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Regional Base Supply Manager

Creation Technologies · St Peter, MN · 1 mo ago
Manufacturing$140k–$165k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes intro paragraph about company belief, then description of role. We need headings for sections present: maybe "About the role", "Responsibilities", "Qualifications", "Skills", "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule". We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have content: description of role (intro) could be "About the role". Then duties and responsibilities list -> "Responsibilities". Then qualifications -> "Qualifications". Then skills required -> could be "Skills". Then pay info -> "Pay". Benefits: mention performance based bonuses and benefits, but not specific details; we have "Full-time employees are also eligible for performance based bonuses and benefits." That's vague; but it's still mention of benefits. However rule: do NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It states "performance based bonuses and benefits" but not specifics. Might be considered too vague? The instruction: 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. Here they state benefits exist but not details. Is that enough? Probably we can include Benefits section with that sentence. But they said "prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might be okay to include Benefits with that line. Schedule: travel expectation 50-60% of month, travel expected to exceed 50% depending on business needs. That's schedule info (travel). Could be Schedule section. Pay: they gave anticipated starting pay $140k-165k annually. So include Pay. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Benefits, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We need to use

for section headings. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

    for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, accommodation request, legal, etc. Also remove "If you like wild growth..." etc? That's maybe fluff but still substantive? It's a motivational statement; could keep? It's not boilerplate but maybe considered fluff. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "If you like wild growth..." is not boilerplate; it's a cultural statement. Might keep as part of About the role? But we already have About the role paragraph; we could incorporate that sentence there. However we must not invent or summarize away detail; we can keep it as part of About the role prose. We need to drop duplicated lines: there may be duplicate sentences about travel etc. We'll consolidate. Let's extract content: Intro: "It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business." Then role description: "The Supply Base Manager will lead regional and local supplier performance management, critical shortage escalation, recovery planning, and direct engagement with specific or high-risk suppliers to improve delivery reliability, quality responsiveness, and supply assurance for region-specific business units in alignment with the existing global commodity management supplier strategy. This role serves as a primary escalation point when supplier delivery, quality, capacity, or responsiveness issues place Creation and Creation’s customer commitments at risk relative to the regional and local suppliers in scope, including inside-lead-time support needs, supplier decommits, quality disruptions, and factory constraints. Creation serves customers in regulated Defense, Medical, and Tech Industrial markets; this role requires awareness of applicable quality, compliance, and customer requirements when supporting supplier performance and escalation activity. This position will travel at minimum 50-60% of the month and must be based in the US; preferably at a location that is commutable to a physical site supported." Then "DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to:" followed by bullet list (actually sentences). We'll turn each into

  • . List items: - Lead supplier performance management activities, including supplier scorecards, business reviews, corrective action follow-up, and performance trend analysis for the regional and local suppliers in scope in alignment with global commodity management strategy and performance analysis processes. - Serve as the lead escalation point for critical material shortages, supplier decommits, supplier responsiveness issues, capacity constraints, and supplier quality disruptions that impact Creation's ability to support customer requirements. - Coordinate cross-functional escalation teams across Supply Chain, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, Program Management, and site leadership to resolve supplier issues. - Support supplier audits, factory visits, process reviews, and operational assessments. - Develop and manage supplier recovery plans for high-risk suppliers, including clear action owners, commitment dates, updated delivery schedules, escalation paths, and communication cadence. - Clearly communicate supplier risk, recovery status, mitigation plans, and escalation needs to internal leadership, customers, suppliers, and executive stakeholders. - Build positive relationships with specific regional and local suppliers while maintaining clear accountability for commitments, delivery recovery, corrective actions, and performance improvement. - Help align regional and local supplier performance processes, escalation playbooks, scorecard methodology, factory visit expectations, and recovery reporting with current global processes and procedures. - Visit supplier locations as needed for escalations, audits, factory reviews, shortage recovery, and supplier development. - Travel is expected to exceed 50% depending on business needs. - Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. We can keep "Travel is expected to exceed 50% depending on business needs." as a duty. Then "QUALIFICATIONS:" with subparts Education And Required Experience. We need to preserve all substantive info. We'll create
      for qualifications? The instruction: Use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For qualifications, we can treat as list? Might be okay to use

