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Group Purchasing Manager - Corrugated

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Georgia, Atlanta
133 Peachtree Street Northeast (Show on map)
Jan 12, 2026
Your Job Georgia-Pacific has an opening for a Group Purchasing Manager supporting Strategic Sourcing & Procurement initiatives within the Corrugated group with both strategic and tactical purchasing experience. Reporting to the Procurement Director - Packaging, this role will lead a team of eight direct reports responsible for purchasing operations. The ideal candidate has strong leadership, supervisory and technical skills, builds positive relationships with customers and partners, and demonstrates a contribution mindset. This is an onsite role based at GP Center in downtown Atlanta, GA or any Georgia-Pacific Corrugated facility, and will require ~30% travel. 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 Be a strong PBM Supervisor, including helping your team members self-actualize, fostering a positive and inclusive environment, and creating a high-performing team Connect to your role in and the value of achieving the visions and priories of SS&P and your customers, and work to ensure that your team members and stakeholders are equally connected. Contribute as a key member of both the Corrugated and SS&P leadership teams Develop, align, and lead strategic initiatives, commitments and supply chain strategies Be a champion of value-creating transformation, responsible experimentation, and of the change management required to make such efforts successful Work with a high level of positive, value-creating collaboration within and outside of your team, especially as it relates to working with other parts of SS&P and other capabilities. Lead and be accountable for purchasing operations processes across a large number of facilities Actively support the business' storeroom inventory efforts Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's degree or higher Three years of purchasing or relevant operations experience Three years of supervisory experience Willing to travel ~30% What Will Put You Ahead Bachelor's degree or higher in purchasing, supply chain, business, finance or engineering Supervisory experience including hiring talent into an organization and ability to coach and mentor employees MRO purchasing experience 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, aqui, or tu). #LI-CH2