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We need to parse the posting and decide which sections to include.
Sections we can consider: About the role (maybe "Why work here" or "Position Summary"?). The instructions list example headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- Intro about Gradian (company description). Could be "About the role"? Actually that is about company, not role. But we could treat as "About the role" maybe includes company overview and why work here. However we have a separate "Why work here" paragraph. Could combine into About the role.
- Position Summary: a paragraph describing role.
- Key Responsibilities: list of bullet points.
- Required Qualifications & Requirements: includes Education, Experience, etc. Could be split into Requirements and Qualifications? The instructions have separate Requirements and Qualifications sections. We could put education and experience under Requirements, and maybe "Skills" under Skills. But we also have a separate "Skills" section later.
- Skills: list of bullet points.
- Benefits: list of bullet points (medical, vision, dental, etc). So we should include Benefits section.
- No Pay or Schedule info given, so we should NOT include those sections.
- EEO statement is boilerplate to remove.
Thus we will produce sections: About the role (maybe combine company description and why work here), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits.
But we need to avoid duplication and filler. Ensure we include all substantive info.
Let's extract content.
Company description:
"Gradian is an engineering-led, full-line thermal solutions partner serving data center and other mission-critical, commercial, and industrial markets. Headquartered in Maple Grove, MN, with additional facilities across North America, we design and manufacture liquid cooling systems, air handling equipment, heat rejection units, and modular, factory-assembled thermal management solutions. Gradian was founded through the unification of four complementary, established brands: MAS HVAC, Daedex, DeepCoolAI, and EcoChillers. Together, we act as a single-source provider, deploying cooling technologies as scalable systems optimized for efficiency, spatial constraints, and overall performance. With a vertically integrated engineering and manufacturing model, we pair rapid design turnaround with precision fabrication, so customers can move faster on complex projects where reliability, timeline, and quality all matter."
Why work here:
"At Gradian, you'll work alongside others who get genuinely fired up by complex problems, see your work go from first sketch to job site in weeks, not years, and know that while we're developing the technologies critical for AI infrastructure to scale, our culture remains people-first by design. It is core to our identity that we operate as one team — driving to win together, energizing others, and building lasting relationships that make the work fun and rewarding."
Position Summary:
"The Director of Strategic Sourcing will build and lead Gradian's strategic sourcing organization, developing the team, supplier ecosystem, and sourcing strategies required to support the rapid scaling of Gradian's hyperscale data center cooling business."
Key Responsibilities (list):
- Establish and lead Gradian's Strategic Sourcing organization, building a high-performing team and supplier ecosystem capable of supporting the company's aggressive growth objectives in the hyperscale data center market.
- Define and execute sourcing strategies that secure capacity, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and ensure supply continuity across critical product categories and manufacturing partners.
- Build, develop, and mentor a team of sourcing leaders, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence while scaling organizational capabilities.
- Own executive-level supplier relationships and commercial negotiations, including pricing, capacity agreements, MSAs, MOUs, and other strategic supplier contracts.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, and executive leadership to align sourcing strategies with product roadmaps, production requirements, and long-term business growth plans.
- Establish sourcing governance, performance metrics, and supplier management processes that drive cost competitiveness, supply assurance, and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications & Requirements:
Education – Bachelor Degree (Preferably in Supply Chain/Operations/Engineering)
Experience 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier management within a manufacturing environment
Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing sourcing organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and developing sourcing leaders and teams.
Demonstrated success developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive supply continuity, capacity expansion, scale, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation
Experience establishing sourcing governance, processes, and performance metrics that enable operational excellence and support rapid business growth.
Track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, including long-term supply agreements, MSAs and various other contracts
Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and align Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams around strategic objectives
Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, cost, risk, and supplier performance to achieve organizational goals.
Skills:
- Inspirational and hands-on leader capable of building organizational capability, aligning teams around a common vision, and driving execution in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic sourcing and supplier management expertise, with the ability to develop sourcing strategies, build supplier partnerships, and drive cost, capacity, and risk objectives.
- Exceptional ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and executive leadership.
- Self-driven and entrepreneurial leader who thrives in ambiguity and successfully leads organizational growth, change, and transformation.
- Data-driven decision maker with strong business and financial acumen, capable of balancing growth, cost, supply continuity, and supplier performance to achieve business objectives.
Preferred Certs: CPSM / APICS / CSCP / Lean Six Sigma Masters Degree (Operations/Supply Chain)
Benefits:
- Medical, vision, and dental plans
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Group term life insurance coverage
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care plans available
- 8 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays, and generous PTO policy
- 401k matching
- Annual safety shoe allowance
- Education assistance program
We need to avoid duplication: The "Preferred Certs" line could be part of Qualifications or Skills? It's under "Preferred Certs:" maybe treat as part of Qualifications? But we have a Skills section already; we could include certifications under Skills or Qualifications. The instruction: Use sections as appropriate. We have Qualifications and Skills separate. The "Preferred Certs" line is more like qualifications (certifications). Could place under Qualifications (maybe as a bullet). However we already have Education and Experience under Required Qualifications & Requirements. We could treat that as Requirements section. Then we could have Qualifications section for preferred certs and maybe masters degree. But the instructions say we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. Let's decide:
- Requirements: Education, Experience (the mandatory).
- Qualifications: Proven ability, demonstrated success, experience establishing sourcing governance, track record, strong cross-functional leadership, strong business and financial acumen. Those are more like qualifications.
But the posting lumps them under "Required Qualifications & Requirements:" with subheadings Education, Experience, then bullet points. It might be okay to put all under Requirements. However we have a separate Skills section later.
To avoid too many sections, we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called "Requirements". But the instruction says we can use those headings; we should include sections only when there is real content. We have content for both Requirements and Qualifications; we could split them.
Let's map:
Requirements:
- Education – Bachelor Degree (Preferably in Supply Chain/Operations/Engineering)
- Experience 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier management within a manufacturing environment
Qualifications:
- Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing sourcing organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and developing sourcing leaders and teams.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive supply continuity, capacity expansion, scale, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation
- Experience establishing sourcing governance, processes, and performance metrics that enable operational excellence and support rapid business growth.
- Track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, including long-term supply agreements, MSAs and various other contracts
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and align Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams around strategic objectives
- Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, cost, risk, and supplier performance to achieve organizational goals.
Skills:
- Inspirational and hands-on leader capable of building organizational capability, aligning teams around a common vision, and driving execution in a fast-paced environment.
- Strategic sourcing and supplier management expertise, with the ability to develop sourcing strategies, build supplier partnerships, and drive cost, capacity, and risk objectives.
- Exceptional ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and executive leadership.
- Self-driven and entrepreneurial leader who thrives in ambiguity and successfully leads organizational growth, change, and transformation.
- Data-driven decision maker with strong business and financial acumen, capable of balancing growth, cost, supply continuity, and supplier performance to achieve business objectives.
- Preferred Certs: CPSM / APICS / CSCP / Lean Six Sigma
- Masters Degree (Operations/Supply Chain)
But note that "Preferred Certs" and "Masters Degree" could be considered qualifications rather than skills. However they are listed under "Preferred Certs:" after Skills bullet list. We could treat them as part of Skills or Qualifications. To avoid duplication, maybe we put them under Qualifications as additional items. But we already have Qualifications section with many bullet points; we can add those there.
Better: Keep Skills as the bullet list of competencies (the five bullet points). Then put Preferred Certs and Masters Degree under Qualifications as extra bullet points.
Thus Qualifications will include:
- Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing sourcing organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and developing sourcing leaders and teams.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive supply continuity, capacity expansion, scale, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation
- Experience establishing sourcing governance, processes, and performance metrics that enable operational excellence and support rapid business growth.
- Track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, including long-term supply agreements, MSAs and various other contracts
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and align Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams around strategic objectives
- Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, cost, risk, and supplier performance to achieve organizational goals.
- Preferred certifications: CPSM, APICS, CSCP, Lean Six Sigma
- Master's degree in Operations/Supply Chain (preferred)
Now Benefits section as list.
