Senior Manager, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Description :

The Acquisitions & Divestitures (A&D) Senior Manager is responsible for sourcing and leading large-scale transactions within our Timberlands, Corporate Development, and Wood Products businesses. A&D, together with the Portfolio Strategy & Investment (PSI) team is responsible for managing Weyerhaeuser's industry-leading portfolio of assets, including strategy development, asset valuation, and implementation of value-accretive transactions. The team partners across Weyerhaeuser's Timberlands, Real Estate, Energy & Natural Resources, Natural Climate Solutions, and Wood Products businesses to optimize capital and deliver the most value from every acre of our 11-million-acre portfolio.

The A&D and PSI teams are strengthened by diverse perspectives from backgrounds in forestry operations, marketing, economics, corporate finance, law, investment banking, geospatial analysis, and real estate. This is a unique opportunity to join a dedicated team of industry professionals with demonstrated success in end-to-end portfolio management of a world-class timber and forest products portfolio. Over the last four years, this team led over $1.4 billion in strategic transactions, increasing cash flows and total portfolio value across multiple asset classes.

As we look to maximize the return on invested capital from the company's timberlands portfolio, success will require strong leadership and team-building skills, including the ability to develop and execute value-accretive transactions, lead cross-functional teams throughout the organization, and the ability to think creatively as we assess alternative revenue streams associated with the environmental benefits of sustainable forest management. You will need to effectively balance long-range strategy implementation and daily execution of business results in a fast-paced environment with high-impact priorities — all while supporting our long-term sustainability goals and strategy to ensure we can continue to thrive and make a positive impact for the next century and beyond. The A&D Senior Manager brings a passion for coordinating complex projects, market intelligence, and leading high-performing teams. The successful candidate is someone who enjoys learning new skills, building and fostering internal and external relationship networks, and is a proactive problem-solver who functions well in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

At Weyerhaeuser, we are relentlessly focused on developing our people, read more about our vision and values here.

Key Responsibilities

Transaction Execution : Lead portfolio acquisition and divestiture transactions in all phases including deal sourcing, overseeing underwriting, designing and coordinating due diligence, supporting contract negotiations, leadership approvals and managing closing processes.

Portfolio Optimization : Evaluate the company's 11-million-acre timberland portfolio to identify holdings within strategic growth markets as well as non-strategic markets with below-average risk adjusted returns by partnering with cross-functional teams.

Strategy Implementation : Communicate the company's investment thesis, participate in deal sourcing strategy, support creative investment structures, and contribute to the execution of the company's acquisition and divestiture program to strategically optimize and upgrade the portfolio.

Internal Relationships : Cultivate strong internal relationships to support the formation of highly effective cross functional teams with the ability to influence internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with company strategy.

External Networks : Develop and maintain key contacts and relationships within the timberland investment community including timberland owners, investment bankers, and service providers.

Valuation Support : Maintain a deep understanding of timberland markets and industry trends to build an investment position on timberland valuation for company lands and acquisition opportunities.

Track, summarize, and prepare regular updates on team performance, market intelligence, and transaction status to support decision-making and strategic alignment.

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Forestry, Finance, Environmental Science, Business. MBA or graduate degree preferred.

7+ years professional experience in Forestry, Natural Resource, or other real property-based management or investments.

Demonstrated ability to build and develop effective cross-functional teams, people leadership in positions of increasing responsibilities, and high level of emotional intelligence.

Results oriented, highly organized, attention to detail, and able to efficiently manage several diverse projects simultaneously to meet competing deadlines.

Commitment to Weyerhaeuser Values : Safety, Integrity, Citizenship, Sustainability, and Inclusion.

Comfortable constantly learning and rapidly assimilating feedback.

Critical thinker who is highly curious and a creative problem-solver with demonstrated ability to collaborate, act with urgency, and be accountable.

Results oriented, highly organized, and able to efficiently manage concurrent projects and prioritize to meet competing deadlines.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent presentation skills and is a creative problem-solver with well-developed negotiation skills.

Professional presence and demeanor to work with all levels in the organization with ability to influence outcomes that drive positive change across the enterprise.

Ability to build trust and cultivate strong and positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Adept in Excel, proficient in Power Point and Word.

Up to 20% travel expected

What We Offer : Compensation

This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of

$142,650-$213,975

based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 25% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits

When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement

Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.

Paid Time Off or Vacation

We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.

About Weyerhaeuser

We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We're serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.

We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.

About Wood Products

We've been delivering quality building products and solutions to our customers for more than 100 years. From builders and dealers to specifiers and homeowners, we offer exceptional product performance and unparalleled support.

For more than a century, we've been building our reputation as a leader in sustainable wood products.

Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.