Senior Manager/Director, Commercial SmartPaper
Join Georgia Pacific’s EarthKraft™ Mailers business, a division of GP Packaging and Cellulose, a leader in sustainable innovation. We are expanding our product lines and working with key customers to create and launch new products that complement our thriving recyclable mailer business. This position offers an exciting opportunity to drive sustainable innovation and shape the future of our rapidly evolving mailer business.
The Senior Manager/Director will spearhead the commercialization of the SmartPaper product line, acting as the "center of the wheel" and leading a cross‑functional team to scale production and sales rapidly across North America. The role includes managing key customer relationships, collaborating closely with outsourced suppliers, supply chain, R&D and internal commercial support teams, and ensuring profitable growth during a period of rapid change.
Location
Based in Atlanta with approximately 25% travel to supplier and customer sites.
Responsibilities
- Lead and influence business partners and vendors, providing guidance and support.
- Serve as primary point of contact for current and future customers on a range of issues.
- Manage the rapid commercial scale‑up of new products to multiple customers and distribution points, working with the business leader and internal supply chain and commercial support teams.
- Identify critical paths and proactively keep the team on track; solve problems effectively as they arise.
- Strategically plan for the next phases of growth and execute with your team, considering manufacturing process changes, new product introductions, and category expansion.
- Provide business and project performance monitoring, reporting, and improvement.
- Draft internal communications, including capital requests and decision‑making framework memos, as needed.
- Manage pricing in collaboration with the business leader and other commercial support functions.
- Advance our principled‑based culture by applying and reinforcing company values.
Qualifications – Basic
- Experience in operations finance, strategy, business development, supply chain, brand management, financial analysis, or business finance (including commercial support roles).
- Prior experience in financial and economic decision‑making.
- Proven ability to influence during change initiatives or business transformation.
- Experience managing across multiple workstreams.
- Flexibility for travel up to 25%.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct supervisory or project leadership experience.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- MBA, Business Leadership, or experience in a corporate strategy role.
- Experience launching and/or growing new products.
- Experience managing external manufacturing vendors.
- Experience identifying trends, performing analyses, and providing strategic support for business decisions including pricing, contract negotiations, new product launches, and capital investments.
- Experience engaging with high‑value customers to discuss long‑term strategy, address inquiries, and create value and solve problems.
Benefits
Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, short and long‑term disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Eligibility and specific benefits vary by geographic region.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify.
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