The Inventory Analyst role at Manulife/John Hancock is looking to solve the business problem of executing and analyzing workflows that drive forest inventory management, including acquiring and managing tree measurement data, estimating inventory using growth and yield software, and maintaining current inventory estimates for client assets.
Requirements
- Experience with SiMS or FVS growth and yield modeling applications.
- Understanding of LIDAR acquisition methods and their application to forest inventory.
- Proficiency in GIS, relational databases and cruise data processing; familiarity of timber product merchandising and SQL and growth and yield modeling preferred.
- Experience with large-scale inventory projects preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage sampling-based tree measurement projects to support inventory and transaction needs which involves forecasting of required work, cruise sample design, engagement with 3rd-party data forestry consulting firms, contract development and administration, data quality control and final integration of tree measurements into resource information systems according to MFM standards.
- Execute inventory workflows to maintain data relationships, estimate inventory, and support resource planning and valuation assessments.
- Analyze inventory data to explain variances and trends using analytical tools and visualizations.
- Extract and prepare inventory information to meet stakeholder needs for transactions and ad-hoc requests.
- Monitor and report data quality issues, ensuring inventory estimates and attributes meet required standards.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in forestry or a related discipline required.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in forest mensuration, data management, and analysis.
- Strong customer focus, organizational skills, and analytical capabilities.
- Effective team collaboration and communication skills, including presentation and writing.
- Graduate Degree preferred.
