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External Manufacturing Sourcing Manager

Dow · Midland, MI · 3 wk ago
Purchasing$43/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "About You And This Role" then responsibilities, qualifications, skills, benefits. Also location info maybe part of about. No pay or schedule given. So we should not include Pay or Schedule sections. Benefits section present: we have benefits list. Should we include "Benefits" heading? Yes, because there is real content. Use

for each section heading. Use
  • for lists. Use

    for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, application instructions. The posting includes a lot of fluff at start about Dow mission etc. That's not part of the job description? It's generic company description. Should we keep? It says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The mission statement is substantive? It's about the company, not the role. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not navigation/legal/EEO. It's generic company description. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The mission statement is not those categories. It might be considered part of the posting but not specific to role. However they said "Preserve ALL substantive information". The mission statement is substantive info about Dow. I'd keep it maybe as a paragraph before sections. But they also said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Could include an "About Dow" paragraph before sections. Not a heading though. Could just put it as a

    . However they said use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). They didn't list About Dow as a heading option, but we could still use

    for any section heading? The instruction: "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." That suggests those are examples; we could also use other headings if needed, but better to stick to those. The posting includes "About You And This Role" which could map to "About the role". So we can use

    About the role

    and put the description there. We also have location info: "This position can be located in Midland (MI, USA), Houston (TX, USA), Terneuzen (NLD) or Tarragona (ESP)." That's substantive; we can include in About the role paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties. Use
    • . Qualifications: bullet points? The text includes multiple qualifications statements. We'll make a list. Skills: list. Benefits: list. We must not include Pay or Schedule sections because not specified. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must remove duplicated lines. Let's extract content. First, the introductory fluff: "At Dow, we believe in putting people first..." That's generic. Could be considered part of About the role? Might be okay to include as a paragraph before sections. But maybe better to include under About the role. Let's craft About the role paragraph: Combine the mission fluff and the role description. From posting: "At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet. Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place. About You And This Role Dow has an exciting opportunity for an External Manufacturing Sourcing Manager! This position can be located in Midland (MI, USA), Houston (TX, USA), Terneuzen (NLD) or Tarragona (ESP). In this role, you will create value for Dow by defining sourcing opportunities, developing and aligning sourcing strategies, leveraging supplier relationships, analyzing market conditions, and negotiating with suppliers and internal partners to optimize sustained value for Dow. This will require in-depth conceptual and working knowledge of your discipline or functional area. You may need to lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements as well as serve as a resource for less experienced colleagues. You should also be able to explain difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus with others. It will be your responsibility to analyze and resolve complex problems, examine information from multiple sources, and use judgement to evaluate established and new solutions. Your performance impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within your own team and other related teams and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies." We'll put that as

      under

      About the role

      . Now Responsibilities: list each sentence starting with "Partner with the stakeholders..." etc. We'll extract each bullet. Responsibilities list: - Partner with the stakeholders to clarify the scope of purchase and relevant service requirements. - Utilize business acumen, market knowledge, and leverage best practices to drive value from the market, and proactively identify and propose competitive solutions to activate cost saving opportunities. - Assess and manage risk profile of the market, supplier, and purchase activities. - Develop and implement sourcing strategies to enable competitive and reliable purchase that meets the safety, qualification and compliance requirements. - Proactively manage sourcing projects, lead supplier qualification, RFI, RFQ/RFP, competitive bidding, bid evaluation and lead negotiation with suppliers. - Analyze and resolve complex problems, challenge inefficiencies of the workgroup, examine information from multiple sources, and use judgement to evaluate established and new solutions. - Responsible for the negotiation, execution and implementation of commercial agreements and related work processes in accordance with the strategies within the commercial area and/or geography. - Effectively conduct Supplier Performance Evaluation, implement Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and collaboratively drive continuous performance improvement of supplier via KPIs (Safety, Productivity and Quality). - Uses influential leadership to elevate the performance of the workgroup. Now Qualifications: The text: "Qualifications A minimum of a bachelor's degree OR relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking OR 10 years of relevant working experience.A minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience.For U.S. Applicants: A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process." We need to parse into bullet points. - Minimum of a bachelor's degree OR relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking OR 10 years of relevant working experience. - Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience. - For U.S. Applicants: ability to work legally in the United States (no visa sponsorship/support available). We could combine first two as separate bullets. Now Skills: list: - Strategic Thinking: Anticipate future trends, set long-term goals, and develop plans that align with organizational vision and objectives. - Analytical Thinking: Demonstrate the ability to break down complex problems, evaluate information logically, and identify patterns or relationships to develop effective solutions. - Negotiation: Securing favorable terms while maintaining supplier relationships. The ability to push supplier to the extreme to maximize Dow’s interest. Sourcing excellence through adoption of digital sourcing tools for e-Auction, e-bidding. - Proactive Problem Solving: Solve complex problems, anticipates potential issues and take preventive actions before they occur, rather than reacting after problems arise. - Stakeholder Management/Communication: Identify, engage, and maintain positive relationships with individuals or groups who have an interest in or influence over a project, process, or outcome. Clear interaction with internal stakeholders and external suppliers. - Project Management: Ability to lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives. Now Benefits: The benefits section is a paragraph with many items. We need to turn into list. Benefits list: - Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. - Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. - Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. - Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location). - Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only). Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match. - Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations. - Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building. - Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs. - Competitive yearly vacation allowance. - Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents). - Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured. - Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation. - Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey. - On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location). - Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more. - Additionally, some of our locations might offer: - Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location) - Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location) - Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location) We need to keep the hierarchical list? Could flatten. We'll output
      • for each bullet; for sub-bullets we could nest
          . Now we must not include any boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting ends with EEO statements; we must remove them. Now produce HTML fragment:

          About the role

          ... (the paragraph)

          Responsibilities

            ...

          Qualifications

            ...

          Skills

            ...

          Benefits

            ...
          Make sure no extra whitespace issues. Now craft the About the role paragraph: combine the mission fluff and role specifics. Ensure we keep all info. Let's write it: At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet. Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place. Dow has an exciting opportunity for an External Manufacturing Sourcing Manager! This position can be located in Midland (MI, USA), Houston (TX, USA), Terneuzen (NLD) or Tarragona (ESP). In this role, you will create value for Dow by defining sourcing opportunities, developing and aligning sourcing strategies, leveraging supplier relationships, analyzing market conditions, and

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