Area Purchasing Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a self-directed Area Purchasing Manager to support local procurement, storeroom operations, and procurement best practices across assigned Corrugated facilities.

The ideal candidate brings purchasing, inventory, storeroom, and supply chain experience; works with urgency; solves problems; and collaborates with Operations and functional teams to create value.

This site-based role may sit in Asheboro, NC; Martinsville, VA; Spartanburg, SC; or Akron, OH and requires up to 20% overnight travel between supported locations.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific’s Strategic Sourcing & Procurement team sources critical goods and services, partners with business leaders, captures savings, and improves efficiency across the business.

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

What You Will Do

• Lead purchasing and storeroom support across assigned Corrugated facilities.
• Partner with site leaders, Operations, Maintenance, corporate teams, and suppliers to support business needs.
• Source, purchase, negotiate, and manage inventory, equipment, MRO, services, and supplies.
• Improve procurement processes across assigned locations and the Corrugated network.
• Use national, regional, and local agreements to support cost-effective purchasing.
• Identify spend opportunities, competitive bids, and total cost improvements.
• Optimize inventory, working capital, and storeroom execution.
• Support corporate initiatives and procurement transformation efforts.
• Ensure compliance with safety, purchasing, fiduciary, storeroom, and environmental policies.

Who You Are — Basic Qualifications

• Experience with inventory or storeroom 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 up to 20%, including overnight travel.
• Experience evaluating spend, improving purchasing processes, and reducing total cost of ownership.
• Experience supporting process change, root-cause identification, corrective actions, or procurement transformation.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or a related field.
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• Manufacturing experience.
• Experience negotiating local, regional, or national contracts.

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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).