Strategic Sourcing Manager - MRO
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the description.
Let's extract sections:
- About the role / description: The first paragraph(s) about Lactalis, mission, values, etc. Could be "About the role" or "About the company". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- Intro: "Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. From your PASSION to ours Lactalis USA, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Strategic Sourcing Manager based in Chicago, IL. The Strategic Sourcing Manager is a key member of the North American Strategic Procurement team. You are responsible for developing, leading, and implementing short- and medium-term purchasing strategies that deliver best-in-class results in the areas of people, processes and costs for industrial categories. You work in strong collaboration with internal stakeholders, and you ensure that overall focus in accordance with established budget objectives, policies and guidelines under the direction of the Senior Procurement Manager, Indirect, North America."
That's a lot of description; could be "About the role" or "About the company". We'll put under About the role
with paragraphs.
Then "Key Responsibilities For This Position Include" and list of duties. So we need Responsibilities
with - items.
Then "Requirements" heading: we have "From your EXPERTISE to ours Key Responsibilities For This Position Include We are looking for an adaptive, dynamic leader..." Actually that seems part of responsibilities again. Then later "From your STORY to ours Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following" which lists qualifications: University degree or equivalent work experience, Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience..., etc. That's requirements/qualifications.
We also have "At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement." That's benefits.
No explicit Pay or Schedule info. Travel requirement: "Ability to travel within the United States and Canada and internationally, approximately 20% of the time" and "Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required." That could go under Schedule? Not exactly schedule but maybe under Responsibilities or a separate "Travel" but we only have allowed headings. Could include under Responsibilities as a bullet. Or maybe under Schedule if we consider travel as schedule. But instruction: only create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections if posting actually states them. It does state travel percentage, which is schedule-related. Could create a Schedule section with that info. However we also have "Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required." That's schedule. So we can create
Schedule
with that info.
Pay: not mentioned, so omit.
Benefits: we have details, so create Benefits section.
Qualifications: we have list; could be under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction includes both Requirements and Qualifications as possible headings. We need to decide which to use. We have both "Requirements" heading in the text: "From your EXPERTISE to ours Key Responsibilities For This Position Include We are looking for an adaptive, dynamic leader..." Actually that is more responsibilities. Then later "From your STORY to ours Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following" which is qualifications. So we can have Qualifications
for that list. And maybe Requirements
for something else? There's not a separate explicit requirements list besides qualifications. Could combine. But we should avoid thin sections. Better to have one section for qualifications/requirements. Choose either Requirements or Qualifications. Since the text uses "Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following", that's qualifications. So use Qualifications
.
Responsibilities: we have list of duties.
About the role: we have introductory paragraph.
Benefits: we have description.
Schedule: travel and extended hours.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences.
We must preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that.
We need to convert lists to - . For prose, use
.
Let's extract responsibilities bullets from the text:
"Essential Duties And Responsibilities Achieve budget objectives by identifying, developing, and supporting North American sourcing strategy initiatives for MRO category in North America.Prepare, organize, and lead industrial projects and bids with current and potential suppliers for maintain best-in-class service, cost, and contract compliance in collaboration of our Industrial stakeholders to ensure a data driven approach to category management.Identify cost savings opportunities across industrial spend based on network analysis, industry trends, and market pricing.Continually assess Suppliers to ensure that our company receives competitive cost, quality, and serviceStructure the procurement industrial collaboration with methodology, process, and expertise.Participate as an active cross-functional team member, along with Industrial, Logistic/Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Quality, Safety, and other key functional department.Support global negotiation initiatives led by corporate office global procurement by providing pricing specifications and vendor listings and negotiating at the local level.Perform administrative duties as identified by procurement leadership supporting overall North American strategy: SRM, reporting, savings tracker, budget, projects presentation etc.Assist the Senior Manager with the development of an Annual Saving targetsPerform administrative duties such as tracking cost savings initiatives and providing monthly status reports, and reviewing and approving of pricelist for upload to SAP, validate PPV and LPS dataDemonstrate commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and wellbeing of all employees and that will further contribute to the Company’s overall performance and success.Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required."
We need to split into sensible bullet points. The text runs together without punctuation. We need to parse manually.
Let's break by sentences (though missing periods). We'll insert periods where appropriate.
1. Achieve budget objectives by identifying, developing, and supporting North American sourcing strategy initiatives for MRO category in North America.
