacific's 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
* Sourcing, purchasing, negotiating, and managing inventory of equipment, MRO, services and supplies from external vendors.
* Streamlining and implementing sustainable procurement processes
* Working with requestors to understand requirements, specifications, services, and timing.
* Managing appropriately and implanting the use of national, regional, and local contract agreements for goods and services.
* Identify and analyze opportunities to competitively bid local spending to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership.
* Optimizes working capital and on hand inventory levels.
* Works with internal customers to identify and address unmet needs that align with procurement and business unit goals to deliver long term value.
* Looks to drive value creation through innovation.
* Supervising storeroom personnel.
* Collaborates with cross-functional teams at the facility and headquarters to implement corporate initiatives.
* Ensuring compliance with all safety, purchasing, fiduciary, stores and environmental policies and procedures.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* 2+ years of procurement experience
* Supervisory experience
* 3+ years of purchasing, manufacturing operations, or supply chain related experience
* Inventory or storeroom management experience, including experience with inventory management computer systems
* Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, & Outlook
* Willing to travel up to 10%
What Will Put You Ahead
* Bachelor's degree in supply chain or finance
* Project management experience
* Experience working in a manufacturing environment
* Experience working with cross-functional teams
* Experience negotiating with local, regional or national contracts
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Type: Permanent Location: Talladega, US-AL
Salary / Rate: Not Specified
Posted: 2026-03-09 07:12:27