        for prose and

          for lists within. But we have education and experience paragraphs. Could format as

          for each. Better: Use

          for prose sections, and

          • for lists like duties, responsibilities, skills, qualifications (if list). We'll decide. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, Quality, or a related discipline preferred. Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Materials Management, Procurement, Supplier Management, Operations, Quality, Engineering, or a related manufacturing environment. Experience should include supplier performance management, escalation, MRP planning, purchasing, inventory management, shortage recovery, supplier quality, or manufacturing operations. EMS industry experience and practical experience in a complex manufacturing or multi-location environment are preferred. We could make two
          • items: Education and Experience. Then "Skills Required" list: bullet points. We'll create Skills section with
            • . Skills list: - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including engagement with suppliers, customers, and senior leaders. - Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced manufacturing and escalation-driven environment. - Strong facilitation and leadership skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority. - Ability to quickly understand technical, quality, supply chain, and operational issues and engage the right subject matter experts. - Organized, self-motivated team player able to work well under pressure and maintain disciplined follow-up on critical issues. - Ability to create clear executive updates, recovery plans, escalation summaries, scorecards, and action trackers. - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. - Ability to improve functional processes, supplier performance systems, escalation playbooks, and performance management tools. - Demonstrates commitment to implement initiatives, exercise independent judgment within broad guidelines, and drive sustainable improvement. - Kinaxis/Rapid Response, SIOP process management, Oracle ERP, supplier audit, SCAR, 8D, RCCA, Lean Manufacturing, or Continuous Improvement experience desired. Then Pay: "In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the anticipated starting pay for new hires for this position is between $140,000-165,000 annually. Full-time employees are also eligible for performance based bonuses and benefits. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, education, location, and shift. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on the date of hire, schedule type, and hours worked." We'll put that in Pay section as

              . Benefits: we already mentioned performance based bonuses and benefits; but we could incorporate into Benefits section: "Full-time employees are eligible for performance based bonuses and benefits." Might be okay. Schedule: travel expectation: "This position will travel at minimum 50-60% of the month and must be based in the US; preferably at a location that is commutable to a physical site supported." and later "Travel is expected to exceed 50% depending on business needs." We'll combine. We must not include boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, accommodation request, legal, etc. Also remove "If you like wild growth..." maybe keep as part of About the role? It's not boilerplate but could be considered fluff; but we can keep. Also remove "Creation Technologies is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Also remove "Canada: Title for the position will be in accordance with applicable national and local laws." (boilerplate). Now construct HTML. We'll start with

              About the role

              then

              containing intro sentences plus role description plus maybe the cultural statement. Let's craft About the role paragraph: "It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. The Supply Base Manager will lead regional and local supplier performance management, critical shortage escalation, recovery planning, and direct engagement with specific or high-risk suppliers to improve delivery reliability, quality responsiveness, and supply assurance for region-specific business units in alignment with the existing global commodity management supplier strategy. This role serves as a primary escalation point when supplier delivery, quality, capacity, or responsiveness issues place Creation and Creation’s customer commitments at risk relative to the regional and local suppliers in scope, including inside-lead-time support needs, supplier decommits, quality disruptions, and factory constraints. Creation serves customers in regulated Defense, Medical, and Tech Industrial markets; this role requires awareness of applicable quality, compliance, and customer requirements when supporting supplier performance and escalation activity. This position will travel at minimum 50-60% of the month and must be based in the US; preferably at a location that is commutable to a physical site supported. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!" That seems comprehensive. Now Responsibilities:

              Responsibilities

                with each duty. We need to ensure we don't duplicate travel duty; we have travel as duty item. Now Qualifications:

                Qualifications

                  with two items: Education and Experience. Education item: "Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, Quality, or a related discipline preferred." Experience item: "Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Materials Management, Procurement, Supplier Management, Operations, Quality, Engineering, or a related manufacturing environment. Experience should include supplier performance management, escalation, MRP planning, purchasing, inventory management, shortage recovery, supplier quality, or manufacturing operations. EMS industry experience and practical experience in a complex manufacturing or multi-location environment are preferred." Now Skills:

                  Skills

                    with each skill. Now Pay:

                    Pay

                    with the pay paragraph. Now Benefits:

                    Benefits

                    "Full-time employees

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