MRO Buyer

Georgia-Pacific is looking for a Buyer for our Containerboard Operations facility located in Toledo, OR. Working under the general supervision of the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer manages purchasing activities in a high volume, time-critical environment. This Buyer will predominantly support buying Maintenance Repair and Operating (MRO) supplies, but will also gain experience with direct materials, chemicals, equipment spare parts, and repairs from external vendors.

This is an onsite role based at the facility in Toledo, OR.

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.

• Ensures adherence to all safety, environmental and purchasing policies, guidelines and procedures
• Utilizes company's purchasing system to process purchase orders from requisitions, track delivery dates and mitigate overmax
• Understanding of purchasing processes, supplier negotiations, and conditions of purchase, including payment terms, freight terms, incoterms, and other key commercial terms
• Issues requests for quotations, analyzes and evaluates quotes, negotiates price and terms, and exercises independent judgment to select suppliers based on lowest total cost of ownership incorporating corporate strategy
• Knowledgeable of Company's strategic supply agreements and utilizes these to maximize value
• Collaborates with internal requestors to understand requirements (e.g., specifications, performance and timing requirements)
• Demonstrates high level of customer focus and sense of urgency
• 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 change to improve the effectiveness of the purchasing process
• Manages own time to accomplish goals and prioritize a variety of tasks
• Weekend duty support (remotely), approximately 4 times a year

• Experience in purchasing or similar field (e.g. store room, inside sales, accounting, supply chain analyst)
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Word (document creation), Excel (spreadsheets), and Uutlook (email and calendar)
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities
• Possess a service-oriented attitude, with strong organizational and teamwork skills

• Purchasing experience working in a manufacturing or maintenance environment
• Advanced Excel knowledge including pivot tables, data analysis, Tableau, and Cognos reporting
• Experience with Asset Suite 8
• Bachelor's Degree