Forester-Buyer

We are seeking a qualified Forester-Buyer to cover specified regions in Virginia. This position is responsible for providing raw material to manufacturing locations to meet production requirements.  

Principal Responsibilities: 

• Provides a continuous monthly supply of poles to accomplish established annual production requirements
• Cruises land to determine volume, size and quality of timber stands
• Purchases and balances raw materials inventory to meet required production levels
• Monitors barkie yields to ensure cost efficiency is maintained and budget requirements are met
• Calculates cruises to ensure proper volumes and values are established to purchase tracts at or below market price
• Maintains and develops new relationships with sellers of raw materials
• May contact carriers to arrange transportation of purchases
• Ensures proper quantity and quality of materials received to locations
• Supervises manufacturing of poles to ensure quality control and directs sizes toward company needs
• Oversees logging crews to ensure proper processing of materials
• Contacts and follows up on any open market producers that have material fitting production needs
• Responds to and performs on special market requirements for poles and piling
• Inspects and evaluates potential timber sales and follows up with successful purchasers for possible pole production
• Maintains contacts in the industry and related areas to develop information regarding future pole production potentials and market information on poles, piling, and other products.  Reports findings on a regular basis.
• Provides a monthly estimate of pole volume to be produced by each individual or job
• Visits competitors and related company facilities to maintain a current knowledge of methods and costs typical of the industry’s best/worst companies.  Attends meetings, trade shows, seminars, etc. to maintain current knowledge and best practices.
• Participates and contribute to company safety program
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Qualifications: 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in forestry or related field preferred; or five years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience: 5 years' timber experience
• License/Certification: Driver’s License

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills 
• Solid decision making and strong analytical skills
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Detail and results oriented
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Suite

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