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Lignetics Inc.
Elmira, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/21/2025
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Forester:


Remote Worker - Based out of N PA, S. NY

Description

Salary: $80,000 - $95,000

Job Type: Full-time

Shift Schedule: Remote Worker, based out of N. PA, S, NY

Lignetics, Inc. offers clean, renewable solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products has unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-add, branded consumer products.

Position Summary

The Forester/Senior Buyer will work closely with plant teams to manage wood raw material inventory for a regional set of wood pellet plants. These inventories must be closely managed for price and product mix to support the plant production plan. This position is responsible for managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, tracking supplier performance, and resolving non-conformance issues.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with both wood residual procurement, logging operations, and timber products transportation.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Continual communications with plant leadership and production planners to understand dynamic plant sourcing needs
  • Maintain good relationships and sound partnerships with suppliers
  • Monitor regional market dynamics and understand how this will impact suppliers, predict future market trends, and develop and execute buying strategy accordingly
  • Monitor suppliers for volume, mix, and quality.
  • Resolve any non-conformance issues with suppliers
  • Single point of communication between the plants and the suppliers
  • Responsible for negotiating best cost per ton (CPT) and providing forecasts
  • Expected to make frequent face-to-face visits with plant leadership and suppliers
  • Cruise timber, purchase timber, contract logging and trucking, for the procurement of roundwood raw material, if needed.
  • Understand current roundwood market for the negotiation of timber and Gatewood pricing
  • Arrange transportation as needed

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in forestry, Forest Management, or Biology
  • Minimum of 8-10 years of combined wood residual procurement and forestry/timber ops experience
  • Excel and Word proficiency
  • Effective analytical skills, contract negotiation and management skills required
  • Accounting knowledge and strong written and verbal communications required
  • Legal knowledge of contracts preferred.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with remote work options
  • Full benefits – (401(k), vision, medical, dental)
  • Annual bonus
  • Casual work attire and environment
  • Great mentoring and future career opportunities
  • 2 weeks of vacation from day one, seven holidays and two floating holidays


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Salary : $80,000 - $95,000

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