Company Background:
Alta Forest Products, in collaboration with Itochu Building Products, proudly stands as the world's largest producer of wood fence boards. Our specialization lies in Western Red Cedar fence pickets and other premium products from the forests of the Pacific and Inland Northwest. In addition to manufacturing fence boards, timbers and dimensional lumber, Alta's advanced sawmills operate with zero wood waste, efficiently producing valuable by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch, and biofuel.
Headquartered in Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates sawmills, reload facilities, and log yards in various Northwest rural communities.
The Role:
As a Dimensional Lumber Sales Manager, you will be responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of key accounts within Alta's distribution network. This role is highly integrated with operations and requires a strong understanding of product mix, supply dynamics, and market conditions.
The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in the North American lumber industry, with experience in sawmill operations, lumber manufacturing, wholesale distribution, or building products. This individual will possess a deep understanding of lumber market fundamentals and a proven track record selling timbers, dimension lumber and related wood products through both distribution networks and direct/open-market channels. Success in this role requires the ability to connect market demand with manufacturing capabilities while developing long-term strategic relationships across the lumber supply chain.
You will own the account relationship end-to-end, aligning customer demand with mill production, managing order flow, and ensuring consistent execution. Success in this role requires sound commercial judgment, the ability to navigate market volatility, and a proactive approach to aligning internal resources with customer needs.
Work Environment
This role operates across offices, manufacturing facilities, and customer locations. Exposure to industrial environments, including machinery, noise, airborne particulates, and outdoor conditions, should be expected.
The physical demands described here must be met by an employee to perform this job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Small company feel, big opportunity. Alta is committed to investing in its people and its mills, striving to lead the industry in both product quality and employee experience.
Alta Forest Products is an equal-opportunity employer. It considers all applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion or creed, gender, disability, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Alta Forest Products is the world's largest producer of wood fence boards, specializing in Western Red Cedar and other premium species found in the Pacific and Inland Northwest forests. It operates four sawmills across the region and directly employs more than 600 people. Alta is a daily purchaser of logs from sustainably managed timberlands owned by a wide variety of organizations - from large, industrial-scale timberland investors to small, local tree-farmers. In addition to producing fence boards and pallet stock lumber, Alta's zero-wood-waste sawmills produce by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, mulch and bio-fuel.
Headquartered in centrally-located Chehalis, Washington, Alta operates fence board sawmills in four other rural communities in the region: Morton, WA; Shelton, WA; Amanda Park, WA, and Naples, ID.
Alta’s fence boards can be purchased throughout the U.S. at home improvement retailers such as The Home Depot , as well as through local fence installers who buy from Alta’s nation-wide network of lumber and fence materials distributors.
