Job Description

Founded in 1936, Roseburg Forest Products is a privately owned company and one of North America's leading producers of particleboard, medium density fiberboard and thermally fused laminates. Roseburg also manufactures softwood and hardwood plywood, lumber, LVL and I-joists. The company owns and sustainably manages more than 600,000 acres of timberland in Oregon, North Carolina and Virginia, as well as an export wood chip terminal facility in Coos Bay, Ore. Roseburg products are shipped throughout North America and the Pacific Rim. To learn more about the company please visit www.Roseburg.com.

Purpose

Serve as the open market sales liaison and primary sales agent between operations and the client, in collaboration with the Territory Sales Managers (TSMs). The primary objective is to provide elite level service in a sales environment that will maximize the experience for the client and provide profitable growth for Roseburg.

Key Responsibilities

Receive requests for quotation from clients/TSMs, prepare and return promptly. Negotiate and close the sale as appropriate
Prospect and develop new and additional business with existing clients, establishing long-term, profitable strategic relationships that focus on both the value of our products and services
Assist in the establishment of selling programs to clients in a coordinated effort with the Sales Manager, TSM and Business Development teams
Participate in sales plan forecasting and provide recommended updates
Daily marketing of offering list resulting in closed sales per plan
Provide market intelligence to the sales team
Build strong knowledge of market segments to achieve highest value return to the mill(s)
Identify top value market channels and convey to the team
Maintain discipline regarding remote and plant warehouse inventory, ensuring strict adherence to prescribed guidelines surrounding these locations
Orchestrate the company response on complaints and claims, ensuring the appropriate sense of urgency while proactively communicating status within and outside the company
Maintain pricing documents and oversee order/data entry and analysis as appropriate
Create and maintain reports and dashboards to track business performance. Communicate this with cross-functional teams and businesses
Embrace ownership of the cycle of order fulfillment from order receipt, through operations, logistics, and A/R processes
Communicate the needs of the client to all internal RFP stakeholders by analyzing, organizing, and presenting data, facts, and logic
Coordinate and co-manage inside & outside sales efforts within assigned territory and/ or specific accounts; assume accountability for reaching or exceeding target volume, return and sales levels
Establish and maintain a successful market intelligence network
Facilitate a collaborative working relationship with key operations personnel, internal and external clients
The measure of success will be meeting or exceeding goals set by the Sales Manager in the areas of order entry, data tracking, collection, and reporting
Understand, fully embrace, and model Roseburg’s core values; “Safe to the Core”; “Sawdust in the Veins” (have a passion for the business and our clients), work from a “Handshake Integrity” and be “Driven to Win”
Model Company core values
Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Four-year college degree or equivalent experience required
A comprehensive understanding of Roseburg products and competitive landscape
Capacity to deliver elite level service
Ability to work in various computer platforms (Microsoft Office applications, with an emphasis on Excel), Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise One
Self-starter capable of working with minimal supervision
Strong self-motivation and organizational skills; understand and exhibit a sense of urgency
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, listening, and written communication skills
Positive demeanor and the ability to function within a team
Ability to multi-task in a changing, fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications