Strategic Procurement Specialist
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Position Title: Strategic Procurement Specialist (but we don't repeat as heading)
- Location: Big Rapids (Main Campus)
- Department: 56000 – Finance Office Admin
- Advertised Salary $54,194. See Job Summary for details on salary placement. Salary commensurate with education, experience, and other requirements.
- Benefits: Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see link for list of benefits offered with this position. Admin / Admin Temp Benefit Plans
- FLSA Exempt Temporary/Continuing Continuing Part-Time/Full-Time Full-Time
- Union Group N/A
- Term Of Position 12 Month At Will/Just Cause Just Cause
- Summary Of Position: Under direction of Purchasing and Accounts Payable manager, manage purchase orders and contracts, verifying required documentation, and perform contract management. Solicit RFPs to provide goods and services to the University. Evaluate vendors, costs, and services to obtain optimal value for the University. Identify opportunities for cost improvement on the goods and services procured by the University. Serve as a trainer for Purchasing modules and other training sessions as assigned. Manage spend data and related reports. Work with team members to optimize processes, forms and training materials.
- The selected candidate must be authorized to work in US at time of hire without employer assistance or sponsorship now or in future. The university will not assist with any F-1 EADs, OPT, H1B, etc.
- Offers determined based on review of qualifications, including education, training, experience, internal pay equity.
- Placement within range based on factors: Entry-Range: candidates who meet minimum qualifications and core requirements. Mid-Range: candidates with three or more years of directly related professional experience and demonstrate proficiency in key responsibilities. Upper Range: candidates with seven or more years of directly related experience, advanced knowledge, specialized skills, certifications, or expertise that provide significant value.
- Final compensation determined based on candidate’s overall qualifications, experience, alignment with University’s compensation philosophy in consultation with HR.
- Position Type: Staff
- Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience; minimum of 8 years of experience in purchasing and related functions. Equivalency for education: Two years of full-time, related work experience equals one year of education.
- Required Work Experience: Proficiency in MS Office Suite. Knowledge and experience with ERP systems.
- Physical Demands: Required Licenses and Certifications: Office EnvironmentMovingSitting (looks garbled)
- Additional Education/Experiences To Be Considered: Experience in cost improvement leadership efforts. Previous contract management experience. Previous higher education experience. Previous supply chain experience. Supervisory experience.
- Essential Duties/Responsibilities: long list.
- Marginal Duties/Responsibilities: list.
- Skills And Abilities: list.
- Required Documents: Cover Letter, Resume, Unofficial Transcript 1
- Optional Documents: Special Instructions to Applicants: Initial Application Review Date October 12, 2026 Open Until Position is Filled?: Yes Posting Close Date (maybe blank)
- EEO Statement: remove.
We need to produce sections: maybe About the role (summary), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (education, experience, etc.), Qualifications (maybe same as requirements?), Skills (skills and abilities), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. For Pay: we have Advertised Salary $54,194 and details about placement. That's substantive. So we can include Pay section with that info.
Schedule: we have Term Of Position 12 Month At Will/Just Cause Just Cause, Full-Time. Also FLSA Exempt Temporary/Continuing Continuing Part-Time/Full-Time Full-Time. So schedule: Full-Time, 12-month term, at-will/just cause. That's substantive. So include Schedule.
Benefits: Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.) plus link. So include Benefits.
Now we need to decide headings: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (education, experience, etc.), Qualifications (maybe additional considerations?), Skills (skills and abilities), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for each section heading.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Application instructions include Required Documents, Optional Documents, Special Instructions to Applicants, Initial Application Review Date, Open Until Position is Filled?, Posting Close Date. Those are application instructions; we should remove them. Also remove "Required Documents Cover LetterResumeUnofficial Transcript 1" etc. Also remove "Optional Documents Special Instructions to Applicants: ..." etc. Also remove EEO statement.
We also need to remove duplicated lines.
We need to keep location, department, position type, etc. Those are substantive.
We need to keep "Advertised Salary $54,194. See Job Summary for details on salary placement. Salary commensurate with education, experience, and other requirements." That's pay info.
We need to keep "Benefits Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. Admin / Admin Temp Benefit Plans". That's benefits.
We need to keep "FLSA Exempt Temporary/Continuing Continuing Part-Time/Full-Time Full-Time Union Group N/A Term Of Position 12 Month At Will/Just Cause Just Cause". That's schedule.
We need to keep "Position Type Staff". That's maybe part of schedule or about role.
We need to keep "Required Education Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience; minimum of 8 years of experience in purchasing and related functions. Equivalency for education: Two years of full-time, related work experience equals one year of education."
We need to keep "Required Work Experience Proficiency in MS Office Suite. Knowledge and experience with ERP systems."
We need to keep "Physical Demands Required Licenses and Certifications: Office EnvironmentMovingSitting". That seems garbled; maybe it's "Office Environment, Moving, Sitting". We'll keep as is.
We need to keep "Additional Education/Experiences To Be Considered Experience in cost improvement leadership efforts. Previous contract management experience. Previous higher education experience. Previous supply chain experience. Supervisory experience."
We need to keep essential duties list (long). We'll turn into
- .
We need to keep marginal duties list.
We need to keep skills and abilities list.
We need to keep summary of position (under direction...). That's about the role.
We need to keep "The selected candidate for this position must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire without employer assistance or sponsorship now or in the future. The university will not assist with any F-1 EADs, OPT, H1B, etc." That's a requirement (work authorization). Should we include? It's substantive. Could be part of Requirements.
We need to keep "Offers are determined based on a review of the candidate’s qualifications, including education, training, experience, and internal pay equity considerations." That's pay placement info.
We need to keep "Placement within the range will generally be based on the following factors: Entry-Range: Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and core requirements of the position. Mid-Range: Candidates with three or more years of directly related professional experience and demonstrate proficiency in the key responsibilities of the role. Upper Range: Candidates with seven or more years of directly related experience, advanced knowledge, specialized skills, certifications, or expertise that provide significant value to the position." That's pay details.
We need to keep "Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s overall qualifications, experience, and alignment with the University’s compensation philosophy in consultation with Human Resources."
We need to keep "Position Type Staff". Already.
We need to keep "Required Documents" etc removed.
We need to keep "Marginal Duties/Responsibilities" list.
We need to keep "Skills And Abilities" list.
Now decide sections:
- About the role: summary of position (first paragraph) plus maybe position type, location, department? Could include location and department as part of about the role. But we could also have separate sections? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine location, department, position type into About the role.
- Responsibilities: essential duties + marginal duties? Could combine essential and marginal duties under Responsibilities. Or separate? Probably combine.
- Requirements: education, work experience, physical demands, licenses, additional considerations, work authorization.
- Qualifications: maybe the placement factors? But that's more about pay. Could be part of Pay.
- Skills: skills and abilities.
- Benefits: benefits description.
- Pay: salary details, placement factors.
- Schedule: position type, term, FLSA, union group, etc.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". But we have actual salary number and placement details, so Pay is okay.
Schedule: we have term, full-time, FLSA exempt, union group N/A. That's substantive.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
Strategic Procurement Specialist located at Big Rapids (Main Campus) in the Finance Office Admin (Department 56000). This is a full-time, staff position reporting to the Purchasing and Accounts Payable manager. The role manages purchase orders and contracts, solicits RFPs, evaluates vendors, identifies cost‑improvement opportunities, trains on purchasing modules, manages spend data, and works with the team to optimize processes.
But we must not repeat job title as heading; but we can mention it in paragraph. That's okay.
We need to preserve all substantive info: location, department, position type, etc.
Now Responsibilities: we need to list essential duties and marginal duties. Could combine into one list? Might be long but okay.
We'll create Responsibilities
- Solicit bids and RFP’s for goods and services; review bids, quotes, and services offered.
- Author RFPs for requesting departments unfamiliar with the process or resource‑constrained.
- Partner with Legal to ensure RFPs are appropriate and consistent.
- Execute category‑sourcing initiatives by calculating baseline spend and savings.
