Region Recycled Fiber Supply Manager

The opportunity:

The Region Fiber Supply Manager is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing recycled fiber for the Jacksonville and Fernandina Florida papermills supporting mill production requirements. The position reports to the Senior Director Fiber Supply for the Southern Division and is officed at the Jacksonville mill with some required office time in the Fernandina mill location. This role is responsible for defining and leading the regional procurement strategy to ensure optimal cost and quality to meet papermill production needs and Smurfit Westrock environmental, health and safety standards. This role serves as the day-to-day contact point between Fiber Supply and the mill leadership, operations, and finance teams to ensure strategic and tactical alignment of purchased volumes and inventory strategy. This position typically manages a purchase requirement between 650K- 750K tons of recycled fiber with an estimated annual spend of $75M- $150M.

How you will impact WestRock:

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for recycled fiber, including market analysis, supplier evaluation, contract negotiation, and risk management.

• Manage the relationship with recycled fiber suppliers, ensuring compliance with contractual terms, quality standards, and environmental regulations.

• Monitor and optimize the inventory and logistics of recycled fiber, coordinating with mill operations, and transportation teams to ensure timely and efficient delivery.

• Analyze and report on recycle fiber market trends, cost drivers, and performance indicators, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with mill leadership and finance teams to forecast the recycled fiber demand and budget, aligning with the paper mill\u2019s production and profitability goals. Complete monthly fiber procurement financial forecasts and annual fiber procurement budget presentations.

• Lead and mentor recycled fiber buyers and administrative fiber coordinators, providing guidance, training, and feedback.

• Attract, assess, and develop talent, and build organizational capabilities necessary to execute current and future business needs.

• Holds staff accountable to established performance levels for achieving individual and group goals.

Resolves individual and group performance issues in accordance with Smurfit Westrock\u2019s policies and procedures to motivate and foster teamwork.* Develop effective relationships with business partners, internal and external customers, and suppliers to ensure an effective source of fiber to optimize papermill operations.

• Identifies strategic sourcing opportunities to drive best quality and cost.

• Develops and drives data and metrics to measure supplier quality to Smurfit Westrock Papermills within the region.

• Establishes communication expectations and standards with internal and external resources.

• Using market knowledge, identifies threats and opportunities to achieving overall material flow and cost containment.

• Ensures current market influences are understood by internal customers.

• Actively supports the WestRock Sustainability Platform

• Maintain alignment with the Fiber Supply leadership to ensure support for the broader Smurfit Westrock sustainability platform by leveraging the recycle platform to the advantage of our end customers sustainability goals.

Lead / Manage Supply Execution

• Establishes culture of ownership, customer focus, safety, quality, and responsiveness. Supports this with metrics and accountability. Ensures priorities align with overall Smurfit Westrock strategy through proactive partnership with Papermills, Logistics, Operations and Finance to ensure optimal cost and quality recycle materials for the papermills.

• Ensures resources across region understand success criteria and measurements.

• Identifies and drives operational excellence and productivity projects for continuous improvement.

• Understands and communicates priorities, makes final decisions, with the support of Sr. Director, in cases of disagreement or uncertainty.

• Ensures ease of doing business with suppliers who serve multiple geographies and/or papermills.

• Partners effectively with data and analytics functions to anticipate results and consequences of actions to meet short and long-term goals.

What you need to succeed:

• BA or BS degree

• 5 -10+ years of procurement/materials management, with demonstrated progression of responsibilities

• Strong negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.

• Available to travel up to 25% of the time.

• 3+ years managing others; preferably remote management experience

• Experience in fiber/recycled products strongly preferred.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.

Smurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit 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.