Fibre Procurement Coordinator

Kruger Inc.; Trois-Rivières; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Stimulating Work Environment

Wide Range of Benefits

Job summary

Kruger Inc. is seeking a Fiber Procurement Coordinator to support the team in procurement processes and data analysis of raw material purchasing. You will monitor daily deliveries and track species mix, while coordinating with transporters and mills to ensure accurate documentation and reporting for North American partners.

The role includes monthly pricing updates, invoicing, and maintaining supplier dashboards. Strong Excel, Power BI, and bilingual communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Cegep diploma in administration or equivalent experience.
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• Knowledge of forest sector or certification processes preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Bilingual French and English required for communication with North American partners.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily deliveries of chips and biomass.
• Track daily species mix in deliveries.
• Coordinate with transportation companies for missing documentation.
• Monitor daily mill consumption and analyze fibre quality reports.
• Prepare and manage monthly pricing updates and invoicing.

Skills

Excel

Microsoft Office

Data analysis

Bilingual FR/EN

Education

Cegep diploma in administration

Equivalent experience

Tools

BPAL

Power BI

Job description

Competitive Compensation

Stimulating Work Environment

Wide Range of Benefits

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under the supervision of the Lead, Fiber Procurement, the Fiber Procurement Coordinator is primarily responsible for supporting the team in procurement processes and in analyzing data related to raw material purchasing.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor daily deliveries of chips and biomass.
• Track the daily species mix in deliveries.
• Follow up daily with transportation companies to obtain missing documentation.
• Monitor daily mill consumption.
• Analyze daily fibre quality reports.

Monthly responsibilities

• Update monthly pricing.
• Prepare and follow up on end-of-month manual invoicing.
• Update the supplier and carrier performance dashboard.
• Ensure all pending transactions are documented at period end.
• Send weekly delivery schedules.
• Work with Corporate Accounts Payable to resolve supplier ‑ related issues.
• Distribute supplier statements as needed.
• Calculate waiting times.
• Track and reconcile fibre exchanges.
• Collect monthly data on certified fibre percentages.
• Track certified fibre volumes by certification type.
• Lead or participate in departmental projects.
• Monitor bark sales and prepare related invoicing.

AD HOC TASKS

• Publish the weekly OBG report.
• Maintain Power BI reports and collaborate with users and support teams to enhance existing reports and develop new ones.
• Ensure the accuracy and compliance of automated report distributions.
• Update pricing forms for procurement and transportation contracts.
• Update and validate contract-related information in BPAL.
• Obtain required documentation for creating or updating supplier profiles in BPAL.
• Issue non-conformance notices to suppliers.
• Follow up with suppliers regarding administrative requests.
• Work with mills and carriers on issues related to loads, BPAL, reporting, quality, payments, and more.
• Draft and distribute communications to suppliers.
• Perform BPAL system testing as needed.
• Support all aspects of the traceability chain (FSC, SFI, PEFC, EUDR).
• Organize and actively participate in annual audits (FSC, SFI, PEFC).
• Plan and conduct aerial survey analyses.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Cegep diploma in administration or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE

• Strong computer skills (Microsoft tools, strong knowledge in Excel).
• Knowledge of the forest sector, certification processes, or pulp and paper operations is considered is preferable.
• Have at least 2 years of relevant experience.

SKILLS AND ABILITY

• Organized and reliable, detail-oriented, and thorough.
• Team player, able to manage priorities.

LANGUAGES

• Bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written.

Knowledge of English is required for this specific position as Kruger deals with partners across North America and the successful candidate will be required to communicate frequently with them. Kruger has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing English language requirements, including assessing the actual language needs associated with the duties to be performed, ensuring that the language skills already required of other employees were insufficient for the performance of those duties, and limiting as much as possible the number of positions with duties requiring English language skills.