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Clearwater Paper Corporation Sr. Buyer - Fiber and Wood in Spokane, Washington
Description Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company that produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters. In addition, the Company is a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants, and discount stores. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Clearwater Paper is proud to embrace a remote workforce model for specific positions. Our Company has proven success with remote roles while maintaining a collaborative and supportive work environment. We use effective communication tools to foster teamwork and collaboration. Our wood sourcing area is pretty large encompassing mid/south AR, LA and MS. The preferred candidate should live in the wood basket area due to travel requirements of role and will receive a company-leased vehicle to perform the job. What you will do: Fiber Procurement Responsible for the location of open market timber, and the cruising, appraisals, purchasing, and harvesting of that timber for the lowest system-wide delivered cash cost to Clearwater. Total responsibility for scheduling, and managing inventory of Arkansas fiber, and for integration of pulp log and saw log fiber flows. Includes the procurement of wood chips, sawdust, and all roundwood to support the company's pulping operation at the lowest possible cash cost. This may include the selling of hogged fuel produced by contract chippers. Tactical liaison between Procurement, Manufacturing, Accounting, and Wood Suppliers to assist with the ordering, accounting control, compliance and quality of logs, wood chips, and waste fuel which may include: Ticket and invoice reconciliation Contract Management Purchase Order Management Quality Control of Inventory Transactions Strategic development and implementation of certified wood procurement initiatives with supplies in the region by: Effectively building and maintaining supplier relationships to grow the supplier force by participating in meetings and leads communications. May monitor vendor performance, assist in the development of corrective actions, and ensure completion. Demonstrated knowledge of forest management is key. Negotiate procurement contracts for wood fiber and wood fiber transportation (trucking, rail, barging) to meet demand while being accountable for cost and value targets and objectives. Direct negotiations and final price decisions on fiber supply are a key responsibility of this position. This position is responsible for marketing/trading excess volume. Negotiate processing rates with multiple whole log chippers, contract loggers, tub grinders and in-woods hog fuel processing operations. Quality Control Sample wood/chips to ensure quality expectations are met. Insure each operation measures and documents suppliers' product quality attributes, quality assurance and quality improvement plans. Conduct field audits as required for producer and supplier compliance to certification standards. Implement all relevant Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards and maintain FSC Certification for operations governed by the standard. Implement all relevant Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) standards and maintain SFI Certification for operations governed by the standard. Monitor Chain of Custody (COC) credit tracking and compliance Prepare for certification audits. Strategic Planning Provide the Company with strategic sourcing options, cost impacts, risks, and fiber market conditions. Evaluate/plan the most economic combination of fiber to be pulped as the relative costs of pulpable fiber change (hardwood, softwood, sawdust). Provide an integrated Clearwater view of destination changes of pulp/saw logs and residual products as they influen