Director– Purchasing
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must preserve all substantive info, not invent. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "For Detailed Job Description Click Here Job Description Additional Information" etc. Also remove "Equal Opportunity Statement" etc. Also remove "Title IX Coordinator Contact Information" etc. Also remove "Physical Requirements/Working Conditions"? That's not a listed heading but maybe we can include under Requirements or Qualifications? The instructions: Use headings only for those specific section names. We can include other info under appropriate headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Physical requirements maybe under Requirements? It's not a standard heading but we could include as part of Requirements (maybe as a list). However we must not create headings not listed. So we can embed physical requirements within a
under Requirements or Qualifications. We need to parse the posting. Key content: Position Summary Information: two key purposes: leadership and supervision of purchasing function (including coordination with Risk Manager of College’s general liability insurance and related risk management, oversight of operational leases and contracts). Also participates as member of College’s management team to achieve mission and goals. As leader of purchasing operation: develops and maintains activities to ensure purchases comply with Board policy and law, obtaining goods/services at least cost and highest quality. Minimizes loss exposure by assessing risk and obtaining appropriate liability coverages at competitive prices. Creates and maintains customer-focused culture. Ensures creation and maintenance of operational leases and contracts which protect and advance College’s interests. This is a working supervisor position. Performs tasks identical to persons supervised and is employee who primarily handles general liability and leases and contracts functions. Supervisory Responsibility: immediate supervisor of two purchasing specialists. Minimum Requirements: Education: Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field. Experience: At least three years of hands-on experience in position(s) with responsibilities in procurement or supply chain management to include purchasing, contract services, accounting, budgeting, and insurance. Experience must include performing purchasing duties in an automated financial system. One year of experience in a supervisory role which may be concurrent with requirement #2. Strong oral and written communication skills; must be able to communicate in a clear, concise manner. Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups of people. Must have ability to work as a team member, foster a cooperative work environment and maintain effective supervisory relationships. Demonstrated work history of providing high quality, proactive customer-oriented services including problem-solving orientation; strong listening skills; expertise in advising and consulting; history of coordinated work effort with extensive follow-through and follow-up; and experience identifying customer needs. Strong analytical and documentation skills; attention to detail; experience assembling and presenting complex quantitative information. Ability to appropriately use standard office productivity software as mandated by the College, such as MS Office. Work history which demonstrates personal initiative in, and ownership of, assigned areas of responsibility as well as the proactive implementation of change. Demonstrated project planning and management, time management, and priority setting skills. Demonstrated history of on-time delivery of projects, project coordination; and anticipation of issues. Ability to work successfully in an environment without detailed direction and in the absence of work process documentation. Additional Desirable Qualifications: Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) Experience with Ellucian or similar systems Higher Education experience Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time. Must be able to frequently move about the office and campus. Frequently operates office equipment such as computers, copiers, faxes, etc. Constantly communicates with others both inside and outside of the College. Must be able to exchange information in these situations. Work Schedule: Standard hours are 8-5 Monday through Friday but, as a supervisor, must work hours and schedule necessary to ensure success. Additional Information: First consideration given to internal candidates. Degree must be conferred by either offer date or close of posting Visa sponsorship is not available. Selected candidates must submit to a drug test and criminal background check. The College reserves the right to cancel the search at any time. Application Deadline Additional Application Deadline Information The College reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, etc. Also remove "For Detailed Job Description Click Here Job Description Additional Information". Also remove "Application Deadline Additional Application Deadline Information". Also remove "Equal Opportunity Statement" and Title IX etc. We need to keep substantive info: position summary, supervisory responsibility, minimum requirements, additional desirable qualifications, physical requirements/working conditions, work schedule, first consideration internal candidates, degree conferral, visa sponsorship not available, drug test/background check, right to cancel search. We need to map to headings: About the role (position summary), Responsibilities (maybe supervisory responsibility and duties), Requirements (minimum requirements), Qualifications (additional desirable qualifications?), Skills (maybe communication, interpersonal, analytical, etc.), Benefits (none given), Pay (none), Schedule (work schedule). We should only include sections if there is real specific content. We have content for About the role (position summary). Responsibilities: we have supervisory responsibility and duties (leadership, supervision, etc.). Could combine with About the role? But we can separate. Requirements: minimum requirements (education, experience, etc.) plus maybe physical requirements? Could be separate but we don't have a heading for physical requirements; we could include under Requirements as a list. Qualifications: additional desirable qualifications (CPM/CPPO, Ellucian, Higher Ed experience). Skills: we have many skill items (communication, interpersonal, customer service, analytical, documentation, MS Office, initiative, project management, etc.). Could list under Skills. Benefits: none given, so omit. Pay: none given, omit. Schedule: we have work schedule details, include. We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll produce something like:
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Standard hours are 8‑5 Monday through Friday but, as a supervisor, must work hours and schedule necessary to ensure success.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's extract each piece. About the role: combine position summary paragraphs. Position Summary: "This position has two key purposes. First, the position provides leadership and supervision to the purchasing function which includes, in addition to purchasing, coordination with the Risk Manager of the College’s general liability insurance and related risk management, and oversight of operational leases and contracts. Second, this position participates as a member of the College’s management team to achieve the College’s mission and goals and objectives. As The Leader Of The Purchasing Operation, This Position Develops and maintains an array of activities to ensure that purchases of goods and services made by the College are in compliance with Board policy and applicable law, obtaining goods and services at the least cost and highest quality.Minimizes loss exposure by, among other things, assessing risk and obtaining appropriate liability coverages at competitive prices.Creates and maintains a customer-focused culture in assigned areas of responsibility.Ensures the creation and maintenance of operational leases and contracts which protect and advance the College’s interests. This is a working supervisor position. As such, it performs tasks identical to persons supervised and is the employee who primarily handles the general liability and leases and contracts functions." We can clean up spacing. Responsibilities: Supervisory Responsibility: "This position is the immediate supervisor of two (2) purchasing specialists." Also maybe include the leadership and supervision tasks? But we already covered in About the role. Could keep responsibilities as supervisory duty. Requirements: Minimum Requirements list. Let's list each requirement as separate