Fiber Supply Manager

Disclosure: Associate can live within 75 miles of Raleigh, NC, Faison, NC, Hamlet, NC, or Greenwood, SC.

Enviva is seeking a Regional Fiber Supply Manager to join Enviva’s Fiber Procurement team.  This individual must possess strong leadership capabilities, possess an analytical mindset for problem solving, and have a bias for action.  The role reports to the Director, Enterprise Fiber Procurement and provides leadership & support to all sites within the region of scope.

Responsibilities 

• Lead the Fiber Commodity Managers on day-to-day operational, as well as long-term performance
• Provide leadership – including listening and responding to employee issues, taking decisive actions, recognizing excellent performance, and holding employees accountable for undesirable behaviors
• Follow defined safety procedures, encourage involvement, follow up on safety concerns, and model proper safe behaviors
• Ensuring all direct reports are properly trained, perform required responsibilities, and execute ad-hoc projects / tasks
• Driving continuous improvement in Fiber pricing to meet short and long-term financial goals, as well as to set the benchmark for fiber price in area of procurement
• Development of Regional Fiber Supply strategy and creation of action plans to close gaps, aligned with Enterprise goals and objectives, to maximize financial impact
• Creation and management of required tools and processes to define, execute, and communicate fiber supply plans on weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
• Building relationships with supply base (in-woods and residual suppliers) to foster long-term and sustainable health for both parties
• Partner with Operations to maximize production and reduce overall COGS
• Balance fiber cost with operational impacts and production
• Create and manage critical metrics to drive performance
• Lead cross-functional discussion and collaboration to sustain performance and address gaps
• Ensuring all Sustainability requirements are met for responsible sourcing and to uphold our values and commitment to the environment, shareholders, and customers
• Sustainable sourcing is a non-negotiable and critical to Enviva’s long-term health and viability
• Partner with Sustainability, Communications, and other groups to continuously improve sustainable sourcing policies, performance, and gap closure
• Effectively communicate both up, down, and across the organization
• Utilization of data and analytical tools to make effective and efficient decisions
• Analyzing various data inputs to optimize supply to facilities based on location, cost, and quality
• Analyzing delivery information / trends to ensure suppliers are executing to supply plans
• Forecasting regional supply plans based on supplier-level information (tract location, pricing, volume)
• Use a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Operations, Fiber Commodity Managers, and Fiber Director to satisfy fiber demands within cost targets and any other constraints

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of Fiber procurement experience
• Minimum 2 years of leadership experience (leading a team), including:
• Strong leadership and development of team(s) and individuals
• Organizational to team goal alignment and performance management
• Budget creation, alignment, and execution
• Working knowledge of logging operations
• A bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, logistics / supply chain management, operations management, engineering, or forestry
• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills to effectively
  communicate to engineering staff, cross functional departments, and senior
  leadership
• Analytical skills to digest data and creation actionable insights
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, One Drive, PowerBI
• ArcGIS and imagery mapping experience is preferred
• Experience in LIMS or other wood procurement software
• Must be a self-starter with ability to prioritize complex and dynamic workload while maintaining a hands-on active management style and maintaining awareness of team activities