Director Wood Products and Timber

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a growth-minded candidate eager to lead the group responsible for economic analysis of wood products and timberland markets including North American lumber panels and timber forecasts global woodchip markets and wood bioenergy/ forest carbon analysis. The Director Wood Products and Timber leads the team that develops and authors the forecasts that inform executives with invaluable data and insights and underpin the cost inputs to many of our grade-specific forecasts. The Director Wood Products and Timber takes direct responsibility for the overall house wood products and wood fiber view through their management of the team overseeing data collection and analysis developing and producing medium and long term forecasts and coordinating with our short-term prices and predictions to provide a coherent picture of supply demand capacity costs and key trends and drivers. 

The ideal candidate will thrive in our fast-paced and innovative environment.  They will employ a can-do attitude with a passion for advising clients while managing a wide variety of resources and processes to meet delivery requirements.

Principal accountabilities

• Supervise and produce recurring reports and data on North American and global wood products and timber markets.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of all Fastmarkets RISI WP/ Timber area forecast products.
• Provide thought leadership for continued development of the full practice area and forecasting models and methodologies including emerging areas such as hardwood pallets and forest carbon/ carbon sequestration markets.
• Model entrepreneurship by fostering innovative practice area initiatives.  
• Maintain marketplace contacts to stay in touch with industry developments and market fundamentals.
• Speak and/or represent Fastmarkets RISI as a leading global practitioner at conferences and outside events as requested or identified as value-adding opportunities.
• Communicate with customers regularly to support the sales team deepen relationships and assist with business development.
• Scope lead and/or deliver single and multi-client studies in wood and timber area.
• Manage the global wood and timber team including supervision engagement and employee development.
• Assist in planning and delivering group and company-wide initiatives
• Collaborate with and mentor other members of the broader analytics team.
• Control input to our products from internal and external contributors to guarantee timely and coherent updates for our customers.
• Partner with Fastmarkets Events producers to develop compelling event programs leverage relationships in the marketplace to recruit external speakers and present forecast content on stage and online.

Organisation chart

Reports to SVP Forest Analytics

Key interfaces

• A strong relationship with Fastmarkets fiber and paper & board economic analysis teams to deliver forecasts improve data delivery and management efficiency and quality and enhance forecasting techniques.
• Develop/ maintain relationships with Fastmarkets mill intelligence analysts price reporters sales marketing events and senior management to ensure constructive feedback about the development of our services and how they fit with the Fastmarkets strategy
• Foster external relationships with market participants clients partners and press/media

Qualifications :

We recruit talented dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting events and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality then read on.

KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• In-depth senior level knowledge of timberland and wood products commodities
• Experience in analysis and characterization of North American lumber panels and wood fiber markets
• Excellent written and verbal English skills
• Confident presenting at industry events in front of customers and with internal stakeholders
• Able to foster and develop relationships in the relevant industry
• Strong analytical/mathematical/econometric modelling skills
• Comfortable with coaching and career development for junior colleagues                                   Collaborative team player with demonstrated thought-leadership capability                                                                                                                          
• Comprehensive understanding of statistical foundations particularly with regards to time series data and forecasting.
• Desire to apply economics analysis to a complex commodity markets
• Appreciation of advanced statistical modelling and forecasting some exposure to machine learning a plus. Able to critically assess statistical analyses and forecast models and suggest improvements.

Behavioral competencies

• The successful candidate will be proactive pragmatic and resilient with a positive and flexible approach focused on achieving results and the right outcome for a growing business
• Is self-disciplined and takes pride in managing self to deliver agreed objectives
• Personable with a preference for developing strong collaborative working relationships
• Demonstrates high personal energy
• A confident and inquisitive communicator who actively listens and questions shows a growth mind-set and naturally curious
• Demonstrates influence with humility is able to provide advice and guidance without being a knower.
• Is collaborative and able to adapt own approach and style to the situation.
• Comfortable with ambiguity where a pathway may not be clear thrives in working through the challenge

If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information :

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

If the position is listed as remote this opportunity is available to applicants based in the following states:

    Illinois
    Massachusetts*
    New York
    Texas*

* Denotes states with office locations to support hybrid working.

Otherwise the position will be located as shown in the advert.

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If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.

Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time