- Develop, revise, and conduct purchasing‑related training programs for the online Purchasing System (Banner), related software, and other systems and processes as assigned.
- Serve as the subject matter expert in Banner and fully understand related Banner procedures (e.g., Accounts Payable).
- Manage key suppliers (segmented by spend, complexity, and strategic importance) to ensure supplier service, quality, and innovation efforts that meet or exceed the University’s requirements.
- Manage the Online Purchasing System, including system optimization.
- Own system improvements based on software enhancements and overall ERP growth on campus.
- Own the vendor list and apply to various needs and RFPs.
- Create a strategic analysis to optimize vendor usage and identify potential consolidation opportunities.
- Review and influence decisions regarding purchasing and inventory systems, policies, and procedures.
- Con
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Application instructions include Required Documents, Optional Documents, Special Instructions to Applicants, Initial Application Review Date, Open Until Position is Filled?, Posting Close Date. Those are application instructions; we should remove them. Also remove "Required Documents Cover LetterResumeUnofficial Transcript 1" etc. Also remove "Optional Documents Special Instructions to Applicants: ..." etc. Also remove EEO statement. We also need to remove duplicated lines. We need to keep location, department, position type, etc. Those are substantive. We need to keep "Advertised Salary $54,194. See Job Summary for details on salary placement. Salary commensurate with education, experience, and other requirements." That's pay info. We need to keep "Benefits Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. Admin / Admin Temp Benefit Plans". That's benefits. We need to keep "FLSA Exempt Temporary/Continuing Continuing Part-Time/Full-Time Full-Time Union Group N/A Term Of Position 12 Month At Will/Just Cause Just Cause". That's schedule. We need to keep "Position Type Staff". That's maybe part of schedule or about role. We need to keep "Required Education Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience; minimum of 8 years of experience in purchasing and related functions. Equivalency for education: Two years of full-time, related work experience equals one year of education." We need to keep "Required Work Experience Proficiency in MS Office Suite. Knowledge and experience with ERP systems." We need to keep "Physical Demands Required Licenses and Certifications: Office EnvironmentMovingSitting". That seems garbled; maybe it's "Office Environment, Moving, Sitting". We'll keep as is. We need to keep "Additional Education/Experiences To Be Considered Experience in cost improvement leadership efforts. Previous contract management experience. Previous higher education experience. Previous supply chain experience. Supervisory experience." We need to keep essential duties list (long). We'll turn into
- .
We need to keep marginal duties list.
We need to keep skills and abilities list.
We need to keep summary of position (under direction...). That's about the role.
We need to keep "The selected candidate for this position must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire without employer assistance or sponsorship now or in the future. The university will not assist with any F-1 EADs, OPT, H1B, etc." That's a requirement (work authorization). Should we include? It's substantive. Could be part of Requirements.
We need to keep "Offers are determined based on a review of the candidate’s qualifications, including education, training, experience, and internal pay equity considerations." That's pay placement info.
We need to keep "Placement within the range will generally be based on the following factors: Entry-Range: Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and core requirements of the position. Mid-Range: Candidates with three or more years of directly related professional experience and demonstrate proficiency in the key responsibilities of the role. Upper Range: Candidates with seven or more years of directly related experience, advanced knowledge, specialized skills, certifications, or expertise that provide significant value to the position." That's pay details.
We need to keep "Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s overall qualifications, experience, and alignment with the University’s compensation philosophy in consultation with Human Resources."
We need to keep "Position Type Staff". Already.
We need to keep "Required Documents" etc removed.
We need to keep "Marginal Duties/Responsibilities" list.
We need to keep "Skills And Abilities" list.
Now decide sections:
- About the role: summary of position (first paragraph) plus maybe position type, location, department? Could include location and department as part of about the role. But we could also have separate sections? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine location, department, position type into About the role.
- Responsibilities: essential duties + marginal duties? Could combine essential and marginal duties under Responsibilities. Or separate? Probably combine.
- Requirements: education, work experience, physical demands, licenses, additional considerations, work authorization.
