Forest Specialist

1KOMMA5° Commercial Solutions GmbH; Karttula; Presencial; EUR 42.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

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Onboarding provided

Career development opportunities

Wellbeing programmes

Flexible and remote working where poss

Descripción de la vacante

Stora Enso is seeking a Forest Specialist for the Vesanto–Tervo–Keitele purchasing area, based in Karttula, North Savo, Finland. The full-time temporary position involves managing forest-owner relationships, planning wood purchases, and providing forestry-related advice within the Jyväskylä purchasing team.

You will record harvesting data, support timber transactions, and promote forest services while maintaining accurate information systems. Fluency in Finnish is required; English is a plus.

Formación

• Previous professional experience in the forestry sector.
• Studies in forestry at university of applied sciences or university level.
• Ability to work independently.
• Persistence and resilience.
• Customer-service-oriented attitude with forest owners.
• Fluent Finnish (written and spoken).
• English language skills are an advantage.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee forest-owner relationships from initial contact through ongoing service.
• Plan wood purchases and promote timber sales per targets.
• Provide forestry-related advice to forest owners.
• Handle timber transactions as part of local procurement.
• Prepare harvesting stands and record information in the system.
• Promote, sell and organise forest services within the area.
• Maintain CRM and customer-programme administration.
• Undertake marketing activities after completed sales.

Conocimientos

Forest-owner relationship management

Wood-purchase planning

Timber-sales marketing

Forest advisory capability

Timber-transaction handling

Information-system use

Customer relationship management

Independent working

Interpersonal communication

Educación

Forestry studies (university/FOA or university level)

Descripción del empleo

Official title: Metsäasiantuntija, Vesanto–Tervo–Keitele — Forest Specialist, Vesanto–Tervo–Keitele

Location: Karttula, North Savo, Finland (office in Karttula, Kuopio or Suonenjoki) | Employment information: Full-time temporary contract

This Forest Specialist post centres on the connection between forest-owner service and the planning required for Finnish wood procurement. In the Vesanto–Tervo–Keitele purchasing area, the specialist is expected to handle relationships across their full course, from advice and timber transactions to customer-programme activity and after-sales contact. The job additionally requires attention to agreed targets, forestry-service activity and accurate information-system entries for harvesting stands. Its place in the Jyväskylä purchasing team means the work is described as specialist wood-procurement activity, with customer-oriented communication remaining integral to the assignment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee forest-owner customer relationships from initial contact through continuing service activity.
• Plan wood purchases and promote timber sales in line with the purchasing area’s agreed targets.
• Provide forestry-related advice directly to forest owners.
• Handle timber transactions as part of the local procurement work.
• Prepare harvesting stands and record the required information in the designated system.
• Promote, sell and organise the planning of forest services within the area.
• Keep the customer relationship management system accurately maintained.
• Administer the customer programme connected with the purchasing-area customer base.
• Undertake marketing activity following completed sales work.
• Perform wood-procurement specialist duties as a member of the Jyväskylä purchasing team.

Qualifications

• Previous professional experience in the forestry sector is required.
• Studies in forestry at university of applied sciences or university level are required.
• The role requires an ability to take an independent approach to work.
• Persistence and resilience are required for the position.
• A customer-service-oriented attitude is required when working with forest owners.
• Fluent Finnish communication, both written and spoken, is required.
• Preferred: A positive, development-oriented approach and strong interpersonal interaction are advantageous.
• Preferred: Willingness to work collaboratively with forest owners is advantageous.
• Preferred: English-language skills are considered an advantage.

Skills and Competencies

• Forest-owner relationship management is used to provide comprehensive ongoing customer service.
• Wood-purchase planning supports activity against the purchasing area’s agreed targets.
• Timber-sales marketing is applied alongside local purchase planning.
• Forest advisory capability is used when assisting forest owners.
• Timber-transaction handling supports the role’s procurement responsibilities.
• Information-system use supports the planning and entry of harvesting stands.
• Forest-service marketing, sales and planning support activity in the local area.
• Customer relationship management and customer-programme administration support accurate customer follow-up.
• Independent working and interpersonal communication support contact with forest owners and the purchasing team.

Benefits and Employment Information

• The vacancy states that comprehensive onboarding is provided for this role.
• The vacancy says the international company offers interesting career paths and room to grow.
• Stora Enso states that it supports physical and mental wellbeing.
• The employer states that employees should return home healthy every day.
• Its wider careers material identifies development, insurances, health and wellness programmes, membership discounts and volunteer opportunities.
• The same general careers information lists flexible and remote working where possible, without specifying that arrangement for this Forest Specialist position.
• The Forest Specialist appointment is full-time and fixed-term (temporary), for roughly one year; the vacancy does not publish a salary.