Georgia-Pacific has an opening for a Senior Buyer at our facility in Palatka, Florida, reporting to the Assistant Manager, Purchasing & Stores. 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, Florida. The Senior Buyer is responsible for negotiating, purchasing, and contracting for equipment, materials, supplies, support services, and capital project management services from external suppliers. 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 assures compliance with applicable corporate and local policies, guidelines, and legal requirements of contract law.

What You Will Do

Uses ERP system to manage backlog of Purchase Requisitions to place orders for goods and services. Ensures contractual documents accurately reflects terms and conditions of purchases, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms. Host competitive bid events and analyze vendor’s bids to ensure compliance to requirements. Collaborates with internal requestors to understand purchase requirements to determine best total cost of ownership. Confirms vendor commitment to 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 represents procurement and the facility operations on regional and national sourcing initiatives. Individual leads project teams across disciplines. 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, Supplier Quality, Project Management and Project Finance/Controls to ensure resolution of key issues and alignment with budgets and other company key objectives

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Bachelor’s degree in procurement, accounting, engineering, or at least 4 years of procurement experience At least 3 years’ procurement, project management, or related work experience Proficient skills utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint Experience in contract negotiations and supplier relationship management

What Will Put You Ahead

Pulp & Paper Industry or Manufacturing experience Working knowledge of SAP S4 HANA or similar ERP system Knowledge of P2P (procure-to-pay) process that integrates purchasing and accounts payable Microsoft Excel skills to include pivot tables and data visualization tools

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.

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