Manager/Senior Manager Commercial Strategy and Analytics - Georgia-Pacific

GP's Retail Consumer Business is seeking a Manager / Sr. Manager, Commercial Strategy & Analytics to support our Bath Tissue, Paper Towel and Napkin brands, which include Angel Soft, Brawny, Quilted Northern, Sparkle, and Vanity Fair. This person will be a critical partner in helping the business meet its financial goals while achieving its vision of having the #1 or #2 brand in each segment that it competes.

The ideal candidate will work closely with the category teams to develop data-driven insights that accelerate price realization, help achieve various brand commercial objectives, and create long-term value. This person will also focus on elements of product and portfolio design that help drive cost efficiencies and/or increase the value of our products and brands with consumers and customers. Lastly, this person will be responsible for maintaining foundational knowledge about competitive aspects of our categories including pricing, supply and demand, capacity utilization, and competitor profitability. Strong vision, communication and leadership will be required to work across multiple stakeholders and advance a data-driven learning culture.

The role will report to the Director of Commercial Strategy & Analytics.

What You Will Do:

• Build and share knowledge around key category, channel, and competitive trends and their implications to brand strategy.
• Combine knowledge of supply system constraints, competitor positions, and key drivers of profitability to proactively identify price, product, and portfolio optimization opportunities to the category teams.
• Utilize tools, frameworks, and analyses (predictive and descriptive) to understand price landscape and develop specific price recommendations across pack-sizes and channels.
• Identify growth opportunities by applying knowledge of market supply and demand, pricing, and cost to serve.
• Work with cross-functional teams in Analytics, Category, Operations, Marketing and Sales to understand implications of recommendations and execution alternatives.
• Maintain and improve upon pricing, utilization , and profitability reports, while helping to distill key insights from market trends that will be presented to senior GP leadership.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Business, Statistics, Economics
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience in data analytics or commercial strategy with a proven track record of driving actionable insights from complex data sets.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel functions (e.g., VLOOKUPs, PivotTables) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Qlik, PowerBI )
• Experience managing and delivering multiple analytical projects concurrently, with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience presenting complex findings to non-technical audiences and influencing decision-making processes.

What Will Put You Ahead

• MBA with a focus on analytics, business strategy, or related field.
• 1+ year of experience in management consulting, particularly in engagements related to data analytics, pricing strategy, or commercial optimization.
• Prior experience in the retail or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, with a deep understanding of industry dynamics, supply chain management, and consumer behavior.
• Hands-on experience working with syndicated data sources (e.g., Nielsen, IRI) to develop reporting and analysis.
• Strong analytical mindset with a proven track record of identifying growth opportunities, optimizing pricing strategies, and driving business performance through data-driven insights.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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 visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf