Senior Sourcing Buyer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of company and role. We need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role (company description and role summary). Responsibilities: essential duties and responsibilities. Requirements: maybe "Knowledge And Skills – Required" and "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS". Qualifications: maybe education/experience. Skills: maybe listed. Benefits: "WHAT WE OFFER". Pay: salary range. Schedule: not mentioned (no schedule). So we should not include Schedule section. Also maybe "Physical Requirements" is not a standard heading; we can ignore or maybe include under Requirements? But we should not create sections not in list. We'll include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. Ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Use

• for lists. Use

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. The posting includes EEO statement at end; we should remove that. Also "Physical Requirements" maybe not needed but it's substantive; but we don't have a heading for it; we could include under Requirements as a paragraph? But we should not create new headings not in list. Could embed physical requirements in a

  under Requirements or maybe under Qualifications? Better to include under Requirements as a paragraph. We need to avoid duplicating lines. Ensure we capture all details: company intro, role description, essential duties (list), secondary duties (maybe duplicate). We'll combine. Let's extract sections: About the role: company description and role summary: "Gutor is a leading international manufacturer of UPS systems for industrial applications... Senior Sourcing Buyer with a specialized focus on transformer technology, metal alloys (like copper and aluminium), and sheet metal. This role is instrumental in leading regional sourcing strategies, optimizing supplier performance, and ensuring the procurement of high-quality, cost-effective materials and components essential to UPS Manufacturing." We can put that in

  . Responsibilities: list of essential duties and responsibilities (the bullet points). Also secondary duties maybe duplicate; we can include them as part of responsibilities. We need to format as

