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 general 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.

📌 Forestry Manager. Experience with TIMO’s, REITs companies (México)
🏢 Chep
📍 México