Roundwood Buyer (m/f/d)
Outstanding, comprehensive service for customers
As a family-owned business operating primarily within Germany and employing 75 people, we have established ourselves as a reliable supplier to the wood industry and the timber trade for more than 118 years. Our close relationship with our customers and our excellent service are highly valued by them. We aim to remain at the forefront in the future as well—with top quality and outstanding service.
That's why we're looking for someone to join our team immediately as a
Roundwood Buyer (m/f/d)
Location: 74429 Sulzbach-Laufen
As a „roundwood buyer,“ you serve as the key link between the forestry sector, private forest owners, and the timber industry (sawmill industry).
They are responsible for the sustainable procurement of logs and coordinate the entire supply chain.
An Overview of Your Responsibilities
For you: a challenging and varied role
- You will independently source roundwood suppliers, establish new supply relationships, and unlock growth potential
- They negotiate supply contracts with a strategic understanding of market conditions, quality, and costs
- You manage timber procurement, scheduling, and logistics—key factors in the success of our roundwood supply chain
- They ensure delivery standards and quality assurance, and oversee the entire processing chain through to delivery at the sawmill
Your responsibilities in detail:
- Posting roundwood invoices after verifying the prices
- Planning of additional trips
- Optimizing transportation costs
- Roundwood Measurement and Quality Control
- offering discounts when necessary
- Supporting management in roundwood price negotiations
- Creating roundwood credit memos and plant statements
- Overseeing the certification of the roundwood measurement system
- management of the receiving terminal
- the performance of the duties of the PEFC representative (with regard to annual audits)
- Posting roundwood delivery slips
For us: the perfect addition to our team
Requirements:
Vocational Training:
- A completed vocational training program or degree in the field of the timber industry, forestry, business administration, or a comparable qualification
Expertise:
- Experience in timber procurement, market analysis, or supply chain management is a plus; alternatively, a strong aptitude for sales or procurement
- Proficiency in MS Office, combined with strong negotiation skills, assertiveness, and the ability to work independently and reliably
- Class B Driver's License
Personal Requirements:
- Good self-organization
- A strong sense of responsibility
- Accurate and efficient work methods
- An eye for detail, without losing sight of the big picture
- Constructive and effective collaboration with colleagues within the department and across departments to achieve production goals
- Openness to Innovation: Adaptability to New Technologies and Production Processes
Benefits
- Customized Training and Development Opportunities
- A job that's immune to energy crises thanks to your own biomass power plant generating 100% of green electricity
- A Job Resistant to Energy Crises Thanks to Your Own Biomass Power Plant with 100% Bioelectricity
- A family-like work environment and exciting company events
- A modern and pleasant work environment where individuality matters
- Competitive pay, performance bonuses, and benefits such as a company-sponsored retirement plan
- Customized internal and external professional development opportunities
- Career Opportunities in a Flat Organizational Structure
- Close and trusting collaboration with management and executive leadership
- Comprehensive onboarding within the team
- A secure job at a company that is aware of its responsibilities toward its employees and its social obligations regarding climate protection, and that acts on them
- Responsible / varied tasks
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Ever since the beginning of Hirschbach’s history in Sulzbach-Laufen, we have been committed to quality, nature conservation, a connection to nature, and responsible business practices. We are guided by a family-like environment combined with a passionate drive for innovation and a forward-looking approach.
To this end, we ensure that we have modern technical equipment, and to fulfill our commitment to environmental protection, we commissioned our biomass power plant in June 2020; this allows us to supply not only our own operations but also nearby households with 100% of green electricity.
Hirschbach GmbH serves a variety of customer groups and is a major supplier to:
KVH Industry | BSH Industry | Prefabricated Housing Industry | Traditional Lumber Wholesale | Packaging Industry | Pulp Industry | Wood-Based Materials Industry | Pellet Industry | Biomass Cogeneration Plants
