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Georgia-Pacific Appoints Vice President
March 11, 2021
Georgia-Pacific LLC has appointed Kim Price vice president of market sales for its consumer products group.
In her new position, Price will oversee the “away-from-home” market sales teams for GP PRO. Price has been with Georgia-Pacific for more than 15 years, beginning her career with the company in 2005. She most recently served as vice president of sales force effectiveness for the company’s consumer product group.
“Our No. 1 priority for 2021 is to help customers enable a safe return from the coronavirus pandemic and we believe our categories play an essential role in that,” said Ryan Elwart, chief customer officer for Georgia-Pacific’s consumer products group. “Kim has led key customer and channel teams for Georgia-Pacific, and most recently built and led our sales force effectiveness capability, which delivers world class training, applied technology and sales enablement to Georgia-Pacific and to our distributor partners. Kim is uniquely positioned to lead our market sales teams as we transform, along with our customers, to serve a post-COVID marketplace.”
In addition, Georgia-Pacific announced Erin Beckman has been promoted to vice president of away-from-home national sales. Beckman has led customer and channel teams for Georgia-Pacific since 2015 and was promoted to her current position in April of last year.
About GP PRO
Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, office papers, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building products, and related chemicals. The company operates approximately 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates nearly 89,000 jobs indirectly. GP PRO, a division of Georgia-Pacific, manufactures and sells well-known brands like ActiveAire®, Angel Soft® Professional Series, Brawny®, Compact®, Dixie®, Dixie Ultra®, enMotion®, and Pacific Blue™. GP PRO products meet restroom, foodservice, and break room needs for office buildings, healthcare, foodservice, high-traffic, lodging, retail, and education facilities, plus a wide range of industrial and manufacturing facilities in North America. For more information, visit www.gppro.com.
