Senior Buyer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes a paragraph about company mission etc. That could be "About the role" or maybe "About iHerb". The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — 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. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro paragraph: "For A Better You At iHerb, we believe that living a healthy and balanced life should be easy and accessible to everyone. As a team member, we’ll empower you to live this promise each day as you make a truly global impact in your career. We constantly strive for innovation, while transforming and improving the online shopping experience for our customers. We believe that individually we are incredible, but when we come together, our growth is infinite. In an industry that is constantly evolving, we are on a mission to make an impact on the global market, and the individual and collaborative efforts of our people are paramount to helping us succeed. Whether you work in one of our logistics centers, technology hubs, corporate offices or even from home, your role at iHerb will take you beyond what’s expected, turning challenge into change. If you're ready for it, we want you to join our team. Get started now." That's about the company and role. Could be "About the role" or "About iHerb". Use "About the role". - Job Summary: paragraph(s). "The Senior Buyer is responsible for evaluating, curating, pricing, promoting, and growing the brands/products in their assigned category and cultivating strong vendor partnerships that result in mutually beneficial opportunities. In addition, the Senior Buyer position sources new suppliers and manages assortment relevant to category, trend, and team objectives. As a leader, the Senior Buyer may collaborate with hiring, managing, developing, and mentoring Assistant Buyers. This role is the third step in the progression of the Merchandising team's buying structure, and is responsible for making merchandising decisions for large volume accounts." That's responsibilities. Could be "Responsibilities". - Job Expectations: a list of bullet-like sentences separated by line breaks. They are many duties. We need to put them in

  • . The content includes many items: "The Senior Buyer will work closely with the Category Manager and team to ensure all are aligned on business strategies, short and long-term growth objectives." etc. We'll extract each sentence as a list item. - Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: list of bullet-like sentences. We'll put under "Skills" or "Qualifications"? The instruction includes headings: Skills, Requirements, Qualifications. We have "Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities". Could be "Skills". Also "Experience Requirements" and "Education Requirements". Could combine into "Requirements" or "Qualifications". We need to decide. We have "Equipment Knowledge Experience with Microsoft Office Suite..." etc. That's skills. We have "Experience Requirements Generally requires a minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in buying or directly related role with equivalent responsibilities, preferably in an e-commerce environment with natural products experience a plus." We have "Education Requirements Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Merchandising or related field preferred, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience." We have "Compensation The expected salary range for this role is $84,957 - $130,000 USD. The actual base pay offered will be determined by factors such as the candidate's relevant experience, education, geographic location, and internal equity." We have "If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!" That's maybe a tagline; could be part of About the role. We have "Staffing Agency Submission Notice iHerb does not accept unsolicited 3rd party ("Agency") candidates. If you are an Agency, please send any requests to be considered as a supplier in our Vendor Management System to staffingvendors@iherb.com. Do not contact iHerb employees directly. If requested to work on a role, any Agency candidates would be presented through the internal recruiting organization." This is boilerplate? It's about agency submissions. Might be considered application instructions? It's not exactly application instructions but it's a notice. The instruction says remove application instructions. This is more about agency policy; could be considered boilerplate. Probably remove. We have "iHerb is an Equal Opportunity employer..." That's EEO boilerplate; remove. Thus we keep: Intro/about, Job Summary, Job Expectations (list), Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (list), Experience Requirements, Education Requirements, Compensation (Pay). Also maybe "Skills" heading for knowledge/abilities. We need to avoid thin sections. Could combine Experience and Education under "Requirements". But we have separate headings allowed: Requirements, Qualifications. Could use "Requirements" for experience and education combined. Or "Qualifications" for education and experience. Let's decide: Use "Requirements" for experience and education. Use "Skills" for knowledge, skills, abilities, equipment knowledge. We also have "Compensation" as Pay section. We need to ensure we don't create sections with placeholder text. All have real content. Now format:

    About the role

    Intro paragraph(s). Combine into one

    maybe multiple sentences.

    Responsibilities

    Job Summary paragraph.

