Indirect Procurement Manager, North America
- . The bullet points are long paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually they are headings: "Category Strategy Development and Deployment", "Total Cost of Ownership Reduction and Cost Savings Delivery", "Supply Base Reduction and Supplier Management", "Process Improvement, Compliance, and Digitalization", "Procurement Operations and Systems", "Stakeholder Management and Leadership", "Performance Measures". Each has description after colon? The text includes sentences after each heading. We'll need to capture each as a list item, preserving content.
Then "Required Qualifications" heading with bullet list (actually paragraphs). We'll treat as list items.
Then "Preferred Experience" bullet list.
Then "Working Conditions" paragraph.
Then "We Offer" paragraph.
Then "Where everything works together" paragraph (company description). Might be considered "About the company" but not required heading. Could be omitted if not matching headings. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So we can include sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content.
We have:
- About the role: we have introductory paragraph describing role.
- Responsibilities: we have Key Responsibilities section.
- Requirements: maybe "Required Qualifications" is requirements. Could map to Requirements section.
- Qualifications: maybe "Preferred Experience" is qualifications? Actually "Preferred Experience" is preferred qualifications. Could be Qualifications section.
- Skills: maybe we can extract skills from required qualifications: negotiation, contract management, analytical skills, project management, etc. But we should not invent. If there is no explicit skills section, we should not create Skills section unless posting actually states them. The posting does not have a separate "Skills" heading. So we should not create Skills section.
- Benefits: we have "We Offer" paragraph describing benefits: challenging work environment, generous wage and benefits package includes 401k with company match as well as company-funded pension. Also maybe mention hybrid role? That's working conditions. Benefits section should include those benefits. So we can create Benefits section with that content.
- Pay: posting does not mention specific pay/salary. It says "generous wage" but no numbers. According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It says "generous wage" but not specific. Is that considered stating pay? It's vague. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "generous wage" is vague but still states that there is a wage, but not a number. Might be considered placeholder? I'd lean to not create Pay section because it's not specific. Safer to omit Pay.
- Schedule: posting mentions Hybrid role based in US with travel less than 10% to NA sites, supplier facilities, periodic international travel. Also fully remote candidates based in US eastern time zone will also be considered. That's schedule/working conditions. Could be Schedule section? The rule: include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state hybrid role, travel %, remote option. That's schedule info. So we can create Schedule section with that content.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Required Qualifications), Qualifications (Preferred Experience), Benefits, Schedule.
We must not include Skills, Pay.
Now we need to format.
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- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. At end there is EEO statement and scam warning. Remove those. Also remove "Where everything works together - Valmet is where the best talent..." paragraph? That's company description; not boilerplate but maybe not needed for any section. Could be included in About the role? Might be considered extra but not under any heading. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep that info somewhere. Where to put? Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section like "About the company". But we only allowed headings from list. However we could incorporate it into About the role section as prose. That would preserve it. Similarly "Valmet is an equal opportunity employer..." is EEO boilerplate; must remove. Also "Please note that Valmet will never ask for personal financial information..." is scam warning; remove. Now let's extract content. **About the role** paragraph: We'll combine the introductory sentences plus maybe the company description. Original: "Are you a professional looking to expand your career with an industry front runner? Deciding on your next employer is not a decision to be made lightly. But if you want to work on the front lines of development, shaping the field as you go, keep reading to see what we have to offer! Valmet is seeking an experienced Indirect Procurement Manager to lead indirect procurement operations, development, strategy deployment, and supply base management for the North America area. This role owns the regional execution of global category strategies and is directly accountable for delivering measurable reductions in total cost of ownership (TCO), process improvement, and supplier base consolidation across the indirect portfolio. The successful candidate will bring a demonstrated, quantifiable