Data Services Manager

About ResourceWise

ResourceWise is a leading commodity pricing and market intelligence company specializing in forest products, chemicals, and renewable fuels. With a legacy spanning over 150 years, our mission is to empower clients with the most accurate data, analytics, and strategic insights to drive profitable and sustainable growth.

Its entities include Forest2Market Inc., Fisher International, Inc., Tecnon OrbiChem, Ltd., Prima Regulated Markets Ltd., and Chemical Intelligence.

ResourceWise is searching for a Data Services Manager with vision, the ability to see the future and plan for it. The person will be responsible for analyzing, improving, and documenting business processes; maintaining and improving data quality; and ensuring accurate, reliable, and repeatable reporting and decision support for forestry vertical customers. This is an exciting role that will allow you to flex both strategic and operational skillsets and have a significant impact on our continued global transformation.

Job Duties:

• Manage the complete lifecycle of data efforts, including planning, data structure design, implementation, data release, maintenance, support, and stabilization.
• Analyze existing processes, identify improvement opportunities that align with strategic objectives and lead multi-discipline teams improving existing processes.
• Design new processes and create process documentation/workflows for data collection, processing, expertizing, and reporting. Define and execute strategy for data stewardship, governance, and quality.
• Manage data submission of all customer data for ResourceWise subscription services, including monitoring the schedule and timeliness of data submission and making sure that all data is submitted according to subscription deadlines.
• Manage internal handling and processing of all ResourceWise data according to scheduled deadlines; maintain the production flow, accuracy, and quality of data both entered and extracted from databases.
• Manage the schedule, timeliness, distribution, and quality of all subscription reporting to forestry vertical customers.
• Lead, motivate and manage members of the Data Services team, which includes training and developing staff, capacity planning and setting objectives and priorities.
• Act as lead data advisor
• Manage projects assigned to self and assist in managing projects assigned to Data Services team members. Assure projects are delivered according to established timelines.

Qualifications:

• M.S. in Forestry or relevant work experience
• 3-5 years of field experience in the forestry supply chain
• Understanding of wood settlement systems particularly for pulp, paper, and pellet wood fiber procurement
• 3-5 years of experience in an analytic support role, process, and quality control, and/or performing and reporting analysis of data to management
• Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities
• Demonstrated supervisory experience
• Solid time-management and follow-through skills, with the ability to simultaneously work on and manage multiple tasks and projects with tight deadlines
• Ability to work well independently in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with data structure and integration, ETL, Advanced Microsoft Excel, SAS and SQL Server

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation is commensurate with experience
• Yearly performance bonus
• Medical, dental, and vision benefit programs provided
• 401k with company match
• Education Benefit after 1 year
• PTO, company holidays, and personal days offered

Our Core Values & Focus

Our vision is to grow a family of companies trusted to solve complex value chain issues with a comprehensive and innovative approach to environmental and financial impacts.

• We work hard, with a purpose, to achieve personal, professional and corporate goals
• We promote self-determination and accountability as the best means to achieve these goals
• We value integrity and fairness
• We believe in continual learning and innovation
• We encourage freedom and self-expression to enhance creativity and problem solving
• We foster an interconnected world by valuing our global diversity and collaboration

We are dedicated to building teams that embody our vision and values. Our hiring process is merit-based, yet we are steadfast in providing equal opportunities to attract talented individuals from diverse backgrounds across the globe. This includes differences in race, class, veteran status, religion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, and more. We firmly believe that differing opinions and diverse talents are essential to our success.