🌟 Category - Forestry Mgr Mexico- Build New Opportunities
Position Purpose
The role will support the Global Procurement leadership in finding, contracting, and developing projects with Timber Investment Management Organizations (TIMO’s), Timberland Real-Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Plantation Management Companies for the competitive supply of timber into sawmills.
The role will be supporting the project management of a forestry and industrial project in Tabasco Mexico
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications
* Bachelor's or master’s degree in forestry
* Natural Resource Management
* Environmental science
* Forest Engineering
* Forest Economics
English 80%
***Mandatory experience with TIMO discussions with suppliers, negotiate price & payment terms and drive costs down monthly with each supplier not on a flex agreement Get white wood quotes or similar Plantation Management company .
Advanced understanding of timberland investment, finance, and management processes
Experience working with institutional investors, understanding the economics of plantation management.
Field experience.
* Work experience in international matrix organizations across functions and cultures.
* Ability to evaluate various potential Procurement activities and prioritize initiatives to gain maximum benefit within the region of responsibility.
* Experience in project management.
Key Accountabilities – What you will do
* Delivers timber-related projects identified by the global office on time
* Help develop new sources of supply globally
* Identify opportunities to partner with TIMO’s, REIT’s and Plantation Management Companies
* Map the landscape of TIMO’s, REITs and Plantation Management Companies
* Assess and recommend the selected suppliers for timber covering multiple regions in the Americas (USA, Canada, Central and South America)
* Support the execution of contracts or SLA with the chosen partners
* Forestry and sawmilling project management
* Understanding of forest management and finances
* Communication skills both to manage a team effectively and to promote their work within the organization.
* A drive for change with a commitment to future excellence within the Procurement function
* Persuasive communication and influencing skills to act as an advocate for Procurement
* Executive-level relationship management and positioning, communicating at the regional and global level.
* Ability to quickly understand business users needs and relate them to Procurement capabilities.
* Ability to manage ambiguity and handle complexity and interact at a senior level.
* Strong business acumen to evaluate new opportunities and structure and negotiate deals from a regional perspective.
* Ability to think “outside the box” and develop new strategic programs that challenge the status quo.