The Opportunity:
We have an opportunity for an Area Wood Fiber Procurement Manager at our Fernandina Beach, FL, office to lead all Stumpage team activities to develop and execute the virgin fiber sourcing strategies aggressively and proactively. This process includes maintaining the lowest cost and highest quality fiber sourcing in support of the mills' projected needs across the annual cycle while maintaining the highest compliance with safety and environmental requirements. In this process, the candidate must provide key leadership and develop organizational talent to promote an aggressive, data focused organization capable of relentlessly seeking productivity enhancements resulting in bottom line savings to the company.

Job Objectives:
Lead, promote, and enhance the safety culture.
Develop and execute sound, aggressive strategies built on mill requirements, solid analysis, and robust market data.
Develop, lead, and maintain solid market awareness to support both strategic development and tactical decisions.
Execute the fiber supply plan with precision and high sense of urgency, remaining flexible to adjust strategy and tactics given changes in market conditions and/or mill operations to sustain lowest cost and high quality.
Communicate effectively related to fiber supply operations, strategies, and status of execution with all stakeholders including mill management, mill operations, mill fiber supply team and upper management.
Hold team and contractors to high standards for operational execution, including accuracy, timeliness, safety, productivity, and quality.
Proactively develop and manage both capital and expense plans that support and enhance the fiber supply system.
Identify and support opportunities to increase productivity and efficiency across the region
Develop talent to continually provide opportunities for “high potential” individuals to increase leadership "bench strength" for the organization.

What you need to succeed:
Ability to lead change to ensure maximized performance in evolving market conditions
5+ years related work experience
Bachelor’s in forestry management or related field
Advanced computer skills, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Word, Outlook, and other software
Ability to set up financial forecasts and budgets is critical
Ability to effectively communicate data driven decisions and strategies to both internal and external stakeholders
Experience with wood processing operations
Proficiently analyzes and identifies patterns or trends in data
Diagnoses problems in non-physical systems/procedures
Breaks down a procedure into logical steps
Makes decisions after thorough evaluation
Decides a course of action on own initiative
Makes quick decisions under time pressure
Makes judgments on cost, damages, disputes, etc.
Experience managing procurement foresters