Head of Wood Supply Chain

Wood Supply is a division within BillerudKorsnäs with the main task of supplying the production facilities with pulpwood, wood chips and fuel. BillerudKorsnäs is Sweden's largest consumer of fiber raw materials with an extensive experience of working with sustainable forestry. We are now looking for our new Head of Wood Supply Chain.
About the position
As our Head of Wood Supply Chain, you will hold a central role in our Wood Supply organization with the overall, end-to-end responsibility for long- and short-term planning and operational management of fibre flows from our suppliers to our internal operations and external clients. Your mission is to build a safe and secure supply of fibre to our operations securing stable conditions for production and ensuring that stock levels are balanced in the chain, and possible volume deviations are managed efficiently and with least cost.
Efficient and timely communication along the value chain is key to success in your role, and you master in building strong relationships with suppliers and internal customers. You are responsible for building a well-functioning S&OP process and run this end-to-end process in Wood Supply.
The transport of our raw materials takes place by truck, boat and train and in the logistics chain there are ports, terminals, and storage areas that can be used to buffer deviations that may occur in the flow chain. In your role, you are responsible for optimizing the logistics chain and run the logistics sourcing and contracting with our suppliers to ensure green logistics solution, reliable deliveries and best possible logistics costs.
This is a newly established role in Wood Supply with the mission to secure stable, sustainable supply of fibre with optimized cost and stocks and high quality. To help you, you will have a strong team of seven team members. You will have a fantastic chance to build and lead a successful team of supply chain professionals, and rethink and work on our wood supply chain set-up, including development of communication, interfaces, sustainability, work environment, routines and working methods.
Here follows your main responsibilities:
Tactical and operational planning and execution of fibre flows in the end-to-end supply chain.
Owner of the end-to-end S&OP process and identification of risks and mitigation.
Optimization of sources and material flows to meet the demand from operations on time, in good quality and at lowest cost.
Logistics sourcing at best cost and good quality according to sustainable sourcing principles.
Building and executing a plan for CO2 emission reduction.
Coaching, developing and leading the team to meet the challenges, and grow
Continuous development of the processes, tools and ways of working to improve capability to plan and steer volumes, including data and digitalization, and advanced S&OP process



The position entails a full-time permanent position. You report directly to Vice President Wood Supply.
Qualifications
We believe that diversity in our working groups together with an inclusive work environment enriches our business and strengthens performance and commitment. We look positively at candidates with different backgrounds and experience from industries other than ours. The most important thing for the role is your knowledge of supply chain management, logistics, transportation, planning, and your experience with S&OP. You know what good looks like in sourcing and supply chain and we believe you have the experience of building a world class supply chain set-up.
You have acquired this knowledge through relevant higher education along with a few years of experience. Alternatively, you have acquired the corresponding skills in other ways that we are very interested in finding out more about.
Good English language skills are a requirement, other language skills are a benefit.
We are open to discuss the placement of the position, in one of our offices in Sweden.
Personal qualities
We are looking for a confident leader who can coach your employees to develop their skills, create commitment and trust. You work in close cooperation with all wood supply employees and your mission is to build and lead a high performing team and ensure that the overall work within the function reaches its full potential.
You value effective communication and can develop good and reliable relationships within the company as well as with suppliers, customers and stakeholders. You are a strategic thinker with a strong commercial and business mindset as well as a high-cost awareness.
Kontakta oss
We only accept applications through our system, but if you have any questions, please contact Simon Nilsson, Vice President Wood Department Wood Supply at simon.nilsson@billerudkorsnas.com or +4670-795 11 47
Application information
Please submit your application as soon as possible, and no later than January 2, 2022. We will be working with selection on an on-going basis during the application period.
BillerudKorsnäs
WHAT IF you could go to work and help create a sustainable future? As a leading supplier of renewable packaging materials and solutions it is our way of challenging ourselves, our customers and all kinds of conventional packaging to promote a sustainable future. Safety is our first priority and we have an informal and improvement-focused corporate culture that encourages every employee to think outside the box, work as a team player, take responsibility and create value. BillerudKorsnäs is an international company with local roots, and with strong focus on growth and development. Do you want to grow together with us and challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future?