2. Prepare, organize, and lead industrial projects and bids with current and potential suppliers to maintain best-in-class service, cost, and contract compliance in collaboration with Industrial stakeholders to ensure a data-driven approach to category management.
3. Identify cost savings opportunities across industrial spend based on network analysis, industry trends, and market pricing.
4. Continually assess suppliers to ensure that our company receives competitive cost, quality, and service.
5. Structure the procurement industrial collaboration with methodology, process, and expertise.
6. Participate as an active cross-functional team member, along with Industrial, Logistic/Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Quality, Safety, and other key functional departments.
7. Support global negotiation initiatives led by corporate office global procurement by providing pricing specifications and vendor listings and negotiating at the local level.
8. Perform administrative duties as identified by procurement leadership supporting overall North American strategy: SRM, reporting, savings tracker, budget, projects presentation, etc.
9. Assist the Senior Manager with the development of an Annual Saving targets.
10. Perform administrative duties such as tracking cost savings initiatives and providing monthly status reports, and reviewing and approving of price list for upload to SAP, validate PPV and LPS data.
11. Demonstrate commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and wellbeing of all employees and that will further contribute to the Company’s overall performance and success.
12. Travel and/or extended or off work hours may be required.
We'll put these as
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Now qualifications list:
"University degree or equivalent work experienceMinimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in a procurement function in related field category, preferably at a food companyPrior CPG industry experience preferred.Experience in Manufacturing and/or MRO PurchasingHigh level of initiative and strong interpersonal skills.Strong leadership and ability to interact with wide variety of management level and business situationStrong level organizational skills (handling workload and complexity)Strong planning, project management, and execution skillsIn depth knowledge and analysis of key cost driversHigh level of contract managementSkilled negotiator with a strong understanding of contract lifecycle management and sourcing procedures.Ability to travel within the United States and Canada and internationally, approximately 20% of the timeBilingual English/French is an asset"
We need to split into bullet points.
Let's parse:
- University degree or equivalent work experience
- Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in a procurement function in related field category, preferably at a food company
- Prior CPG industry experience preferred.
- Experience in Manufacturing and/or MRO Purchasing
- High level of initiative and strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong leadership and ability to interact with wide variety of management level and business situation
- Strong organizational skills (handling workload and complexity)
- Strong planning, project management, and execution skills
- In depth knowledge and analysis of key cost drivers
- High level of contract management
- Skilled negotiator with a strong understanding of contract lifecycle management and sourcing procedures.
- Ability to travel within the United States and Canada and internationally, approximately 20% of the time
- Bilingual English/French is an asset
Note travel appears also in schedule; but we can keep in qualifications as it's a requirement. However schedule section also includes travel. Might duplicate. But we should not duplicate content? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is okay if it's in the source; but we might want to avoid duplicate sections. However travel appears both in qualifications and schedule note. We could keep travel in qualifications and also mention in schedule; but that duplicates. Might be okay but better to avoid duplication by moving travel to schedule only and not repeat in qualifications. However qualifications list includes travel as a requirement; we could keep it there and not have schedule separate. But schedule section also includes "Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required." That's slightly different: schedule mentions travel and extended hours. Qualifications includes travel 20% time. Both are substantive; we could keep both but not duplicate exact same sentence.