  • each duty. Let's list duties from "ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:": - Sourcing, Vendor & Commodity Management: * Developing and executing sourcing strategy with a strong focus on identifying local sources for: - Transformer components (e.g., magnetic cores, windings, insulation systems, bushings, tap changers). - Sheet metal parts (e.g., enclosures, distribution panels, brackets, structural frames). - Raw and semi-finished metals (e.g., copper, aluminium, steel, laminated cores). - Other technologies as needed (e.g. cables, wires, etc.) * Lead RFQ/RFP processes, supplier benchmarking, and total cost of ownership (TCO) evaluations in these and other categories/technologies as assigned. - Supplier Development & Relationship Management: * Identifying, qualifying, and selecting reliable suppliers/vendors. * Establishing long-term partnerships to ensure the availability of high-quality materials, equipment, and services. * Conduct global market analysis to identify cost drivers, emerging suppliers, and innovation opportunities. * Monitor supplier KPIs (quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness) and lead performance improvement initiatives * Ensure the operational relationships with allocated suppliers and drive sustainable competition into the supplier panel - Cross-Functional Collaboration & Teamwork: * Work closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Sustaining, Quality, Manufacturing, and Project Management to ensure sourcing strategies align with technical and operational requirements. * Act as a key contributor in cross-departmental project teams, particularly in engineer-to-order (ETO) programs. * Facilitate effective communication between internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure alignment on specifications, timelines, and quality expectations * Mentor junior buyers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the procurement team. - Cost Optimization & Risk Mitigation: * Drive continuous improvement and Cost reduction through analysing value engineering, should-cost analysis, and alternative sourcing * Evaluating supplier proposals to ensure cost-effectiveness. * Contribute to margin improvement through material cost down and support supply chain improvements through cross functional teams. - Risk Management, Compliance & Documentation: * Assess and mitigate risks related to raw material volatility, geopolitical factors in the region, and supply chain disruptions. * Negotiate long-term agreements and propose hedging strategies for critical metals and materials * Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies, industry standards (e.g., ISO, IEC), and regulatory requirements (e.g., RoHS, REACH). * Maintain accurate records of contracts, supplier audits, and sourcing decisions. * Generating reports on supplier performance, cost savings, and other key metrics to support decision-making and provide insights to stakeholders. * Identifying potential risks in the procurement process and proposing risk mitigation strategies, while ensuring compliance with regulatory and company policies. * First escalation level for supplier crisis management in the region Secondary Duties And Responsibilities (some duplicates): Ensure involvement of purchasing function, introduction of supplier strategies early in project stage aligning with NPD Buyer; Identifying potential risks... (duplicate); Support of general activities in procurement department as required; SAP (Vendor creation coordination, PIR/Source List maintenance, etc.); Additional sourcing as required to maintain plant operations. We can combine duplicates but preserve info; maybe just list unique items. Requirements: includes "Knowledge And Skills – Required" bullet list and "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS". Also education/experience. Let's extract: Knowledge And Skills – Required: - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Supply Chain Management, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or related field - 5-8 years’ experience in strategic sourcing or procurement with at least 3–5 years in managing transformer and/or metal fabrication suppliers/categories. - Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated results - Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and sourcing tools (e.g. cost modelling). - Excellent negotiation, analytical, and project management skills. - Fluent in English; additional languages (Spanish, German, Mandarin) are a plus Preferred Industry Experience – DESIRED BUT NOT ESSENTIAL: - Industrial UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) manufacturing, especially involving large-scale or mission-critical systems. - Engineer-to-Order (ETO) environments, where sourcing must align with custom specifications, tight timelines, and collaborative design - Nuclear energy or other highly regulated industries with strict quality and traceability requirements. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: - Travel: Willingness to travel up to 20%, including international travel, to visit suppliers, attend audits, and support sourcing initiatives. - Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored visa sponsorship now or in the future. - Team Orientation: Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset are essential. Ability to work effectively in a matrixed, multicultural, and cross-functional environment. - Flexibility and ability to transition in an ever-changing environment. We could treat Requirements as combining education/experience etc. Qualifications maybe same as Requirements? But we need separate headings for Requirements and Qualifications if content distinct. The posting has "Knowledge And Skills – Required" and "Preferred Industry Experience – DESIRED BUT NOT ESSENTIAL". Could treat Requirements as the required knowledge/skills, and Qualifications as preferred experience? Or we could combine. But we need to follow instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content. We have content for both Required and Preferred. Could make Requirements = Required knowledge/skills, Qualifications = Preferred industry experience. Also we have ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (travel, work auth, team orientation). Could be part of Requirements as well. We'll decide: - Requirements: Required knowledge/skills (Bachelor's, experience, leadership, ERP, negotiation, languages) plus ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (travel, work auth, team orientation, flexibility). We'll list as
    . - Qualifications: Preferred industry experience (Industrial UPS manufacturing, ETO, nuclear/regulated). We'll list as
    . Skills: maybe we could separate technical skills? But we already have skills in Requirements. Could create Skills section for things like "Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and sourcing tools (e.g. cost modelling)." but that's already in Requirements. To avoid thin sections, maybe we combine Skills into Requirements. But we need to follow headings list; we can omit Skills if not distinct. However we have content for Skills: maybe "Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated results", "Excellent negotiation, analytical, and project management skills." Those are skills. But they are already in Requirements. Could still create Skills section but might be thin. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So better to merge Skills into Requirements. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay. Benefits: from "WHAT WE OFFER:" list. Pay: salary range. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's craft. About the role: combine company description and role summary into a paragraph. Responsibilities:
    • each major duty; we can nest sub-items? The instruction: use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It didn't forbid nested lists but we can keep flat list with each duty as a line item; we can include sub-bullets as separate
      • with indentation? Simpler: each bullet as
      • with the text; we can include sub-details within same
      • separated by commas or semicolons. We'll produce a flat list of duties. Let's list duties: - Developing and executing sourcing strategy with a strong focus on identifying local sources for transformer components (e.g., magnetic cores, windings, insulation systems, bushings, tap changers), sheet metal parts (e.g., enclosures, distribution panels, brackets, structural frames), raw and semi-finished metals (e.g., copper, aluminium, steel, laminated cores), and other technologies as needed (e.g., cables, wires). - Leading RFQ/RFP processes, supplier benchmarking, and total cost of ownership (TCO) evaluations for these and other assigned categories/technologies. - Identifying, qualifying, and selecting reliable suppliers/vendors and establishing long-term partnerships to ensure availability of high-quality materials, equipment, and services. - Conducting global market analysis to identify cost drivers, emerging suppliers, and innovation opportunities. - Monitoring supplier KPIs (quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness) and leading performance improvement initiatives. - Ensuring operational relationships with allocated suppliers and driving sustainable competition into the supplier panel. - Working closely with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Sustaining, Quality, Manufacturing, Project Management) to align sourcing strategies with technical and operational requirements. - Acting as a key contributor in cross-departmental project teams, particularly in engineer-to-order (ETO) programs. - Facilitating effective communication between internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure alignment on specifications, timelines, and quality expectations. - Mentoring junior buyers and contributing to knowledge sharing within the procurement team. - Driving continuous improvement and cost reduction through value engineering, should-cost analysis, and alternative sourcing. - Evaluating supplier proposals to ensure cost-effectiveness. - Contributing to margin improvement through material cost reduction and supporting supply chain improvements via cross-functional teams. - Assessing and mitigating risks related to raw material volatility, geopolitical factors, and supply chain disruptions. - Negotiating long-term agreements and proposing hedging strategies for critical metals and materials. - Ensuring compliance with internal procurement policies, industry standards (e.g., ISO, IEC), and regulatory requirements (e.g., RoHS, REACH