Trading Optimization Analyst
 Georgia Pacific | |
life insurance, parental leave, remote work
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 United States, Georgia, Atlanta | |
| 133 Peachtree Street Northeast (Show on map) | |
 Feb 17, 2025 | |
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Your Job
Join the dynamic team at Georgia-Pacific Building Products! We are seeking a talented Trading Optimization Analyst to support our Structural Panels division. In this role, you will work closely with our sales teams, analyzing and identifying market changes, providing data-driven recommendations, and nurturing continuous learning and collaboration within the trading team. This role creates value by identifying margin enhancement opportunities, supporting customer growth strategies, and leveraging economic thinking. Through strategic insights and effective collaboration, you'll drive informed trading decisions that contribute to our organization's success. Location: This is an [1] onsite role at our GP HQ in downtown Atlanta, GA. We offer a hybrid work schedule of remote work combined with three days in the office each week. We are seeking local applicants, or candidates that are willing to relocate to the area. What You Will Do * Develop strategically aligned, data-driven insights to support business needs; Continuously seek data points that uncover arbitrage opportunities or significant market changes affecting sales strategy. * Recommend margin enhancement opportunities through product tradeoffs and mix optimization; partnering with S&OP teams to understand production tradeoffs to inform recommendations to traders * Develop daily/real-time KPIs and dashboards to track progress and drive collaboration across traders * Create and implement profitable customer growth strategies by leveraging actionable insights and establishing measurable growth targets that align with business objectives * Enhance economic thinking across trading team by fostering a deeper understanding of economic principles such as opportunity cost, marginal analysis and risk assessment with the trading teams. * Act as a challenge partner, providing feedback and alternative perspectives to enhance decision-making and strategy development * Promote and reinforce the Principle-Based Management culture by applying the company's values. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) * 2-5 years experience in Finance, Business Analysis, Sales, or related role. * Experienced in data analysis, trend identification, and process optimization. Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges efficiently. * Proven ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and adapt to shifting priorities in dynamic, fast-paced environments. * Demonstrated expertise to analyze complex problems, and implement process improvements that drive efficiency and meaningful results. * Skilled in delivering presentations, leading meetings, and communicating complex information clearly to diverse audiences. * Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365, Tableau, Power BI, SQL, with experience in data analysis, reporting, and dashboard creation. What Will Put You Ahead * Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative discipline. * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365, Tableau, Power BI, and SQL, with expertise in financial modeling, data analysis, and performing complex data manipulation. * Experience in the Wood Products or trading environment. 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. Hiring Philosophy 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 [2] here. 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 [3] 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 click [4] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [5] here.) #LI-CH2 References Visible links 1. https://www.georgia-pacificcenter.com/toc.cfm 2. https://jobs.kochcareers.com/pages/culture 3. https://www.kochind.com/about/business-philosophy 4. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf 5. https://labor.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idol/employers/posters/e-verify/Right%20to%20Privacy%20in%20the%20Workplace_English.pdf | |