Schedule
with that info. Pay: not mentioned, so omit. Benefits: we have details, so create Benefits section. Qualifications: we have list; could be under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction includes both Requirements and Qualifications as possible headings. We need to decide which to use. We have both "Requirements" heading in the text: "From your EXPERTISE to ours Key Responsibilities For This Position Include We are looking for an adaptive, dynamic leader..." Actually that is more responsibilities. Then later "From your STORY to ours Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following" which is qualifications. So we can haveQualifications
for that list. And maybeRequirements
for something else? There's not a separate explicit requirements list besides qualifications. Could combine. But we should avoid thin sections. Better to have one section for qualifications/requirements. Choose either Requirements or Qualifications. Since the text uses "Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following", that's qualifications. So useQualifications
. Responsibilities: we have list of duties. About the role: we have introductory paragraph. Benefits: we have description. Schedule: travel and extended hours. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences. We must preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that. We need to convert lists to- . For prose, use
. Let's extract responsibilities bullets from the text: "Essential Duties And Responsibilities Achieve budget objectives by identifying, developing, and supporting North American sourcing strategy initiatives for MRO category in North America.Prepare, organize, and lead industrial projects and bids with current and potential suppliers for maintain best-in-class service, cost, and contract compliance in collaboration of our Industrial stakeholders to ensure a data driven approach to category management.Identify cost savings opportunities across industrial spend based on network analysis, industry trends, and market pricing.Continually assess Suppliers to ensure that our company receives competitive cost, quality, and serviceStructure the procurement industrial collaboration with methodology, process, and expertise.Participate as an active cross-functional team member, along with Industrial, Logistic/Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Quality, Safety, and other key functional department.Support global negotiation initiatives led by corporate office global procurement by providing pricing specifications and vendor listings and negotiating at the local level.Perform administrative duties as identified by procurement leadership supporting overall North American strategy: SRM, reporting, savings tracker, budget, projects presentation etc.Assist the Senior Manager with the development of an Annual Saving targetsPerform administrative duties such as tracking cost savings initiatives and providing monthly status reports, and reviewing and approving of pricelist for upload to SAP, validate PPV and LPS dataDemonstrate commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and wellbeing of all employees and that will further contribute to the Company’s overall performance and success.Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required." We need to split into sensible bullet points. The text runs together without punctuation. We need to parse manually. Let's break by sentences (though missing periods). We'll insert periods where appropriate. 1. Achieve budget objectives by identifying, developing, and supporting North American sourcing strategy initiatives for MRO category in North America. 2. Prepare, organize, and lead industrial projects and bids with current and potential suppliers to maintain best-in-class service, cost, and contract compliance in collaboration with Industrial stakeholders to ensure a data-driven approach to category management. 3. Identify cost savings opportunities across industrial spend based on network analysis, industry trends, and market pricing. 4. Continually assess suppliers to ensure that our company receives competitive cost, quality, and service. 5. Structure the procurement industrial collaboration with methodology, process, and expertise. 6. Participate as an active cross-functional team member, along with Industrial, Logistic/Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Quality, Safety, and other key functional departments. 7. Support global negotiation initiatives led by corporate office global procurement by providing pricing specifications and vendor listings and negotiating at the local level. 8. Perform administrative duties as identified by procurement leadership supporting overall North American strategy: SRM, reporting, savings tracker, budget, projects presentation, etc. 9. Assist the Senior Manager with the development of an Annual Saving targets. 10. Perform administrative duties such as tracking cost savings initiatives and providing monthly status reports, and reviewing and approving of price list for upload to SAP, validate PPV and LPS data. 11. Demonstrate commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and wellbeing of all employees and that will further contribute to the Company’s overall performance and success. 12. Travel and/or extended or off work hours may be required. We'll put these as
- . Now qualifications list: "University degree or equivalent work experienceMinimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in a procurement function in related field category, preferably at a food companyPrior CPG industry experience preferred.Experience in Manufacturing and/or MRO PurchasingHigh level of initiative and strong interpersonal skills.Strong leadership and ability to interact with wide variety of management level and business situationStrong level organizational skills (handling workload and complexity)Strong planning, project management, and execution skillsIn depth knowledge and analysis of key cost driversHigh level of contract managementSkilled negotiator with a strong understanding of contract lifecycle management and sourcing procedures.Ability to travel within the United States and Canada and internationally, approximately 20% of the timeBilingual English/French is an asset" We need to split into bullet points. Let's parse: - University degree or equivalent work experience - Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in a procurement function in related field category, preferably at a food company - Prior CPG industry experience preferred. - Experience in Manufacturing and/or MRO Purchasing - High level of initiative and strong interpersonal skills. - Strong leadership and ability to interact with wide variety of management level and business situation - Strong organizational skills (handling workload and complexity) - Strong planning, project management, and execution skills - In depth knowledge and analysis of key cost drivers - High level of contract management - Skilled negotiator with a strong understanding of contract lifecycle management and sourcing procedures. - Ability to travel within the United States and Canada and internationally, approximately 20% of the time - Bilingual English/French is an asset Note travel appears also in schedule; but we can keep in qualifications as it's a requirement. However schedule section also includes travel. Might duplicate. But we should not duplicate content? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is okay if it's in the source; but we might want to avoid duplicate sections. However travel appears both in qualifications and schedule note. We could keep travel in qualifications and also mention in schedule; but that duplicates. Might be okay but better to avoid duplication by moving travel to schedule only and not repeat in qualifications. However qualifications list includes travel as a requirement; we could keep it there and not have schedule separate. But schedule section also includes "Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required." That's slightly different: schedule mentions travel and extended hours. Qualifications includes travel 20% time. Both are substantive; we could keep both but not duplicate exact same sentence.