Area Manager - Forest Resources
(Management & Executives)
Full Time
Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
RockTenn is one of North America's leading providers of packaging solutions and manufacturers of containerboard and paperboard. Over the years, RockTenn has outpaced its peers in growth rate of revenues, profitability, EBITDA and total shareholder return. We’ve done this by creating and following a bold strategy of: exceeding our customers' expectations every time, creating long-term shareholder value and encouraging and rewarding employee excellence.
FORTUNE® magazine has recognized RockTenn as one of its Most Admired Companies. RockTenn is also currently ranked at No. 293 on the FORTUNE 500 list.
Since our founding in 1936, RockTenn has focused on developing packaging and paperboard products that bring high value to its customers, employees and shareholders. We now operate approximately 200 facilities across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. We employ 26,000 employees and are industry leaders in North America for paper recycling, retail displays, pre-print linerboard, containerboard, corrugated packaging, coated recycled paperboard and folding cartons.
RockTenn is uniquely positioned to provide end-to-end solutions including a full portfolio of food, beverage and consumer packaging that contains, ships and markets our customers’ products.
As a fiber-based packaging company, RockTenn considers sustainability to be a top priority. The industry and others recognize RockTenn for its sustainability efforts. Recently, the company received awards from AF&PA for its sustainability work with customers. And, in Newsweek’s Green Rankings, RockTenn is the highest ranked paper company on the list.
A performance-based, data-driven culture helps us continuously reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction. In the past year, our employees increased customer satisfaction to the highest customer satisfaction rating in our history.
Area Forest Resource Manager
We have an opportunity at RockTenn Forestry Resources in Fernandina Beach, FL, for an Area Manager. The Area Manager will assist the Regional Manager in the development and execution of aggressive and proactive virgin fiber strategies to maintain the lowest cost, highest quality fiber sourcing in support of our mill’s forecasted needs while maintaining the highest compliance with safety and environmental requirements.
Job Objectives:
1: Lead, promote, enhance, and model RockTenn’s safety and environmentally-conscious culture.
2: Assist the Regional Manager in developing the annual strategic purchase and inventory plan to provide the highest value fiber to the digester across the annual cycle.
3: Develop and execute tactical plans supporting the annual strategy built on mill requirements, solid analysis, and robust understanding of market data including proactively capturing pertinent market data, evaluate relevance to region strategy, identify cost savings opportunities, and provide feedback and options to the Regional Manager for decision making.
4: Lead members of the regional team in the execution of the fiber supply plan with precision and a high sense of urgency, remaining flexible to adjust strategy and tactics given changes in market conditions and/or mill operations to sustain the highest value fiber to the digester across the annual cycle.
5: Effectively evaluate fiber opportunities and successfully negotiate pricing based on true market demands that provide high quality fiber to the digester at lowest possible costs.
6: Communicate effectively with all stakeholders including peers, direct reports, the fiber procurement team, management, landowners, and suppliers in verbal and written form related to relevant operations, strategies, and status of execution. Ensure direct reports understand current inventory and market positions.
7: Assist the Regional Manager in the development and reporting of timely and accurate financial information including budgets, forecasts, and projected spending.
8: Develop talent through providing ongoing professional development opportunities for individuals to improve skills, help realize their greatest potential, and increase leadership bench strength for RockTenn.
9: Represent RockTenn in the community by participation in Associations, workshops, and civic and government affairs.
Competencies
Safety and Environmental – compliance is first priority both on and off of company property
Business Acumen – understanding the forestry business, from competition to practical strategies for success
Influence and Persuasion – able to negotiate compromise, manage conflict, and focus on positive outcomes
Customer Focus – able to win and keep customers, set expectation, and solve problems
Planning, Prioritizing, and Goal Setting – develop realistic plans, set goals, manage time and resources
Communication – clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas and messages through written, verbal and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience