Sourcing Consultant

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting. First, job title: Sourcing Consultant at Principal Financial Group. Not to repeat as heading. We need sections: - About the role: maybe a paragraph summarizing role. The posting includes "What You'll Do" bullet list. That could be responsibilities. - Responsibilities: list of duties. - Requirements: maybe "Who You Are" includes experience, knowledge. - Qualifications: maybe similar. - Skills: "Skills That Will Help You Stand Out". - Benefits: includes Time Off Program, Pension Eligible, maybe other benefits? Also mention "comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings". But we need specific content: Time Off Program (FTO), Pension Eligible Yes. Also maybe location hybrid? Not benefit. So we can include Benefits section with those. - Pay: Salary Range Information includes salary ranges. So include Pay section. - Schedule: maybe location hybrid? Not schedule. No explicit schedule. Could be omitted. We must not create sections with filler. So only include sections with real content. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details like location options, work authorization statement, etc. Those could go under maybe "About the role" or separate? But we must follow headings list; we can put location info under About the role or maybe under a separate heading like "Location" not allowed. So we need to fit into allowed headings. The allowed headings are limited to those eight. We can put location info in About the role paragraph. Work authorization statement maybe also in About the role or maybe we could put under Requirements? It's not a requirement but a condition. Could be placed in About the role. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, cookie, navigation, application instructions, etc. Remove those. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must output only HTML fragment. Let's extract substantive content: What You'll Do (list): - Collaborate with business partners and suppliers to develop strategic consulting and professional services contracts and relationships. - Coach and influence internal and external leaders and teams to promote effective strategies in category management and accomplish business objectives. - Collaborate with our leaders to deliver solutions for their business needs as we produce outcomes our customers love. - Support overall category management objectives. - Support internal compliance and supply chain policies, procedures, strategies, and guidelines. - Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing and supplier management activities for medium-to-high complexity third-party needs, including supply and demand planning, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management. - Analyze data to identify meaningful insights and support business decision-making. Who You Are: - 5+ years of related experience (e.g., sourcing, supply chain management, contract negotiation, or contract law) demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education. - Knowledge of and experience with strategic sourcing principles, supplier management, and contract negotiation. Experience supporting professional services categories is preferred. - Demonstrated experience managing contracts and partnering with stakeholders to deliver sourcing outcomes. Skills That Will Help You Stand Out: - Extensive experience negotiating professional services agreements. - Prior experience includes analyzing spending patterns, managing supplier relationships, tracking performance, reporting, and strategic planning. - Experience as a sourcing consultant supporting consulting, managed services, outsourced services, or other indirect procurement categories. - Experience with contingent workforce programs and staffing MSPs. - Interest in market intelligence and analytics within the professional services industry. - Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and effectively collaborate with others to drive positive outcomes. - Strong oral and written communication skills. Salary Range Information: - Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. - Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. - Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly) $89300 - $127000 / year - Salary Details: The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across the two cities this position is open to. - Des Moines, IA: $89,300 - $120,650 / year - Charlotte, NC: $94,000 - $127,000 / year Time Off Program: - Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible: Yes. Location(s): - We’re open to considering in-office or hybrid talent. Locations for hybrid talent are Des Moines, IA or Charlotte, NC. You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors. - You can check out what our Global Headquarters looks like here: (link) but we should remove link? It's a URL; maybe we keep as plain text? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The link is substantive? It's a URL; we could keep as plain text but it's not heading. Could be placed in About the role. Work Authorization/Sponsorship: - At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. - For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links. Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants We should keep the statement but not the links? The links are maybe boilerplate? Might be considered navigation? Probably we can keep the statement but drop the links as they are instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. This is about work authorization info; maybe keep the statement but not the links. Experience Principal At Principal... (benefits description) - we can include a paragraph about benefits: "Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being." This is substantive about benefits. We also have Equal Opportunity Employer statement - that's boilerplate EEO, should be removed. Posting Window etc - remove. Original Posting Date etc - remove. AI tools statement - maybe remove as it's not substantive about job? Could be considered boilerplate; but it's about process. Likely remove. We need to output HTML with sections. Let's decide sections: - About the role: could include a brief paragraph describing role and maybe location/hybrid info, work authorization statement, and the Principal benefits description. But we also have Responsibilities section: we can put the "What You'll Do" list there. Requirements: maybe "Who You Are" (experience, knowledge). Qualifications: maybe could be same as Requirements? But we need to avoid duplication. Could combine? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay. That's six sections. We need to decide what goes where. About the role: maybe a short paragraph summarizing the role: "As a Sourcing Consultant on the Global Sourcing team, you will collaborate with business partners and suppliers to develop strategic consulting and professional services contracts and relationships, coach and influence leaders, support category management objectives, ensure compliance, lead end-to-end sourcing activities, and analyze data for decision-making." This is essentially a summary of responsibilities; but we already have Responsibilities list. To avoid duplication, we could keep About the role as a brief overview (maybe one sentence) and Responsibilities as detailed list. That's okay. But we must preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot omit details. If we put responsibilities only in Responsibilities list, we must ensure all duties are there. The About the role paragraph can be a high-level summary but must not omit any duty? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Summarizing away detail is not allowed. So we cannot replace the detailed list with a summary; we must keep the detailed list. So About the role could be something else like "Join the Global Sourcing team in Des Moines, IA (hybrid options available)." That's not summarizing duties. That's okay. Thus we can put location/hybrid info, work authorization, and benefits description in About the role. Responsibilities: the detailed list from "What You'll Do". Requirements: the "Who You Are" bullet points. Skills: the "Skills That Will Help You Stand Out" bullet points. Benefits: include Time Off Program, Pension Eligible, and the description about comprehensive benefit offerings. Pay: salary range details. We should not include Schedule. Now we need to format. Use

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  for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include boilerplate. Let's craft. About the role: prose paragraph(s). Could include multiple paragraphs: location/hybrid, work authorization, benefits description. We need to ensure we don't include EEO etc. Let's write:

  Join the Global Sourcing team in Des Moines, IA, with hybrid options available in Charlotte, NC. You’ll work with your leader to determine the best arrangement (in‑office or hybrid).

  At this time, we are not considering applicants who require any type of immigration sponsorship (e.g., F1‑OPT, F1‑CPT, H‑1B, TN, L‑1, J‑1) to work in the United States.

  Together, we’re imagining a more purpose‑led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well‑being.

  That seems good. Responsibilities:

  Responsibilities

  then
  with each duty. We need to keep the exact phrasing from posting. Let's copy each bullet: - Collaborate with business partners and suppliers to develop strategic consulting and professional services contracts and relationships. - Coach and influence internal and external leaders and teams to promote effective strategies in category management and accomplish business objectives - Collaborate with our leaders to deliver solutions for their business needs as we produce outcomes our customers love - Support overall category management objectives - Support internal compliance and supply chain policies, procedures, strategies, and guidelines - Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing and supplier management activities for medium-to-high complexity third-party needs, including supply and demand planning, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management - Analyze data to identify meaningful insights and support business decision-making Note some missing periods; we can keep as is. Requirements:

  Requirements

  then list: - 5+ years of related experience (e.g., sourcing, supply chain management, contract negotiation, or contract law) demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education - Knowledge of and experience with strategic sourcing principles, supplier management, and contract negotiation. Experience supporting professional services categories is preferred - Demonstrated experience managing contracts