Timberland Procurement Senior Manager

Brambles; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Brambles, a global supply chain leader, seeks a procurement leader to develop and execute Timber investment sourcing strategies across the Americas. You will partner with TIMO’s, REITs and plantation managers to secure sustainable timber supply for sawmills, while aligning with global procurement priorities.

This fully remote role requires strong category management, contract negotiation, risk management and supplier performance oversight, with a focus on ethics and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to complex global procurement environments.
• Strong category management and strategic sourcing skills.
• Experience with contracts, pricing, and supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sustainable category sourcing strategies for the region.
• Lead supplier negotiations and manage contracts and pricing terms.
• Oversee supplier performance and risk mitigation across key categories.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align procurement with business needs.
• Establish KPIs and report on cost savings and compliance.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and ethical standards.
• Drive global-to-local alignment in procurement initiatives.
• Provide strategic procurement guidance to leadership.

Skills

Adaptability

Category Strategy

Contract Management

Cost Management

Risk Management

Strategic Sourcing

Supplier Management

Negotiations

Market Analysis

Job description

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model

Job Description

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Develop and execute sustainable category sourcing strategies for the region/function that align with global and local procurement priorities.
• Act as a champion for strategic sourcing, ensuring that procurement initiatives deliver long-term value and meet organizational needs.
• Lead category management for key spend areas, applying data-driven insights, market intelligence, and advanced procurement techniques to maximize value and minimize risk. Ensure category strategies consider external market factors and emerging trends that could impact business objectives.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with senior business stakeholders, ensuring procurement is involved early in the sourcing process. Leverage procurement’s expertise to align sourcing initiatives with business needs, offering strategic advice that enhances procurement’s role within the organization.
• Lead complex negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms and manage pricing strategies. Ensure the implementation of new pricing agreements, manage supplier contracts, and conduct ongoing reviews to ensure compliance with contractual terms.
• Oversee supplier performance management across key categories, ensuring suppliers consistently meet performance, quality, and cost requirements.
• Ensure all procurement activities adhere to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and ethical standards. Develop strategies to minimize supply chain risk, including mitigating supplier risk, financial exposure, and potential disruptions.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the procurement function, ensuring alignment with annual targets. Provide regular updates on procurement performance, cost savings, supplier performance, and compliance metrics to senior leadership.

Position Purpose

The role will support the Global Procurement leadership in finding, contracting, and developing projects with Timber Investment Management Organizations (TIMO’s), Timberland Real‑Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Plantation Management Companies for the competitive supply of timber into sawmills.

Role will be supporting the project management of a forestry and industrial project in Tabasco Mexico

Key Accountabilities

• Delivers timber-related projects identified by the global office on time

• Help develop new sources of supply globally

• Identify opportunities to partner with TIMO’s, REIT’s and Plantation Management Companies

• Map the landscape of TIMO’s, REITs and Plantation Management Companies

• Assess and recommend the selected suppliers for timber covering multiple regions in the Americas (USA, Canada, Central and South America)

• Support the execution of contracts or SLA with the chosen partners

• Forestry and sawmilling project management

Remote Type

Fully Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

Adaptability, Category Strategy, Contract Management, Cost Management, Empathy, Experimentation, Market Analysis, Procurement Strategies, Procurement Systems, Responsible Sourcing, Risk Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supplier Performance Management (PM), Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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