Manager, Supply Chain Strategy

About the role

This highly technical, visible role is ideal for a strong contributor and critical thinker who will understand, challenge, improve, and scale Georgia-Pacific’s network optimization model.

Responsibilities

• Apply optimization, decision science, and scenario analysis to complex network, warehousing, fulfillment, and asset-footprint questions, refining model formulation, constraints, and sensitivities to reflect real-world trade-offs
• Own and advance GP’s network optimization capability by challenging legacy methods, strengthening model structure, and identifying new ways to apply evolving optimization platforms and decision-support capabilities at scale
• Develop and interpret scenarios and trade-offs that show leaders the drivers, risks, and economic impact of network choices, and translate them into clear, actionable recommendations
• Lead long-term network and fulfillment strategy development, evaluating 3–5 year footprint decisions that optimize total landed cost while maintaining service and operational flexibility
• Identify and prioritize opportunities by defining the gap to potential, and partner with analytics, planning, and process teams to embed optimization into decisions
• Find new modeling use cases and build repeatable, self-service tools that move optimization from one-off studies into everyday decisions
• Operate effectively in a dynamic, ambiguous environment, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining focus on the highest-value opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain strategy or network optimization; including building and applying optimization models to inform network design, sourcing, and fulfillment decisions
• Hands-on experience using analytical programming languages and tools such as Python, R, SQL, Coupa Supply Chain Solutions, Lyric or similar platforms to build, enhance, automate, or scale decision models
• BA degree or higher in Supply Chain, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, or a related quantitative field
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex analytics and model outputs into clear, actionable recommendations that influence cross-functional stakeholders and leadership decision-making
• Internal or external consulting experience

Who We Are

Georgia-Pacific is a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products, and much more. We operate one of the largest recycling businesses and have over 30,000 employees in over 150 locations. Our goal is to meet evolving customer needs with quality products and empower our employees to innovate every day.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retail retirement plans
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.