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We areOne Rayonier, a team that works together to create value by prioritizing safety, challenging the status quo, giving back to our communities, and driving innovation through continuous learning. With nearly 100 years of experience, we’re still discovering new ways to make lives better with our trees, our land, and - our most important resource - our people.\nAt Rayonier, we strive to create an employee experience where you feel valued and proud to be part of our team. We foster a respectful, inclusive and collaborative environment that celebrates your unique talents and perspectives. Experience the Rayonier difference: We’re big enough to offer exciting career paths, but small enough for you to know your colleagues by name. Come join a team that empowers you to make a difference!\nRayonier is seeking aContract Specialist to support the end-to-end contract lifecycle across purchasing, timber, non-timber revenue, and operational to keep agreements accurate, complete and moving forward. You will work closely with internal business partners, vendors, and customers to coordinate documentation, approvals, and system updates that support our operations.\nHow You Will Contribute\nContract preparation and routing: Review incoming requests for completeness and accuracy; select the appropriate approved template; enter scope, rates, dates, terms, coding, and other required details; and route contracts, purchase orders, sales agreements, and amendments through the appropriate approval and signature workflow.\nContract execution and administration: Coordinate with requestors, vendors, customers, Legal, Finance, Accounting, Operations, and other stakeholders to resolve questions, manage redlines, obtain approvals and signatures, distribute executed documents, and maintain complete records.\nTimber Contracts: Administer timber sales and delivered-wood contracts, including stumpage, lump-sum, agreed-volume, master, purchase order, cut-and-haul, assignment/assumption, rate-card, fuel-adjustment, amendment, and harvest-completion activities, as assigned.\nPurchasing and spend contracts: Support goods and services, master agreements, purchase orders, one-to-one agreements, amendments, and operational spend categories such as site preparation, planting, pre-commercial thinning, road maintenance, surveying, aerial work, cruising, boundary-line work, marketing, and construction.\nCompliance and risk controls: Confirm certificates of insurance and other required documentation are current and meet contract requirements. Validate internal policy, delegation-of-authority, safety, vendor-selection, and other compliance requirements before execution.\nQuality assurance and closeout: Perform peer audits, reconcile contract information across documents and systems, correct discrepancies, monitor deadlines and expirations, and complete contract closeout, harvest-completion, refund, and other follow-through activities.\nSystem and data management: Create and maintain accurate contract, purchase order, customer, vendor, rate, and settlement records in applicable procurement, accounts payable, contract-management, and timber revenue systems. Complete timely activations, updates, extensions, closures, and status communications.\nVendor and customer setup: Process new vendor and customer requests, reimbursements, company-card and legal setups, and related master-data updates. Verify submitted information and supporting documentation and provide clear follow-up when items are missing.\nService and continuous improvement: Provide accurate, timely, and professional service; communicate priorities and risks early; maintain procedures and templates; identify recurring issues; and contribute to process, training, and control improvements.\nWhat You Bring to the Team\nRequired Qualifications\nEducation Level Required: High school diploma or equivalent.\nExperience Required: At least two (2) years of experience in accounting, contracts administration, procurement, customer service, or a business-office environment using current technology.\nKnowledge/Skills Required\nWorking knowledge of basic accounting and business principles.\nDemonstrated accuracy in reviewing documents, entering data, and following defined procedures and controls.\nStrong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to prioritize multiple requests and consistently meet deadlines.\nClear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with external customers, vendors, and internal business partners.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting contracts, purchasing, vendor/customer master data, accounts payable, or revenue-settlement processes.\nExperience with ERP, procurement, contract-lifecycle-management, workflow/ticketing, or timber revenue systems.\nExperience reviewing certificates of insurance, contract requirements, approvals, or compliance documentation.\nAssociate degree or additional coursework in business, accounting, finance, supply chain, paralegal studies, or a related field.\nIf you bring accounting knowledge, high data accuracy, strong time management, clear communication, and responsive customer service, we want to hear from you!\nWorking Conditions and Physical Requirements\nPrimarily office environment with prolonged periods of sitting.\nSome mental/visual/physical fatigue from computer terminal use.\nWhat We Offer\nWe offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, accident, disability, identity theft protection, and paid parental and caregiver leave. 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