Position: Log Buyer

Reports to:  VP Finance

FLSA Status: Salary

OVERVIEW

The Log Buyer plays a key role in the organization by procuring raw materials that support the needs of production and other assigned areas or departments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Log Procurement:

• Purchase all logs for use at the Carney, MI sawmill and Seymour, WI firewood operations.
• Negotiate competitive pricing and delivery terms with suppliers, ensuring best cost & quality.
• Review quality of logs purchased daily.
• Study market prices and trends. Advise Operations and Finance teams of changing market trends, opportunities, and threats.

Supplier Management:

• Network, establish, and build relationships with suppliers to continually increase supplier base.
• Manage supplier relationships, providing support and correspondence to issues, questions, and opportunities.
• Attend logging congress and other related logging events.

Material Management:

• Manages log inventory and yard layout with Production Managers.
• Establish seasonal Min/Max levels of individual log types.
• Work with Production Managers to ensure proper inventory turnover on a LIFO (last in, first out) basis.
• Participate in monthly physical inventory counts in accordance with accounting procedures.
• Works with the Production Managers & Supervisors to target production and yield goals.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Communication/Interpersonal Skills – Maintains a positive attitude, works at maintaining positive work relationships, ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, effectively communicates with outside contacts, strong impact and selling skills
• Delivers Results – Sets goals and objectives for self and takes responsibility to achieve these in a timely manner.
• Functional Capability – Maintains a high level of knowledge business industry.
• Effective in Negotiations – Able to conduct formal and informal negotiations on behalf of the company to influence others towards the Company’s requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS to perform the Materials Manager job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily.

• Education & Experience
•  Associate’s degree from 2 Year College or equivalent experience.
• Communication Skills
  • Ability to read & interpret documents such safety rules, instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively present data before groups of employees.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Mathematical Skills
  • 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 graphs.
• Computer Skills
  • Knowledgeable in the use of computers, including the ability to enter information into Microsoft Excel, use Microsoft Word, and other programs as required.
• Reasoning Ability
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to dust particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• General work conditions are those that are typically found in an office setting.

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