Sourcing Manager - Indirect Materials
Bio-Techne · Minneapolis, MN · 2 wk ago
Purchasing$101k–$166k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes "Position Summary". Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Pay Range given. So Pay section with that range. Schedule: "Standard schedule hours with occasional variation depending on production needs. Onsite work required during standard business hours." That's schedule info. Benefits: there is a "Why Join Bio-Techne" paragraph describing benefits. So we can create Benefits section with that content.
Qualifications: there is Education and Experience: Master's degree... 8+ years... Also Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list. Could combine into Qualifications and Skills sections? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have Position Summary (could be About the role). Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities section with subpoints. Requirements: maybe Education and Experience? Qualifications: maybe Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities? Skills: maybe the abilities list? But we need to avoid thin sections. Better to combine: Qualifications could include Education and Experience plus Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities. Skills could be omitted if overlapping. But we need to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities, Qualifications (combining education/experience and KSAs), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We should not include Requirements if we combine into Qualifications. Or we could have Requirements separate (education/experience) and Qualifications separate (KSAs). But that may be thin. Let's decide: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications (education/experience + KSAs), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to use
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Pay Range given. So Pay section with that range. Schedule: "Standard schedule hours with occasional variation depending on production needs. Onsite work required during standard business hours." That's schedule info. Benefits: there is a "Why Join Bio-Techne" paragraph describing benefits. So we can create Benefits section with that content.
Qualifications: there is Education and Experience: Master's degree... 8+ years... Also Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list. Could combine into Qualifications and Skills sections? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have Position Summary (could be About the role). Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities section with subpoints. Requirements: maybe Education and Experience? Qualifications: maybe Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities? Skills: maybe the abilities list? But we need to avoid thin sections. Better to combine: Qualifications could include Education and Experience plus Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities. Skills could be omitted if overlapping. But we need to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities, Qualifications (combining education/experience and KSAs), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We should not include Requirements if we combine into Qualifications. Or we could have Requirements separate (education/experience) and Qualifications separate (KSAs). But that may be thin. Let's decide: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications (education/experience + KSAs), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So Responsibilities list items. Qualifications maybe list items for education/experience and KSAs? Could be separate lists. Benefits list items.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: E-Verify, EEO, unsolicited resumes, accommodation, etc. Also remove "Working Conditions", "Physical Requirements", maybe those are not required sections; but we need to preserve substantive info. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Working Conditions and Physical Requirements might be considered not boilerplate but maybe not needed as separate headings; but we could incorporate into Schedule or other sections? However they are not about schedule; they'd be extra info. The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. It doesn't forbid including other sections not in the list, but the list is examples. We could add a section "Working Conditions" if we want, but better to stick to given headings. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot drop info like Physical Requirements unless we incorporate elsewhere. Could we put Physical Requirements into Schedule? Not appropriate. Could we add a section "Working Conditions" as
Working Conditions
and list? The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. It said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). That suggests we should use those headings when applicable, but we could also use others if needed. However to be safe, we could incorporate Physical Requirements into a "Working Conditions" section using Working Conditions
. That seems okay.
But we also have "Standard schedule hours with occasional variation depending on production needs.Onsite work required during standard business hours." That's schedule info. So we can put that under Schedule.
Physical Requirements: Ability to work at a computer for extended periods. Ability to lift and handle materials weighing 5–20 lbs.Minimal physical demands beyond standard office requirements. Could be placed under Working Conditions.
Thus sections: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities, Qualifications (Education and Experience + Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities), Benefits, Pay, Schedule, Working Conditions.
We must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. We have Pay Range, Benefits description, Schedule info. So okay.
Now we need to format.
We'll output:
About the role
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. This role is an opportunity to help build and shape Bio-Techne’s Strategic Sourcing function as part of a broader transformation toward a more strategic, consistent, and value-driven sourcing model. Someone in this position will have the opportunity to influence how sourcing works across the organization by bringing structure, market insight, and strong execution to complex sourcing opportunities. Success in this role goes well beyond running sourcing events. You will build trusted relationships across the business and with suppliers, help stakeholders navigate complex decisions, and identify opportunities that create measurable value while supporting business needs. It is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building something new, solving problems, influencing across functions, and turning strong partnerships into meaningful business results.
Then Responsibilities: list items from Key Responsibilities. Need to preserve all bullet points. The text includes paragraphs with sentences but not explicit bullet list. We need to convert each sentence or clause into - . The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to parse the responsibilities section into list items.
Responsibilities text:
"Relationship management Liaise with the business to understand business objectives and determine how Procurement can best support those objectives.Identify opportunities to work as “one company” by considering potential synergies across different groups and locations.Analyze and present spend and KPIs to support optimal enterprise-wide and cross-functional decision-making.Cultivate strategic supplier relationships, driving joint initiatives that advance innovation and improve quality. Category management Ensure all expenditures above established thresholds is managed strategically.Develop category strategies to drive cost savings and improve quality and service levels by proactively identifying opportunities such as product standardization and supplier consolidation.Build strong relationships with business groups and serve as a trusted advisor.Provide category subject matter expertise.Maintain a strong understanding of the supply market and develop win-win strategies for both the company and suppliers.Manage spending under contract by overseeing the full lifecycle of negotiated contracts, from strategy and implementation through renewal or expiration.Support compliance with contractual requirements and related documentation Sourcing and Negotiation Develop and manage sourcing projects across all seven steps of the strategic sourcing process, including sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.Work effectively as part of cross-functional teams throughout the sourcing process.Identify the right go-to-market approach to achieve the best results, incorporating total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling into sourcing events and decisions.Facilitate change management with key stakeholders across the organization. Support the transformation Drive the adoption of sourcing and procurement best practices and process standardization, including the strategic sourcing process.Collaborate with technology, business, and supplier partners to align functional business requirements.Identify and evaluate process improvement opportunities and challenges."
We need to split into logical items. Could be each sentence. Let's produce list items:
- Liaise with the business to understand business objectives and determine how Procurement can best support those objectives.
- Identify opportunities to work as “one company” by considering potential synergies across different groups and locations.
- Analyze and present spend and KPIs to support optimal enterprise-wide and cross-functional decision-making.
- Cultivate strategic supplier relationships, driving joint initiatives that advance innovation and improve quality.
- Ensure all expenditures above established thresholds are managed strategically.
- Develop category strategies to drive cost savings and improve quality and service levels by proactively identifying opportunities such as product standardization and supplier consolidation.
- Build strong relationships with business groups and serve as a trusted advisor.
- Provide category subject matter expertise.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the supply market and develop win-win strategies for both the company and suppliers.
- Manage spending under contract by overseeing the full lifecycle of negotiated contracts, from strategy and implementation through renewal or expiration.
- Support compliance with contractual requirements and related documentation.
- Develop and manage sourcing projects across all seven steps of the strategic sourcing process, including sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.
- Work effectively as part of cross-functional teams throughout the sourcing process.
- Identify the right go-to-market approach to achieve the best results, incorporating total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling into sourcing events and decisions.
- Facilitate change management with key stakeholders across the organization.
- Drive the adoption of sourcing and procurement best practices and process standardization, including the strategic sourcing process.
- Collaborate with technology, business, and supplier partners to align functional business requirements.
- Identify and evaluate process improvement opportunities and challenges.
That seems comprehensive.
Now Qualifications: combine Education and Experience and Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities.
Education and Experience: "Master’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 8+ years of strategic sourcing and/or procurement experience."
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list: many bullet-like sentences. We'll create list items.
List:
- Extensive negotiation experience, including complex commercial negotiations.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience with strategic sourcing processes, procurement organizations, spend analysis, contracting and all enabling technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong supplier relationships.
- Results-oriented with a strong focus on execution and measurable outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating cross-functionally and globally to achieve business objectives, and the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels in a global decentralized organization.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to apply sound judgment, innovative thinking, and commercial insight to business opportunities.
- Strong analytical capability; comfortable using data to drive decisions and accountability.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
- Strong communication skills with stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
- Proven track record of delivering measurable savings and value capture within a category or portfolio.
We could also include Education and Experience as list items or as a paragraph. Since it's not a list but we can still put in
. But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Education and Experience is not a list but we can keep as
. However we might combine into a list for consistency. But better to keep as
for education/experience and then a
for KSAs.
Thus Qualifications section: Qualifications
then Master’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 8+ years of strategic sourcing and/or procurement experience.
then - ... etc.
Now Benefits: from Why Join Bio-Techne paragraph. We need to list benefits as list items. The paragraph includes many benefits: competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield. 401k plans, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care FSA. mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, charity drives. accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, paid parental leave. culture of empowerment and innovation.
We'll create list items for each benefit category.
We'll produce:
- Competitive insurance benefits starting day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, legal and ID shield.
-
Working Conditions
and list? The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. It said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). That suggests we should use those headings when applicable, but we could also use others if needed. However to be safe, we could incorporate Physical Requirements into a "Working Conditions" section using Working Conditions
. That seems okay.
But we also have "Standard schedule hours with occasional variation depending on production needs.Onsite work required during standard business hours." That's schedule info. So we can put that under Schedule.
Physical Requirements: Ability to work at a computer for extended periods. Ability to lift and handle materials weighing 5–20 lbs.Minimal physical demands beyond standard office requirements. Could be placed under Working Conditions.
Thus sections: About the role (Position Summary), Responsibilities, Qualifications (Education and Experience + Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities), Benefits, Pay, Schedule, Working Conditions.
We must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. We have Pay Range, Benefits description, Schedule info. So okay.
Now we need to format.
We'll output:
About the role
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. This role is an opportunity to help build and shape Bio-Techne’s Strategic Sourcing function as part of a broader transformation toward a more strategic, consistent, and value-driven sourcing model. Someone in this position will have the opportunity to influence how sourcing works across the organization by bringing structure, market insight, and strong execution to complex sourcing opportunities. Success in this role goes well beyond running sourcing events. You will build trusted relationships across the business and with suppliers, help stakeholders navigate complex decisions, and identify opportunities that create measurable value while supporting business needs. It is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building something new, solving problems, influencing across functions, and turning strong partnerships into meaningful business results.
