Lumber Trader - Greenwood Products Inc

Job Description

Salary:

About the Job

Greenwood Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of Jewett Cameron Company) is a Lumber Trading firm established in 1977, serving OEM, industrial and construction clients from Western Oregon. We partner with manufacturers to develop innovative plywood, veneer- and strand-based products that solve problems for our diverse customer base. Guided by principles of Innovation, Collaboration and Delivery, we bring the same care to developing our people, partnerships, environment, and communities.

We seek an experienced, independent Lumber Trader to grow their existing wood product business with us. Our panel products primarily serve the transportation industry with high-quality, custom-sized solutions including noise-reducing dB Ply, specialty laminates, and other value-added panels. The ideal candidate will join our growing team with the backing of an established company, bringing their own business connections while having some market overlap with our existing markets. Technical sales experience is strongly desired.

Duties and Responsibilities

Growing and building relationships with both supplier partners and customers

Analyzing market trends and opportunities; pursuing sales opportunities and securing suppliers of new products

Negotiating and coordinating the purchase and sale of products

Ensuring that products are available for timely delivery to customers

Acting as a technical consultant within the industry- guiding your supplier partners and customers to help them make the best selling and buying decisions for their businesses

Managing risks and expectations -- ensuring products are appropriate for the application

Focusing on repeat, program business, negotiating pricing, and seeking to maintain price stability as long as possible

Managing inventory levels

Organizing and tracking your business

Communicating with partners, team members, admin team etc.

Qualifications

Experience and specialized understanding of targeted market(s)

Experience identifying and selling value to a customer

Employ creativity to envision specialized products that could meet specific needs

Ability to analyze supply sources and set up consistent programs in which to supply customers

Understanding of specific market pricing needs and how to tailor pricing programs

Understand the quality attributes and the quality control process of products

Ability to analyze customer requirements as it pertains to repetitive purchases of inventory

Ability to properly manage inventory for best utilization of resources

Understands available transportation resources

Understands secondary manufacturing and warehousing resources

Ability to bring on new customers; values working with all staff levels of prospective customers

Ability to solve problems in the most cost effective and efficient manner

Ability to assess a customer claim and close it in a fair and timely manner

Additional Requirements/Qualifications

Demonstrated success working both independently and in highly collaborative environments

The ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously

Demonstrated effective time management skills and be able to meet deadlines

Computer literate in various software programs, ERP, internet, and email to produce correspondence, documents, and reports required

Ability to travel as needed

Greenwood Products offers a competitive salary and a rich benefits package including:

Medical, Dental, FSA and Employer funded HRA

Employer Sponsored Short-term Disability, Life and AD&D coverage

10% employer 401k match

Jewett Cameron Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

remote work

Full-time

Fully remote