Buyer, Business

We are looking for a contribution motivated Buyer to support our Georgia-Pacific site in Palatka, FL. The 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 role includes purchasing activities in a high volume, time-critical environment. The Buyer will work with the mill's requestors to understand requirements including specifications, service needs and performance expectations.

They will gain experience with Maintenance Repair and Operating (MRO) supplies, direct materials, chemicals, equipment spare parts and outside services from external vendors. The individual will learn about national, regional, and local contract agreements and ensure compliance with applicable corporate and local policies and guidelines.

This is an onsite role with the opportunity to work 1-2 days per week from home.

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. 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.

• Ensures adherence to all safety, environmental andpurchasingpolicies,guidelines,and procedures.
• Utilizes company's purchasing system to process purchase orders from requisitions.
• Ensures the contractual document accurately reflects the terms and conditions of purchase, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms.
• Issues requests for quotations (RFQ), analyzes and evaluates quotes, negotiatespriceand terms, and exercises independent judgment to select suppliers based on lowest total cost of ownership.
• Knowledgeable of Company's strategic supply agreements andutilizesthese to maximize value.
• Collaborates with internal requestors to understand requirements (e.g., specifications, scopes of work,performance,and timing requirements).
• Demonstrates high levelof customer focus and sense ofurgency.
• Uses strong verbal and written communication skills to solve problems and provide status updates to customers and suppliers (e.g., commitment dates).
• Analyzes root causes of accounts payable exceptions and takes steps to resolve and prevent.
• Initiates changes to improve the effectiveness of the purchasing process.
• Manages own time toaccomplishgoals and prioritize a variety oftasks.
• Responsible for administration of contractor management tools, including Ariba, ISNET, and SAP/S4.
• Facilitate competitive bid events through Ariba and analyze vendor's bids to ensure compliance to requirements.

• Bachelor's degree combined with at least 1 year of procurement experience, OR 3+ years of experience in procurement or similar field (e.g. project management, warehousing, accounting, supply chain)
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Teams, Microsoft Word (document creation), Outlook (email and calendar), and Share Point
• Intermediate Excel skills, including experience with functionality and logic formulas

• Buying experience
• Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems
• Familiar with Power BI
• Knowledgeofpurchasingprocess and procedures and key commercial terms such as freight payables,incoterms,delivery terms, and invoice reconciliations among others.
• Experience in negotiating contracts at a local,regional,or national level
• Experience working in a manufacturing or maintenance environment

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