Now About the role: combine company description and why work here.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. So we will not have a heading
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. 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 and decide which sections to include. Sections we can consider: About the role (maybe "Why work here" or "Position Summary"?). The instructions list example headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content accordingly. We have: - Intro about Gradian (company description). Could be "About the role"? Actually that is about company, not role. But we could treat as "About the role" maybe includes company overview and why work here. However we have a separate "Why work here" paragraph. Could combine into About the role. - Position Summary: a paragraph describing role. - Key Responsibilities: list of bullet points. - Required Qualifications & Requirements: includes Education, Experience, etc. Could be split into Requirements and Qualifications? The instructions have separate Requirements and Qualifications sections. We could put education and experience under Requirements, and maybe "Skills" under Skills. But we also have a separate "Skills" section later. - Skills: list of bullet points. - Benefits: list of bullet points (medical, vision, dental, etc). So we should include Benefits section. - No Pay or Schedule info given, so we should NOT include those sections. - EEO statement is boilerplate to remove. Thus we will produce sections: About the role (maybe combine company description and why work here), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits. But we need to avoid duplication and filler. Ensure we include all substantive info. Let's extract content. Company description: "Gradian is an engineering-led, full-line thermal solutions partner serving data center and other mission-critical, commercial, and industrial markets. Headquartered in Maple Grove, MN, with additional facilities across North America, we design and manufacture liquid cooling systems, air handling equipment, heat rejection units, and modular, factory-assembled thermal management solutions. Gradian was founded through the unification of four complementary, established brands: MAS HVAC, Daedex, DeepCoolAI, and EcoChillers. Together, we act as a single-source provider, deploying cooling technologies as scalable systems optimized for efficiency, spatial constraints, and overall performance. With a vertically integrated engineering and manufacturing model, we pair rapid design turnaround with precision fabrication, so customers can move faster on complex projects where reliability, timeline, and quality all matter." Why work here: "At Gradian, you'll work alongside others who get genuinely fired up by complex problems, see your work go from first sketch to job site in weeks, not years, and know that while we're developing the technologies critical for AI infrastructure to scale, our culture remains people-first by design. It is core to our identity that we operate as one team — driving to win together, energizing others, and building lasting relationships that make the work fun and rewarding." Position Summary: "The Director of Strategic Sourcing will build and lead Gradian's strategic sourcing organization, developing the team, supplier ecosystem, and sourcing strategies required to support the rapid scaling of Gradian's hyperscale data center cooling business." Key Responsibilities (list): - Establish and lead Gradian's Strategic Sourcing organization, building a high-performing team and supplier ecosystem capable of supporting the company's aggressive growth objectives in the hyperscale data center market. - Define and execute sourcing strategies that secure capacity, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and ensure supply continuity across critical product categories and manufacturing partners. - Build, develop, and mentor a team of sourcing leaders, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence while scaling organizational capabilities. - Own executive-level supplier relationships and commercial negotiations, including pricing, capacity agreements, MSAs, MOUs, and other strategic supplier contracts. - Partner with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, and executive leadership to align sourcing strategies with product roadmaps, production requirements, and long-term business growth plans. - Establish sourcing governance, performance metrics, and supplier management processes that drive cost competitiveness, supply assurance, and continuous improvement. Required Qualifications & Requirements: Education – Bachelor Degree (Preferably in Supply Chain/Operations/Engineering) Experience 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier management within a manufacturing environment Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing sourcing organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and developing sourcing leaders and teams. Demonstrated success developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive supply continuity, capacity expansion, scale, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation Experience establishing sourcing governance, processes, and performance metrics that enable operational excellence and support rapid business growth. Track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, including long-term supply agreements, MSAs and various other contracts Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and align Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams around strategic objectives Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, cost, risk, and supplier performance to achieve organizational goals. Skills: - Inspirational and hands-on leader capable of building organizational capability, aligning teams around a common vision, and driving execution in a fast-paced environment. - Strategic sourcing and supplier management expertise, with the ability to develop sourcing strategies, build supplier partnerships, and drive cost, capacity, and risk objectives. - Exceptional ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and executive leadership. - Self-driven and entrepreneurial leader who thrives