track record of managing in a minimum of two categories to include: MRO, Facilities Services, Travel, HR/Personnel, Marketing & Communications, and Professional Services categories — not general procurement exposure, but hands-on ownership of strategy, sourcing, negotiation, and supplier performance within these specific categories. This experience is a mandatory requirement for the role." Add company description: "Where everything works together - Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 20,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customer's performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork. Join the team! www.valmet.com/careersna" We can include that as part of About the role. Now Responsibilities: we need to capture each bullet. Let's list them with content: 1. Category Strategy Development and Deployment - Develop North America category strategies for MRO, Facilities Services, Travel, HR/Personnel, Marketing & Communications, and Professional Services, fully aligned to global category strategies and business requirements. - Lead cross-functional category teams and steering groups, bringing together the right mix of commercial, technical, HSE, HR, and site expertise. - Conduct supply market analysis and supplier segmentation; identify and qualify new and cost-competitive sources to challenge incumbents. - Review and refresh category strategies at least annually; report strategy coverage, progress, and results to the Global Category Managers, Area Manager, and Indirect Procurement leadership. 2. Total Cost of Ownership Reduction and Cost Savings Delivery - Own an annual cost reduction and cost avoidance target for the North America indirect portfolio, with results reported through the approved savings methodology. - Drive TCO reduction beyond unit price, including: * Specification and demand management — right-sizing specifications, replacement rates, consumption controls, and policy tightening. * Total delivered cost — freight, packaging, minimum order quantities, inventory carrying cost, and vendor-managed inventory. * Commercial terms — payment terms extension, rebate and volume-tier structures, index-based pricing, and price-hold provisions. - Lead competitive bidding (RFI/RFP/RFQ), e-auctions, should-cost analysis, and total-cost modeling for regional and country sourcing events. - Build and validate savings business cases with Finance to ensure savings are traceable to budget and P&L impact. 3. Supply Base Reduction and Supplier Management - Own the North America supplier reduction target for indirect categories; deliver a measurable year-over-year decrease in active suppliers. - Manage the full contract lifecycle — create, negotiate, maintain, renew, and close agreements — and ensure contract metadata is accurate and complete. - Run supplier performance management: define KPIs and SLAs, conduct business reviews, drive corrective actions, and escalate chronic underperformance. - Develop supplier quality, HSE, sustainability, and Supplier Code of Conduct coverage; capture and commercialize supplier innovation and continuous-improvement ideas. 4. Process Improvement, Compliance, and Digitalization - Identify process improvement opportunities across source-to-contract and purchase-to-pay; define measurable goals and lead implementation with the relevant teams and Global Category Managers. - Increase PO coverage, catalog and punch-out adoption, free-text PO discipline, spend plans, and guided-buying channel usage. - Deliver end-user training and change management when new sites, companies, or tools are brought into the process. - Improve supplier and item master data quality to enable accurate reporting, analytics, and category KPI tracking. - Promote the use of analytics and AI-enabled tools to accelerate spend visibility, benchmarking, and sourcing execution. 5. Procurement Operations and Systems - Collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and Global Category Managers to define requirements and specifications ahead of sourcing. - Administer regional procurement systems and support end users in day-to-day purchasing processes. - Monitor deliveries and supplier order execution; ensure adherence to procurement policies, approval controls, and internal control requirements. 6. Stakeholder Management and Leadership - Build trusted relationships with NA site leadership, HR, Finance, HSE, Legal, IT, and Marketing to understand demand and secure early procurement engagement. - Represent North America in global category teams and the Indirect Procurement Council; ensure regional requirements are reflected in global strategies. - Communicate results, insights, market intelligence, and recommendations clearly to peers, Global Category Managers, Area Managers, and senior leadership. 7. Performance Measures - Cost reduction and cost avoidance delivered against annual target (€/$ and % of addressable spend). - Reduction in active supplier count within scope categories (target: double-digit % year-over-year). - Spend under control, PO coverage, and policy compliance rates. - Payment terms improvement (average days). - Supplier performance: OTD, quality, service level, and Supplier Code of Conduct signature coverage
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