KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Maintain strong focus on safety compliance, hazard recognition/mitigation and continual improvement.
• Supervise a storeroom team of 11 employees that receive, store, issue, deliver, and ship inventoried items and direct buy items.
• Develop direct reports to provide maximum customer service/support and adhere to all Global Sourcing and storeroom policies and procedures.
• Schedule and approve working hours for storeroom team to fit mill needs.
• Purchase materials and services from suppliers providing best value with consideration to quality, price, contracts, reliability and urgency of need.
• Responsible for maintaining stock items in required quantity and condition to support operations and maintenance.
• Ensure completion of annual cycle counts per policy.
• Identify and implement initiatives for optimizing storeroom inventory value (approximately $48MM) by working with maintenance, other IP facilities, vendors and various IP organizations.
• Lead Stores Inventory Optimization Team to support the identification, removal and cost recovery of excess and obsolete Storeroom inventory.
• Coordinate scrap and surplus materials sales activities.
• Manage Repairable Materials program (Repair & Return), Committed Inventory Program and Vendor Managed Inventory Program all as part of optimizing dollars expended in Stores Inventory Value.
• Perform Contract Coordinator activities associated with onsite vendor representatives and occasional contractor work in Storeroom areas.
• Identify potential suppliers and issue requests for quotes.
• Identify and implement storeroom management and shipping/receiving best practices.
• Adhere to Global Sourcing and Internal Controls policies including document retention and reporting.
• Support Global Sourcing initiatives and maintain strong working knowledge of Global Sourcing Agreements and relevant contract provisions. Manage through vendor changes as required.
• Participate in the Purchasing & Stores Weekend Duty rotation.
• Will assist with other possible procurement duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Supervisory/Management Experience preferred
5 Years in Stores/Receiving or Warehousing preferred
Procurement Experience preferred
Pulp and Paper Mill experience preferred
Effective Written & Verbal Communication Skills
Proficient in Computer Use
Working Knowledge of MS Office Software
SAP Material Management experience required
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

THE CULTURE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS, AGE, OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY LAW.

Procurement
purchasing
sourcing
strategic sourcing
creative
negotiation
negotiator
category manager
category buyer
contract negotiator
capital equipment
capital purchasing
capital procurement
contract management
project management
industrial
mill capital
plant capital
strategic supplier
category management
procurement contracts
supply relationship manager
supply relationship management
supplier negotiation
strategy
strategic procurement
category manager
procurement manager
purchasing manager
sourcing manager
cost savings
savings
analytical
paper
pulp
paper machine
equipment
industrial equipment
Vendor Negotiation
Contract Execution
Action Oriented
Relationship Skills
Time Management
Business Acumen
Priority Setting
Self-Development
Dealing with Ambiguity
Problem Solving
Drive for Results
Perseverance

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