in ambiguity and successfully leads organizational growth, change, and transformation. - Data-driven decision maker with strong business and financial acumen, capable of balancing growth, cost, supply continuity, and supplier performance to achieve business objectives. Preferred Certs: CPSM / APICS / CSCP / Lean Six Sigma Masters Degree (Operations/Supply Chain) Benefits: - Medical, vision, and dental plans - Short-term and long-term disability insurance - Group term life insurance coverage - HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care plans available - 8 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays, and generous PTO policy - 401k matching - Annual safety shoe allowance - Education assistance program We need to avoid duplication: The "Preferred Certs" line could be part of Qualifications or Skills? It's under "Preferred Certs:" maybe treat as part of Qualifications? But we have a Skills section already; we could include certifications under Skills or Qualifications. The instruction: Use sections as appropriate. We have Qualifications and Skills separate. The "Preferred Certs" line is more like qualifications (certifications). Could place under Qualifications (maybe as a bullet). However we already have Education and Experience under Required Qualifications & Requirements. We could treat that as Requirements section. Then we could have Qualifications section for preferred certs and maybe masters degree. But the instructions say we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. Let's decide: - Requirements: Education, Experience (the mandatory). - Qualifications: Proven ability, demonstrated success, experience establishing sourcing governance, track record, strong cross-functional leadership, strong business and financial acumen. Those are more like qualifications. But the posting lumps them under "Required Qualifications & Requirements:" with subheadings Education, Experience, then bullet points. It might be okay to put all under Requirements. However we have a separate Skills section later. To avoid too many sections, we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called "Requirements". But the instruction says we can use those headings; we should include sections only when there is real content. We have content for both Requirements and Qualifications; we could split them. Let's map: Requirements: - Education – Bachelor Degree (Preferably in Supply Chain/Operations/Engineering) - Experience 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier management within a manufacturing environment Qualifications: - Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing sourcing organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and developing sourcing leaders and teams. - Demonstrated success developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive supply continuity, capacity expansion, scale, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation - Experience establishing sourcing governance, processes, and performance metrics that enable operational excellence and support rapid business growth. - Track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, including long-term supply agreements, MSAs and various other contracts - Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and align Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams around strategic objectives - Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, cost, risk, and supplier performance to achieve organizational goals. Skills: - Inspirational and hands-on leader capable of building organizational capability, aligning teams around a common vision, and driving execution in a fast-paced environment. - Strategic sourcing and supplier management expertise, with the ability to develop sourcing strategies, build supplier partnerships, and drive cost, capacity, and risk objectives. - Exceptional ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and executive leadership. - Self-driven and entrepreneurial leader who thrives in ambiguity and successfully leads organizational growth, change, and transformation. - Data-driven decision maker with strong business and financial acumen, capable of balancing growth, cost, supply continuity, and supplier performance to achieve business objectives. - Preferred Certs: CPSM / APICS / CSCP / Lean Six Sigma - Masters Degree (Operations/Supply Chain) But note that "Preferred Certs" and "Masters Degree" could be considered qualifications rather than skills. However they are listed under "Preferred Certs:" after Skills bullet list. We could treat them as part of Skills or Qualifications. To avoid duplication, maybe we put them under Qualifications as additional items. But we already have Qualifications section with many bullet points; we can add those there. Better: Keep Skills as the bullet list of competencies (the five bullet points). Then put Preferred Certs and Masters Degree under Qualifications as extra bullet points. Thus Qualifications will include: - Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing sourcing organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and developing sourcing leaders and teams. - Demonstrated success developing and executing sourcing strategies that drive supply continuity, capacity expansion, scale, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation - Experience establishing sourcing governance, processes, and performance metrics that enable operational excellence and support rapid business growth. - Track record of leading complex supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, including long-term supply agreements, MSAs and various other contracts - Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and align Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams around strategic objectives - Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to balance growth, cost, risk, and supplier performance to achieve organizational goals. - Preferred certifications: CPSM, APICS, CSCP, Lean Six Sigma - Master's degree in Operations/Supply Chain (preferred) Now Benefits section as list. Now About the role: combine company description and why work here. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. So we will not have a heading