- Qualifications: maybe the placement factors? But that's more about pay. Could be part of Pay.
- Skills: skills and abilities.
- Benefits: benefits description.
- Pay: salary details, placement factors.
- Schedule: position type, term, FLSA, union group, etc.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". But we have actual salary number and placement details, so Pay is okay.
Schedule: we have term, full-time, FLSA exempt, union group N/A. That's substantive.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
Strategic Procurement Specialist located at Big Rapids (Main Campus) in the Finance Office Admin (Department 56000). This is a full-time, staff position reporting to the Purchasing and Accounts Payable manager. The role manages purchase orders and contracts, solicits RFPs, evaluates vendors, identifies cost‑improvement opportunities, trains on purchasing modules, manages spend data, and works with the team to optimize processes.
But we must not repeat job title as heading; but we can mention it in paragraph. That's okay. We need to preserve all substantive info: location, department, position type, etc. Now Responsibilities: we need to list essential duties and marginal duties. Could combine into one list? Might be long but okay. We'll createResponsibilities
- Solicit bids and RFP’s for goods and services; review bids, quotes, and services offered.
- Author RFPs for requesting departments unfamiliar with the process or resource‑constrained.
- Partner with Legal to ensure RFPs are appropriate and consistent.
- Execute category‑sourcing initiatives by calculating baseline spend and savings.
- Develop, revise, and conduct purchasing‑related training programs for the online Purchasing System (Banner), related software, and other systems and processes as assigned.
- Serve as the subject matter expert in Banner and fully understand related Banner procedures (e.g., Accounts Payable).
- Manage key suppliers (segmented by spend, complexity, and strategic importance) to ensure supplier service, quality, and innovation efforts that meet or exceed the University’s requirements.
- Manage the Online Purchasing System, including system optimization.
- Own system improvements based on software enhancements and overall ERP growth on campus.
- Own the vendor list and apply to various needs and RFPs.
- Create a strategic analysis to optimize vendor usage and identify potential consolidation opportunities.
- Review and influence decisions regarding purchasing and inventory systems, policies, and procedures.
- Con
- .
We need to keep marginal duties list.
We need to keep skills and abilities list.
We need to keep summary of position (under direction...). That's about the role.
We need to keep "The selected candidate for this position must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire without employer assistance or sponsorship now or in the future. The university will not assist with any F-1 EADs, OPT, H1B, etc." That's a requirement (work authorization). Should we include? It's substantive. Could be part of Requirements.
We need to keep "Offers are determined based on a review of the candidate’s qualifications, including education, training, experience, and internal pay equity considerations." That's pay placement info.
We need to keep "Placement within the range will generally be based on the following factors: Entry-Range: Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and core requirements of the position. Mid-Range: Candidates with three or more years of directly related professional experience and demonstrate proficiency in the key responsibilities of the role. Upper Range: Candidates with seven or more years of directly related experience, advanced knowledge, specialized skills, certifications, or expertise that provide significant value to the position." That's pay details.
We need to keep "Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s overall qualifications, experience, and alignment with the University’s compensation philosophy in consultation with Human Resources."
We need to keep "Position Type Staff". Already.
We need to keep "Required Documents" etc removed.
We need to keep "Marginal Duties/Responsibilities" list.
We need to keep "Skills And Abilities" list.
Now decide sections:
- About the role: summary of position (first paragraph) plus maybe position type, location, department? Could include location and department as part of about the role. But we could also have separate sections? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine location, department, position type into About the role.
- Responsibilities: essential duties + marginal duties? Could combine essential and marginal duties under Responsibilities. Or separate? Probably combine.
- Requirements: education, work experience, physical demands, licenses, additional considerations, work authorization.
- Qualifications: maybe the placement factors? But that's more about pay. Could be part of Pay.
- Skills: skills and abilities.
- Benefits: benefits description.
- Pay: salary details, placement factors.
- Schedule: position type, term, FLSA, union group, etc.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". But we have actual salary number and placement details, so Pay is okay.
Schedule: we have term, full-time, FLSA exempt, union group N/A. That's substantive.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like: