Sr. Buyer

Georgia-Pacific has an opening for a contribution motivated Senior Buyer at our facility in Palatka, Florida. Our Palatka mill is in Northeast Florida about an hour South of Jacksonville and just minutes west of the beautiful Atlantic beaches of historic St. Augustine, Fl. The Senior Buyer is responsible for negotiating, purchasing, and contracting for equipment, materials, supplies, support services, and capital project management services in a fast-paced environment. The Senior Buyer works with the mill's requestors to understand requirements including specifications, service needs, performance expectations, and scheduling. The individual is knowledgeable about national, regional, and local contract agreements and ensures compliance with applicable corporate and local policies, guidelines, and legal requirements of contract law. The right individual will be proactive and use a solutions-based approach.

This role reports directly to the Purchasing Manager, and will sit onsite at our facility in Palatka, FL.

Georgia-Pacific's Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization is responsible for the strategic category management, sourcing and procurement of the critical materials and services to support our production facilities. At Georgia-Pacific LLC, our Principle Based Management philosophy is at the center of how we do business, and as an employee, you will begin your journey of understanding and applying the way we do business in your everyday work.

• Use ERP system to manage Purchase Requisitions and place accurate purchase orders for goods and services
• Ensure contractual documents accurately reflect terms and conditions of purchases, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms
• Plan and execute competitive bid events, lead cross functional bid review meetings to evaluate proposals, ensure compliance with all requirements and determine the best total cost of ownership.
• Manage supplier delivery dates and expedite materials as necessary.
• Manages time toaccomplishgoals and prioritize a variety oftasks/deliverables.
• Identify opportunities to transform procurement job functions through utilization of tools and technologies to become best in class
• Ensure vendor compliance with safety, purchasing, stores, and environmental policies and procedures. Uses only pre-qualified preferred suppliers from Category Execution Strategies
• Purchasing liaison to corporate category managers and legal department on major purchase decisions
• Actively represent procurement and site operations at regional and national sourcing initiatives.
• Lead project teams across disciplines, implement processes to improve purchasing efficiencies and automation.
• Responsible for annual spend between $20M to $60M
• Develop and manage relationships with key suppliers and keep up to date on industry trends
• Implement/manage vendor managed inventory programs for critical materials
• Cultivate and maintain a collaborative partnership with other key groups including Engineering, Suppliers, Quality, Project Management and Finance/Controls to ensure alignment with budgets and other key objectives.

• Bachelor's degree in procurement or related field OR a high school diploma with 5+ years of procurement experience
• At least 3 years of procurement, project management, or related work experience
• Proficient skills utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint
• Experience in contract negotiations, labor rate reviews, and supplier relationship management

• Purchasing experience in the pulp & paper industry or within a manufacturing environment

• Working knowledge of SAP/S4 HANA or similar ERP system
• Knowledge of P2P (procure-to-pay) process that integrates purchasing & accounts payable and experience with invoice reconciliations.
• Microsoft Excel skills to include pivot tables, logic formulas, and data visualization tools