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A privately owned Northern Ontario forest products company has an opportunity for a President as a result of a planned retirement. The company comprises two random length sawmills producing 200 MMBF annually and a 12 MW biomass fuelled cogeneration plant. Fibre is supplied through Crown timber rights. The company has been successful through disciplined execution, strong relationships, and leaders who combine strategy with hands-on operational competence.
Job Responsibility:
Accountable for the safe, compliant, reliable and profitable performance of two sawmill sites and associated woodlands activities
Sets direction and culture
Ensures excellent labour and community relationships
Drives industry leading performance in safety, throughput, yield, quality, cost, and cash generation
Provides strong governance-level reporting, strategy, and capital stewardship to the Board
Requirements:
A successful career with progressive leadership and competent operational credibility in sawmilling and exposure to woodlands operations and value-added initiatives
Experience with woodlands/forestry supply dynamics on Crown/tenure-based fibre supply
Proven record of improving safety, reliability and profitability in unionized manufacturing environments
Competence with capital planning
executing modernization projects
and identifying/removing constraints in production workflows to increase capacity and efficiency
Financial acumen with board-level communication skills
Relevant education in Forestry, Wood Science/Engineering or Business a significant asset but not essential
Visible, credible, hands-on leader who earns trust on the mill floor
data-driven with practical problem-solving discipline
clear communicator who can align union leadership, supervisors and board stakeholders