    Job Expectations

    • ... each sentence.
    But we might also combine Responsibilities and Job Expectations? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could merge Job Summary and Job Expectations under Responsibilities? But they are distinct: Job Summary is a brief overview; Job Expectations is detailed list. Could keep both but that's two sections. Might be okay. Alternatively, we could have "Responsibilities" containing both the summary and the detailed list. But the instruction says use
    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need a list for duties. The Job Summary is prose, not a list. So we could have a

      for summary and then a

      for expectations under same heading? But we can't have two headings same. Could do

      Responsibilities

      summary

      ...
      . That's acceptable: one heading with both prose and list. Similarly for Skills: we could have

      Skills

      maybe a short intro? Actually the Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities is a list. Could just be a list under Skills. For Requirements: combine Experience and Education into a list or prose. Could be a list. For Pay:

      Pay

      salary range.

      We must not include Schedule or Benefits sections because not present. Now extract content precisely. Intro paragraph: Let's copy exactly: "For A Better You At iHerb, we believe that living a healthy and balanced life should be easy and accessible to everyone. As a team member, we’ll empower you to live this promise each day as you make a truly global impact in your career. We constantly strive for innovation, while transforming and improving the online shopping experience for our customers. We believe that individually we are incredible, but when we come together, our growth is infinite. In an industry that is constantly evolving, we are on a mission to make an impact on the global market, and the individual and collaborative efforts of our people are paramount to helping us succeed. Whether you work in one of our logistics centers, technology hubs, corporate offices or even from home, your role at iHerb will take you beyond what’s expected, turning challenge into change. If you're ready for it, we want you to join our team. Get started now." We'll keep as is. Job Summary paragraph: "The Senior Buyer is responsible for evaluating, curating, pricing, promoting, and growing the brands/products in their assigned category and cultivating strong vendor partnerships that result in mutually beneficial opportunities. In addition, the Senior Buyer position sources new suppliers and manages assortment relevant to category, trend, and team objectives. As a leader, the Senior Buyer may collaborate with hiring, managing, developing, and mentoring Assistant Buyers. This role is the third step in the progression of the Merchandising team's buying structure, and is responsible for making merchandising decisions for large volume accounts." Now Job Expectations sentences (list). Let's extract each sentence from the block: "The Senior Buyer will work closely with the Category Manager and team to ensure all are aligned on business strategies, short and long-term growth objectives." "Directly responsible for key category metrics (KPI’s) for new and existing brands, new products, pricing, gross margin, promotions, and product life cycle while seeking opportunities for improvement" "Negotiate with vendors to secure exceptional everyday pricing, marketing & promotional budgets, special opportunity buys, growth incentives including rebates and accruals, delivery, and payment terms for large volume accounts" "Foster relationships with large volume existing/new vendors to drive sales, product innovation, margin growth, promotional support and maintain regular and consistent communication to ensure a clear understanding of short/long-term goals and capabilities" "Negotiation of contracts, product evaluation, quality issues, customer service questions and create and maintain supplier, product database" "Drive the new product/brand onboarding and maintenance process to ensure timely addition to market" "Calculate, maintain and evaluate cost, pricing, and product adjustments in system to ensure desired mark-ups, margin" "Partner/Coordinate with Inventory Management and Planning Team in managing inventory turns, vendor forecasts, new item projections, service level, order cycles, rebate and marketing programs, special opportunity buys, and general supply chain practices" "Develop promotional co-op activities that are profitable and highly effective in conjunction with Marketing" "Create, review and utilize reports to enable in-depth analysis of category successes/challenges" "Comply with company policies and procedures, including safety, business ethics, and standards of conduct" "May cultivate, direct and support Assistant Buyers; enabling them to further develop and grow with tools for success" Note: The sentence "The duties and responsibilities described above may provide only a partial description of this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all aspects of the job. Other duties and responsibilities not outlined in this document may be added as necessary or desirable, with or without notice." This is a disclaimer; maybe we should keep? It's part of Job Expectations block but it's a generic disclaimer. The instruction says remove duplicated lines and boilerplate? This is not boilerplate but it's a disclaimer about the list not being exhaustive. Might be considered part of the job description; we could keep it as a list item. However it's somewhat generic. But it's substantive? It says the list may not be exhaustive. I'd keep it as a list item. Now Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities list: "Strong, successful and proven negotiating skills" "Strong analytical, data management and decision-making abilities" "Strong mathematical skills with an understanding of retail pricing concepts" "Ability to communicate written and verbally in a professional manner with people at