Then Responsibilities: list items from Key Responsibilities. Need to preserve all bullet points. The text includes paragraphs with sentences but not explicit bullet list. We need to convert each sentence or clause into- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to parse the responsibilities section into list items.
Responsibilities text:
"Relationship management Liaise with the business to understand business objectives and determine how Procurement can best support those objectives.Identify opportunities to work as “one company” by considering potential synergies across different groups and locations.Analyze and present spend and KPIs to support optimal enterprise-wide and cross-functional decision-making.Cultivate strategic supplier relationships, driving joint initiatives that advance innovation and improve quality. Category management Ensure all expenditures above established thresholds is managed strategically.Develop category strategies to drive cost savings and improve quality and service levels by proactively identifying opportunities such as product standardization and supplier consolidation.Build strong relationships with business groups and serve as a trusted advisor.Provide category subject matter expertise.Maintain a strong understanding of the supply market and develop win-win strategies for both the company and suppliers.Manage spending under contract by overseeing the full lifecycle of negotiated contracts, from strategy and implementation through renewal or expiration.Support compliance with contractual requirements and related documentation Sourcing and Negotiation Develop and manage sourcing projects across all seven steps of the strategic sourcing process, including sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.Work effectively as part of cross-functional teams throughout the sourcing process.Identify the right go-to-market approach to achieve the best results, incorporating total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling into sourcing events and decisions.Facilitate change management with key stakeholders across the organization. Support the transformation Drive the adoption of sourcing and procurement best practices and process standardization, including the strategic sourcing process.Collaborate with technology, business, and supplier partners to align functional business requirements.Identify and evaluate process improvement opportunities and challenges."
We need to split into logical items. Could be each sentence. Let's produce list items:
- Liaise with the business to understand business objectives and determine how Procurement can best support those objectives.
- Identify opportunities to work as “one company” by considering potential synergies across different groups and locations.
- Analyze and present spend and KPIs to support optimal enterprise-wide and cross-functional decision-making.
- Cultivate strategic supplier relationships, driving joint initiatives that advance innovation and improve quality.
- Ensure all expenditures above established thresholds are managed strategically.
- Develop category strategies to drive cost savings and improve quality and service levels by proactively identifying opportunities such as product standardization and supplier consolidation.
- Build strong relationships with business groups and serve as a trusted advisor.
- Provide category subject matter expertise.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the supply market and develop win-win strategies for both the company and suppliers.
- Manage spending under contract by overseeing the full lifecycle of negotiated contracts, from strategy and implementation through renewal or expiration.
- Support compliance with contractual requirements and related documentation.
- Develop and manage sourcing projects across all seven steps of the strategic sourcing process, including sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.
- Work effectively as part of cross-functional teams throughout the sourcing process.
- Identify the right go-to-market approach to achieve the best results, incorporating total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling into sourcing events and decisions.
- Facilitate change management with key stakeholders across the organization.
- Drive the adoption of sourcing and procurement best practices and process standardization, including the strategic sourcing process.
- Collaborate with technology, business, and supplier partners to align functional business requirements.
- Identify and evaluate process improvement opportunities and challenges.
That seems comprehensive.
Now Qualifications: combine Education and Experience and Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities.
Education and Experience: "Master’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 8+ years of strategic sourcing and/or procurement experience."
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list: many bullet-like sentences. We'll create list items.
List:
- Extensive negotiation experience, including complex commercial negotiations.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience with strategic sourcing processes, procurement organizations, spend analysis, contracting and all enabling technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong supplier relationships.
- Results-oriented with a strong focus on execution and measurable outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating cross-functionally and globally to achieve business objectives, and the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels in a global decentralized organization.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to apply sound judgment, innovative thinking, and commercial insight to business opportunities.
- Strong analytical capability; comfortable using data to drive decisions and accountability.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
- Strong communication skills with stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
- Proven track record of delivering measurable savings and value capture within a category or portfolio.
We could also include Education and Experience as list items or as a paragraph. Since it's not a list but we can still put in
. But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Education and Experience is not a list but we can keep as
. However we might combine into a list for consistency. But better to keep as
for education/experience and then a
- for KSAs.
Thus Qualifications section:
- ... etc. Now Benefits: from Why Join Bio-Techne paragraph. We need to list benefits as list items. The paragraph includes many benefits: competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield. 401k plans, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care FSA. mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, charity drives. accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, paid parental leave. culture of empowerment and innovation. We'll create list items for each benefit category. We'll produce: - Competitive insurance benefits starting day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, legal and ID shield. -
Qualifications
thenMaster’s degree in supply chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 8+ years of strategic sourcing and/or procurement experience.
then
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Education and Experience is not a list but we can keep as