Northwest Region Raw Material Manager
About The Position
This position is part of the Wood Products Raw Materials Procurement business supporting the northwest mill set along with the mills in Washington, Oregon, Montana and Canada and will report to the Vice President of Raw Materials Procurement. The successful candidate will lead Safety and Sustainability for this mill set Raw Materials & By-products organization. This leader will be a member of the Raw Materials and By-products Lead Team and lead the log procurement operations team for Manufacturing facilities in WA, OR, MT and Canada. This leader will also be a skilled collaborator with business leaders of operations and planning in Lumber, Panels, EWP and Timberlands.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Forestry or related field OR an equivalent in education/experience
- Proactive safety leader with a demonstrated safety record and commitment to workplace safety culture, with the ability to seek out and work with safe and reliable business partners
- At least 10 years of raw materials applicable job experience
- Contract negotiation experience
- Ability to effectively work and communicate across organizational boundaries
- Demonstrated ability in leading diverse groups of people
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments
- Market knowledge of wood products manufacturing and By-products
- Supply agreement compliance understanding
- Understanding of environmental compliance
- Experience in Microsoft Business tools to support budgeting and planning
- Experience creating and managing forecasts and budgets
- Understanding of transportation and harvesting systems including day rate analysis and contractor efficiency and health
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
- Development, replication, and execution of best practices
- Willing to travel 50%25+ based on business requirements
- Must live in WA or OR within a 60-mile radius of one of the mill locations within the scope of the position.
Responsibilities
- Exemplify and advance superior safety and environmental performance
- Establish strong working partnerships with all internal and external stakeholders
- Maintain current and develop potential new - key supplier, customers and contractor relationships
- Focal point / lead for IFP process with the associated Timberlands Regions
- Collaborate with Timberlands on Integration Excellence and Cross Business OPX
- Collaborate with Director of Operations and Planning and By-products Manager - focus areas include: 4 pillars (Volume, Size, Cost and Quality) - 4 Entities (Raw Materials, Manufacturing, Timberlands and Sales) - Roadmaps - Benchmarking
- Price Forecasting, budgeting and planning - Capital projects -Special (named) projects.
- Collaborate with CDO on business development
- Develop Strategic Roadmaps for each mill and operating area for Raw Materials and By-products
- Execute on WY vision and People Principles
- Conduct tours of potential business partners and company executives as requested.
- Collaborate with Corporate support teams including HR, Finance, Legal, Environmental, Sustainability
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Pre-tax Health Savings Account option with company contribution
- Voluntary Long-Term Care
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Personal volunteerism support
- Diversity networks
- Mentoring programs
- Training and development opportunities
- 401k plan with company match
- Annual contribution to 401k plan equal to 5%25 of base salary
- 3-weeks of paid vacation during the first year of employment
- Accrued vacation for future use after six months of employment
- Eleven paid holidays per year
- Paid parental leave for all full-time employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
