Fiber Certification & Supply Chain Data Analyst (with GIS)
About The Position
The Fiber Certification & Supply Chain Data Analyst helps maintain operational compliance, competitiveness, and environmental responsibility by connecting data analysis with corporate stewardship. The role uses spatial data to visualize the company’s environmental footprint, supports sustainable fiber certifications at manufacturing facilities, and communicates compliance metrics to internal and external customers. The analyst administers ArcGIS Online, maintains geographic data, and creates maps, dashboards, and spatial reports. The role also supports mills and corrugated plants in meeting fiber certification requirements, tracks and documents fiber supply chains, prepares facilities for audits, and ensures audit deficiencies are addressed. In addition, the analyst responds to customer sustainability inquiries and maintains verified sustainability information for use in customer-facing communications. The position collaborates across Corporate Sustainability, box plants, Woodlands, Environmental/EHS, Corporate Purchasing, and Containerboard Sales. It calls for accurate, timely, audit-ready data, clear communication, measured decision-making, and travel of less than 50%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Geography, GIS, or a related field.
- Proficiency in ArcGIS Pro or QGIS, including map creation, buffer analysis, attribute editing, and data exporting.
- 2–4 years of experience working with data analysis, environmental compliance, or sustainability.
- Ability to analyze multiple issues and communicate findings effectively.
- Strong people skills to lead and communicate with business management.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage details, deadlines, and requests.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment, prioritize assignments, and manage multiple projects or requests concurrently.
- Strong listening, evaluating, and organizational skills.
- Working knowledge of computer systems, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to travel less than 50%.
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and passport.
- Previous experience as a team member, or a strong understanding of the importance of open communication and information sharing among team members.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with forest certification standards (SFI, FSC, PEFC) and chain-of-custody tracking.
- Experience in process improvement and/or continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Administer ArcGIS Online and map wood baskets, sourcing regions, and facility locations.
- Maintain and update spatial layers in the enterprise geodatabase to ensure data accuracy.
- Generate standard maps, digital dashboards, and spatial reports for internal stakeholders.
- Clean and integrate external tabular datasets with existing geographic data.
- Assist mills and corrugated plants in maintaining compliance with SFI, FSC, PEFC, and other fiber certification standards.
- Coordinate annual training and internal audits, and help facilities prepare for third-party audits.
- Track, audit, and document wood and fiber supply chains from forest to facility.
- Support facility teams during third-party certification audits, including selected or representative plants during annual audits with the company’s certifying body.
- Monitor wood procurement data for compliance with sustainable sourcing policies.
- Maintain knowledge of chain-of-custody and related standards, and update program elements by standards-organization deadlines.
- Ensure deficiencies identified in third-party and internal audits are remedied through appropriate corrective actions and closed in a timely manner.
- Manage and respond to customer sustainability inquiries, questionnaires, and RFP requirements as requested by the Director, Environment and Product Stewardship.
- Provide fiber sustainability information to internal and external customers as requested by the Director, Environment and Product Stewardship.
- Maintain a centralized library of verified sustainability data, certificates, and compliance statements.
- Collaborate with sales and product teams to translate supply-chain data into clear customer-facing narratives.
- Ensure collected data is accurate, timely, and audit-ready, and communicate and collaborate with stakeholders to support customer and business goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
