Area Purchasing Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a self-directed Area Purchasing Manager to support the Corrugated business within Strategic Sourcing & Procurement. This role leads local procurement execution, supports storeroom operations, partners with Operations and functional teams, and drives procurement best practices across assigned Corrugated facilities. 

The ideal candidate brings strategic and tactical purchasing, stores, inventory, and supply chain experience; works with urgency; solves problems; and collaborates across disciplines to meet Operation’s needs. This role creates value by strengthening partnerships, improving procurement processes, supporting transformation, and optimizing total cost of ownership. 

This site-based role may sit at one of the assigned Corrugated facilities: 

• Waxahachie, TX
• Denton. TX

Travel between supported locations, including 20% possible overnight travel, is expected. 

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific’s Strategic Sourcing & Procurement organization sources and procures critical supplies, materials, services, and resources that support our facilities. SS&P partners with business and operations leaders to improve decisions, leverage best practices, capture savings, and create efficiency across the business. 

This role helps connect local site needs with broader sourcing strategies, disciplined procurement standards, inventory optimization, and value-creation opportunities for the Corrugated business. 

What You Will Do

• Lead purchasing and support stores across assigned Corrugated facilities, ensuring procurement and storeroom processes are disciplined, reliable, and aligned with business priorities. 
• Build strong partnerships with site leaders, Operations, Maintenance, corporate teams, suppliers, and other stakeholders to understand needs and deliver long-term value. 
• Source, purchase, negotiate, and manage inventory, equipment, MRO, services, supplies, and other external vendor needs. 
• Streamline and sustain procurement processes across assigned locations and the broader Corrugated network. 
• Drive appropriate use of national, regional, and local contract agreements for goods and services. 
• Identify local spending opportunities for competitive bidding, value improvement, and lowest total cost of ownership. 
• Optimize working capital and inventory levels while supporting reliable storeroom execution and operational continuity. 
• Collaborate with facility and headquarters teams to implement corporate initiatives and procurement transformation work. 
• Ensure compliance with safety, purchasing, fiduciary, stores, and environmental policies and procedures. 
• Create value through process improvement, supplier engagement, inventory optimization, and alignment between site needs and procurement strategy. 

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience with inventory or storeroom management Including experience with Inventory Management systems. 
• Experience sourcing, purchasing, or supporting procurement in a manufacturing, operations, or facility-based environment. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.  
• Willing and able to travel 20% of the time between supported locations, including overnight travel as needed. 
• Experience evaluating spending, improving purchasing processes, and reducing total cost of ownership. 
• Experience supporting procurement transformation, process change, root-cause identification, and corrective actions. 

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or similar field 
• Minimum three years of purchasing or supply chain related experience 
• Manufacturing experience 
• Experience negotiating with local, regional, or national contracts 
• Experience evaluating spending improving purchasing processes and reducing total cost of ownership. 
• Experience supporting procurement transformation, process change, root-cause identification, and corrective actions. 

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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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