Mgr., Procurement, Mill Capital & Equipment

Company: Graphic Packaging
Location: Kalamazoo
Posted on: November 7, 2019

Job Description:

At Graphic Packaging International (NYSE: GPK), we produce the box you may have poured your child's cereal from this morning, the microwaveable tray that heated your lunch, the paper cup that held your coffee throughout the day, and the carrier of those bottles of craft beer you may enjoy tonight! We're one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world's most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet care products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are a team of collaborative, innovative, passionate individuals who are committed to providing consumer packaging that makes a world of difference.

With almost 18,000 employees working in more than 70 locations in North and South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim, we strive to be an environmentally responsible leader in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry's best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from you. Learn more about us at www.graphicpkg.com.

Inspired Packaging. A World of Difference.

Mission:

The Manager Procurement, Mill Capital & Equipment is responsible for the development and implementation of effective sourcing strategies for the company's announced new paper machine installation. The incumbent routinely updates and presents to supply chain and mill leadership assumptions and progress on sourcing parts and services to complete the installation of the new paper machine including cost projections. Supports the Director, Capital Procurement and the VP of Engineering for the Mill division while ensuring projects are bid and sourced following approved strategy and processes while ensuring availability, service and quality needs are met.

This position is projected to be a two to three year assignment. At the conclusion of the assignment, the Company will make a good faith effort to identify opportunities for the incumbent to continue employment with the Company in another role. If placement in another role is unsuccessful, the incumbent will be offered separation benefits in accordance with Company policy.

Key Responsibilities

* Develops and utilizes database tools delivering an aggregate sourcing schedule in support of the top level Project Critical Path Schedule.

* Establishes criteria and negotiation strategies for a large number of equipment and service providers.

* Develops and manages multiple Request for Proposals and contract agreements at one time.

* Manage and direct two onsite employees in receiving, tracking and inventory management

* Develops, implements, and administers policies, procedures and systems by which the Company's MRO and Capital supply base is managed.

* Proactively evaluates, identifies and leads meaningful continuous improvement of the procurement organization's policies, procedures and systems.

* Monitors supply/demand activity for key component markets.

* Coordinates Bill of Material/Spares Part creation in SAP with project dedicated Material Master resource

* Coordinates vendor onboarding with GPI Supply Chain Operations.

* Serves as liaison between internal project team, engineering, and supplier base.

* Ensures accurate and timely reporting to project team regarding inflationary costs and budget assumptions.

* Provides effective and frequent communication regarding project updates to Supply Chain and Project management teams highlighting issues affecting cost, schedule, technical risk.

* Carries out all policies and achieve objectives as directed by the Director, Capital Procurement

* Supports post project evaluation process.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Education/Experience Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, finance, accounting, economics, statistics or other related field. Advanced degree or certifications a plus.

* Minimum 7 years of experience in Paper Mill Procurement, Operations, Engineering or Maintenance Management; 3+ years of paper mill equipment procurement experience, preferred

* 3+ years of experience with EPCM (Engineering Procurement Construction Management) projects in paper mill environments.

* Expert-level skills in SAP, Microsoft Project, Excel and Access

* Demonstrated project management expertise.

* Available for multiyear project timeline.

* Availability to travel up to 75% (if not based in Kalamazoo)

Key Competencies

Strategic Skills

* Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

* Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.

Operating Skills

* Priority Setting: Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and pts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goals; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus

* Organizing: Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and files in a useful manner.

* Collaborates: Building partnership and working collaboratively with others to meet shared Objectives

* Skilled at attention to detail

* Proven ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects/tasks

Courage

* Conflict Management: Steps up to conflicts; seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get corporation within minimum noise.

Energy and Drive

* Action Oriented: Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.

* Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Organizational Positioning

* Organizational Agility: Knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the cultures of organizations.

Personal and Interpersonal Positioning

* Composure: Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn't show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis.

* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization and with external suppliers

* Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

* Developer of high quality, high output team members.

Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base

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