<strong>Your Job<br><br></strong>We are seeking a Director of Category Management to lead and elevate our Strategic Growth Channel. This is a high impact leadership role for a strategic thinker, compelling storyteller, and data driven change agent who thrives at the intersection of analytics, insight generation, and customer influence. As Director, you will lead, inspire, and develop a team of Category Managers, setting a clear vision for how insights translate into growth. You will own the end to end story—turning complex data into clear, actionable narratives that influence retail partners and drive long term value for Georgia Pacific.<br><br>This is an opportunity to shape strategy, develop people, and drive measurable growth—while leaving a lasting impact on customers and the Georgia Pacific organization. If you are energized by leading teams, transforming insights into action, and influencing the future of category management, this role is for you.<br><br>This Role will report directly to the Sr. Director of Category Management and will be based remotely. This executive role has high visibility to senior sales leadership within Georgia-Pacific. If you are up to the challenge and are looking for a great opportunity to join and advance with Georgia-Pacific, we would welcome the opportunity to talk further with you about this high potential role.<br><br><strong>What You Will Do<br><br></strong><ul><li>Directly lead, coach, and motivate a team of Category Managers across multiple categories.</li><li>Build a high performing, insight driven culture that values curiosity, communication, and continuous development.</li><li>Provide mentorship, feedback, and stretch opportunities that grow future leaders.</li><li>Proactively identify growth opportunities by mining and synthesizing data from Circana, Kantar, consumer research, and other analytical tools.</li><li>Transform analysis into compelling, customer ready stories that clearly articulate why opportunities exist and how retailers can act on them.</li><li>Serve as a trusted thought partner to internal stakeholders and retail customers.</li><li>Lead the development of actionable recommendations that help retailers grow their paper and disposable tableware categories.</li><li>Act as a catalyst for positive change—externally with customers and internally across Georgia Pacific.</li><li>Set the standard for category management excellence across the Strategic Growth Channel.</li><li>Partner cross functionally to shape strategy, influence decisions, and accelerate commercial outcomes.<br><br><br></li></ul><strong>Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)<br><br></strong><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree</li><li>7 years’ work experience in a Consumer Products Goods company</li><li>5 years’ work experience in Category Management / Analysis</li><li>Experience in telling analytical business stories that address growth opportunities and solves internal and customer problems<br><br><br></li></ul><em>At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.<br><br></em><strong>Hiring Philosophy<br><br></strong>All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.<br><br><strong>Who We Are<br><br></strong>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.<br><br><strong>Our Benefits<br><br></strong>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><em>Pay: $150,000 - $225,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay based on performance.<br><br></em><strong>Equal Opportunities<br><br></strong>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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).<br><br>