Corporate Economist

Weyerhaeuser seeks a Corporate Economist to analyze market, housing, and commodity trends impacting our sustainable wood products and timber business. You will build forecasts, models, and scenarios to support strategic planning, pricing, and capital decisions across manufacturing and real estate. Partnering with finance, operations, and executive leaders, you'll translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations. You'll monitor economic indicators, prepare reports and presentations, and help guide long term strategy in a culture focused on safety, integrity, sustainability, and respect for people.

Responsibilities

• Analyze macroeconomic, housing, and commodity trends affecting timber and wood products

• Develop forecasts, models, and scenarios to inform strategy and capital investments

• Support pricing, market planning, and long-range business planning

• Monitor key economic indicators and industry data sources

• Prepare clear reports, dashboards, and executive presentations

• Partner with finance, operations, and strategy teams to translate insights into action

• Evaluate economic risks and opportunities across markets and product lines

• Contribute to sustainability and resource-use analyses tied to economic outlooks Required Skills

• Macroeconomic analysis

• Microeconomic analysis

• Forecasting and modeling

• Data analysis (Excel/BI tools)

• Econometrics/statistical methods

• Financial analysis

• Scenario and sensitivity analysis

• Market research (housing/construction/commodities)

• Report writing and presentation

• Stakeholder communication