Job Description
TRCTalent is seeking a full time Regional Fiber Supply Manager to join a leading firm in the power generation arena based in the Carolinas. This individual must possess strong leadership capabilities, possess an analytical mindset for problem solving, and have a bias for action. The role reports to the Director and provides leadership & support to all sites within the Carolinas region.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Fiber Commodity Managers on day-to-day operational, as well as long-term performance
- Provide leadership – including listening and responding to employee issues, taking decisive actions, recognizing excellent performance, and holding employees accountable for undesirable behaviors
- Follow defined safety procedures, encourage involvement, follow up on safety concerns, and model proper safe behaviors
- Ensuring all direct reports are properly trained, perform required responsibilities, and execute ad-hoc projects / tasks
- Driving continuous improvement in Fiber pricing to meet short and long-term financial goals, as well as to set the benchmark for fiber price in area of procurement
- Development of Regional Fiber Supply strategy and creation of action plans to close gaps, aligned with Enterprise goals and objectives, to maximize financial impact
- Creation and management of required tools and processes to define, execute, and communicate fiber supply plans on weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
- Building relationships with supply base (in-woods and residual suppliers) to foster long-term and sustainable health for both parties
- Partner with Operations to maximize production and reduce overall COGS
- Balance fiber cost with operational impacts and production
- Create and manage critical metrics to drive performance
- Lead cross-functional discussion and collaboration to sustain performance and address gaps
- Ensuring all Sustainability requirements are met for responsible sourcing and to uphold our values and commitment to the environment, shareholders, and customers
- Sustainable sourcing is a non-negotiable and critical to company's long-term health and viability
- Partner with Sustainability, Communications, and other groups to continuously improve sustainable sourcing policies, performance, and gap closure
- Effectively communicate both up, down, and across the organization
- Utilization of data and analytical tools to make effective and efficient decisions
- Analyzing various data inputs to optimize supply to facilities based on location, cost, and quality
- Analyzing delivery information / trends to ensure suppliers are executing to supply plans
- Forecasting regional supply plans based on supplier-level information (tract location, pricing, volume)
- Use a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Operations, Fiber Commodity Managers, and Fiber Director to satisfy fiber demands within cost targets and any other constraints
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of Fiber procurement experience
- Minimum 2 years of leadership experience (leading a team), including:
- Strong leadership and development of team(s) and individuals
- Organizational to team goal alignment and performance management
- Budget creation, alignment, and execution
- Working knowledge of logging operations
- A bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, logistics / supply chain management, operations management, engineering, or forestry
- Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate to engineering staff, cross functional departments, and senior leadership
- Analytical skills to digest data and creation actionable insights
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, One Drive, PowerBI
- ArcGIS and imagery mapping experience is preferred
- Experience in LIMS or other wood procurement software
- Must be a self-starter with ability to prioritize complex and dynamic workload while maintaining a hands-on active management style and maintaining awareness of team activities
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work,