Supply Chain Manager

Working within the Corporate Supply Chain Team, your experience and expertise will assist you playing a senior role in collaborating with colleagues across departments, vendors, and our manufacturing facilities to support procurement and supply chain initiatives critical to our business needs.  The individual will be customer-focused, detail-oriented, and a problem solver who will apply their analytic skills to lead initiatives and seek continuous improvement.  The successful candidate will possess a demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a high-functioning team environment and will have a proven track record of effectively communicating throughout all levels of an organization.

Responsibilities:

Cost Savings and Value Optimization

• Lead and coordinate cost-savings projects for key spend categories such as MRO and production materials, contributing ideas and executing plans to reduce costs while optimizing quality.
• Identify and recommend practical improvements to procurement processes, leveraging market data and internal analysis to support value-driven sourcing decisions.
• Track cost savings and quality improvement targets for owned categories, reporting out results and progress.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with departments such as operations, finance, and IT to refine procurement workflows and support system improvements.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams to solve procurement-related challenges, ensuring departmental needs are understood and addressed.
• Advocate for and model procurement best practices, training peer staff on updated procedures.
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives through the identification of opportunities for vendor managed inventory, consignment and committed inventory programs.
• Provide guidance and training to our operations on the agreements to ensure compliance with corporate policies and controls.

Continuous Improvement and Data-Driven Decision Making

• Help maintain and improve vendor performance metrics, providing recommendations for process adjustments based on findings.
• Develop and maintain KPIs for procurement activities and vendor performance, contributing insights through regular reporting.

Vendor Relationship Support

• Build and sustain professional relationships with key suppliers, ensuring clear communication and alignment with organizational goals.
• Participate in supplier evaluation and improvement initiatives, providing input and helping negotiate solutions to performance issues.
• Support periodic supplier business reviews, gathering data and preparing reports for leadership.

Contract and Spend Analysis

• Analyze organizational and category-level spend data to identify cost reduction and value creation opportunities.
• Assist in contract drafting, negotiations, and monitoring compliance for assigned vendors or spending areas.
• Support contract lifecycle management by ensuring documentation accuracy and tracking renewal dates or audit requirements.

Skills and education you should have:

• The preferred candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in operations management, Supply Chain, Procurement, Forestry, Business or another relevant area, and 5 or more years of experience in a supply chain or procurement role, an operational role or sourcing in a manufacturing environment.
• Supply Chain Management Professional designation or ability to obtain a designation preferred.

What will make you stand out:

• You have proven experience working across many departments to resolve issues and build systems and processes.
• Successful implementation of programs through management of change across multiple sites with differing interests.
• Experience implementing cost saving initiatives, negotiating and implementation of initiatives.
• Ability to lead through influence.
• Understanding of forestry manufacturing facilities.

Our highly competitive compensation package and outstanding benefits include:

• Benefits starting Day 1

• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training
• A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision 
• 401k with company matching & retirement contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase plan
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Employee Assistance Program

 Invitation to Apply:

If you are ready to build your career in a company that thrives on growth, a safe work environment, rewarding work, challenge, and opportunity, come build your career with us at West Fraser: www.westfraser.com

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please apply through our online application process as resumes will not be accepted at the site. No phone inquiries, please.

Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check, and a drug screen test.

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and energy with over 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We are the largest lumber producer in North America, a leading global manufacturer of wood-based panels, and the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB). 

We are a growing company, believe strongly in promoting from within, and pride ourselves on providing a challenging environment with continuous development. The successful candidate should be interested in future growth opportunities within the company. We offer a competitive benefits package including, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401-k savings plans with company match, and vacation. 

West Fraser believes inclusive, diverse teams build a more vibrant workforce, safer operations, and a stronger company overall. We strive to create workplaces and leadership teams that are reflective of the diverse communities we are a part of. We will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, gender, national origin, or any other protected legal characteristic.

West Fraser is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D & Drug-Free Workplace

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