Available Position (Company name withheld)

2026 PFP - Trader Trainee

Bend, OR
Full Time
Student (College)

Overview & Job Description:

Plateau Forest Products, LLC (PFP) is looking for Lumber Trader Trainees to potentially advance to becoming Lumber Traders to join our team.

Plateau Forest Products is a powerhouse in the lumber & building products industry and has grown into one of the largest wholesale distributors in North America. As an employee-owned company, we have built our business by providing quality lumber solutions to our customers and suppliers. We are looking for bright, competitive, sales driven individuals to join our growing trading floor!

What's life like as a trader? Challenging, always changing, and fun. Traders get the mentorship and support they need to do their jobs--and do them well. We are a work hard - play hard team and we are experts in what we do. We love the outdoors and are incredibly driven to succeed. Our future is limitless, and we look forward to finding a trader to be a part of our success!

Duties and Responsibilities (First 18 months)

  • Logistics and supply chain
  • Market segmentation and strategy
  • Pre-prospecting on potential new accounts
  • Study and learn the processes of the office and skills and techniques it takes to be a successful trader at PFP
  • Assist in any other task’s traders may need done

Duties and Responsibilities as a Lumber Trader:

  • Build market position in our industry by locating and winning new accounts
  • Create and build long-lasting relationships, on multiple levels with various customers-from production and shipping/receiving, with executive team members
  • Call on customers to generate sales daily- quote, negotiate and close conditions of sale.
  • Input orders and follow through with shipment to insure timely delivery
  • Call on suppliers and get list of offerings - determine pricing strategy, negotiate sales, order write-up
  • Plan and budget daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly sales goals and measure results to goals. Each trader is solely responsible to find customers which produce sales and income from commissions
  • Resolve all customer, mill, company disputes, issues, promptly and professionally
  • Assist in collections from customers by working with credit department
  • Interact with other traders on the floor to keep each other informed of changing market conditions and to provide customers a variety of products to be purchased from each department if needed, one-stop shopping

Things we look for:

  • Ability to be self-directed while working under tight deadlines
  • Ability to cope with change, make decisions and act comfortably with risk and uncertainty
  • Exceptionally strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Positive attitude with willingness to learn and be trained on company’s trading policies and business software is a must for this position
  • In addition, must have a high level of attention to detail and work well with others.
  • Fast paced exciting environment with high volume of transactions
  • Desire to succeed in order to be promoted to a lumber trader

Education and/or Experience:  High School Diploma is required along with a Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year College or University. 

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PFP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides a full array of benefits for our employees and their families including:

  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company matching
  • Comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Long Term Disability
  • Travel Accident Insurance
  • Section 125 Flexible Benefit Plan
  • Heath Savings Account with Company matching
  • Wellness Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Scholarship Program
  • Employee Stock Program
  • And more…..
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