The Opportunity:

We have an opportunity for a Region Administrative Manager to join our Demopolis fiber supply team to assist in aggressively managing administrative duties that support the overall region objectives to maintain the lowest cost, highest quality fiber sourcing in support of mills’ forecasted needs while maintaining the highest compliance with safety and environmental requirements. This Administrative Manager role supports the Region Manager and Foresters in all activities relating to the fiber procurement process. This position will lead all administrative tasks supporting Safety, Certification, Contract Management, P&L and wood cost budgets, Stumpage and Open Market programs and the Wood Settlement and Scale Systems. The position will be relied on principally to lead and develop support team initiatives and provide strong customer service to our mill customers.

Job Objectives:

• Support, promote, and model WestRock’s safety and environmentally conscious culture.

• Perform reconciliation and payments for all wood receipts.

• The role supports the Manager of Certification and Sustainability including audit preparation, documentation, and follow up.

• Supports contractor alignment for harvesting, BMP work, and road building by ensuring all insurance and contract requirements are met by both fiber and non-fiber contractors.

• Manages the workflow of the Stumpage program process by ensuring approval processes are followed, documentation is in line with company procedures, instituting title searches, compiling contracts, W9’s, reviewing legal documents, and managing load ticket reconciliation.

• Leads administrative budgeting including compiling MTD and YTD cost reports, ensuring compliance with the corporate accounting (JDE) process, and creating Purchase Orders, monitoring chipping, woodyard and trucking fees vs. contract requirements.

• Maintains Fiber Reporting documents including compiling weekly fiber cost reports by area and product, compiling weekly chip mill reports, and monitoring wood yield at chip mills.

• Manage the wood settlement and scale system and Fiber Security Systems including monitoring, correcting scale house issues, ticket corrections, reversal replacement and coordinating Fiber Security Audits.

• Serves as the liaison between Legal and the Regional Procurement team on minor contract issues.

What You Need:

Must have 3+ years of business experience specifically related to working with accounting systems and managing relationships with contractors and suppliers.Bachelor’s degree in business or related field (or 5 years of equivalent experience in the defined fields above).

What we offer:

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence

• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities

• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential

• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

WestRock (NYSE:WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock's team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.

WestRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. WestRock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.