Strategic Sourcing Specialist
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and 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.
We need to extract content:
- About This Job… Nosco is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist at our Pleasant Prairie, WI facility. As an employee owner in this position you will strategically source and acquire the highest quality goods and services at the most competitive prices, while maintaining integrity, transparency, and ethical standards in all our dealings. This role focuses on developing supplier relationships, identifying sourcing opportunities, managing risk, and contributing to the organization's operational and financial success.
- In this role, you will… (list of duties):
- Analyze costs across the supply chain to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or service levels.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
- Collaborate with suppliers to drive continuous improvement, innovation, and value creation.
- Ensure that the raw materials meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain processes to monitor supplier performance and address any non-compliance issues.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as operations, account management, sales, solutions engineering, to understand their requirements and priorities along with our customers. Align sourcing strategies with cross-functional objectives and ensure buy-in from key stakeholders to support on-time delivery of 95% or better.
- Identify opportunities to optimize sourcing processes, streamline workflows, and adopt best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and agility within the procurement function. Complete 2-3 measurable process improvement projects annually.
- Success factors… (requirements/qualifications):
- Bachelor's Degree in related fields such as Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations management, or related studies, strongly preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or purchasing operations, with a demonstrated ability to manage supplier relationships and support operational objectives, preferred.
- Well-developed written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively deal with suppliers and individuals throughout the company and at multiple manufacturing sites.
- Proven ability to utilize the full complement of standard PC software packages.
- Effective time management and organization skills, with an ability to prioritize and complete many follow up responsibilities simultaneously while also being able to take initiative.
- Appropriate quantitative skills with an ability to analyze data and identify trends, including attention to detail and accuracy.
- Physical requirements: ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, work at a computer for extended periods of time, and have manual dexterity for computer work. Long periods of concentration. Speaking, hearing and vision are also essentials to performing job functions.
- What Is In It For You… (benefits/ownership etc):
- Ownership: As part of a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a direct impact on our success.
- Growth: We are committed to your development and offer opportunities to advance your career.
- Recognition: Your contributions matter, and we make sure they are seen and rewarded.
- Benefits: Through our parent company, Holden Industries, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education.
- About Nosco… (company description):
- At Nosco, it is not just a job... it is a career. Need proof? Our average tenure is over 10 years! With over 120 years in the industry, Nosco provides printed cartons, labels, inserts and flexible packaging to its 400+ customers in the healthcare, natural health, personal care and consumer goods markets. Nosco is a subsidiary of Holden Industries, Inc., and is 100% employee owned. This offers a unique opportunity for our workforce to share in the success of the company through beneficial ownership. We encourage you to explore all that we have to offer including the open positions so you can start building your career here. Find an open position near you by going to Nosco.com/Careers!
We need to remove boilerplate: "About This Job…", "In this role, you will…", "Success factors…", "What Is In It For You…", "About Nosco…" maybe we keep as headings? The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings.
We have:
- About the role: The introductory paragraph about Nosco looking for Strategic Sourcing Specialist etc. That's about the role.
- Responsibilities: The list of duties (Analyze costs..., Implement..., Cultivate..., etc.)
- Requirements/Qualifications: The "Success factors" list (Bachelor's degree, experience, communication skills, software, time management, quantitative skills, physical requirements). Could split into Requirements and Qualifications but we can combine as Requirements.
- Benefits: The "What Is In It For You" includes Ownership, Growth, Recognition, Benefits. Benefits section should list the benefits: medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education. Ownership, Growth, Recognition maybe could be part of Benefits or separate? The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Ownership, Growth, Recognition are specific content. Could we make a section "Benefits" that includes those? Or we could have separate sections: Ownership, Growth, Recognition, Benefits. But they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Ownership, Growth, Recognition into a Benefits section? But they are not exactly benefits; they are cultural aspects. However we could treat them as part of Benefits or maybe as a "What's In It For You" section but we need to use allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can put Ownership, Growth, Recognition under Benefits as bullet points. Or we could have a separate "Skills" section for communication skills etc. But we already have Requirements covering many.
We need to decide: Use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? But we can incorporate communication skills etc into Requirements.
We must not create Pay or Schedule sections because not mentioned.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include metadata like location? The location "Pleasant Prairie, WI facility." is part of About the role maybe. We can keep that in the About the role paragraph.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all bullet points.
We need to format lists with - . For prose, use
.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus final output:
About the role
Nosco is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist at our Pleasant Prairie, WI facility. As an employee owner in this position you will strategically source and acquire the highest quality goods and services at the most competitive prices, while maintaining integrity, transparency, and ethical standards in all our dealings. This role focuses on developing supplier relationships, identifying sourcing opportunities, managing risk, and contributing to the organization's operational and financial success.
Responsibilities
- Analyze costs across the supply chain to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or service levels.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
- Collaborate with suppliers to drive continuous improvement, innovation, and value creation.
- Ensure that the raw materials meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain processes to monitor supplier performance and address any non-compliance issues.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as operations, account management, sales, solutions engineering, to understand their requirements and priorities along with our customers. Align sourcing strategies with cross-functional objectives and ensure buy-in from key stakeholders to support on-time delivery of 95% or better.
- Identify opportunities to optimize sourcing processes, streamline workflows, and adopt best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and agility within the procurement function. Complete 2-3 measurable process improvement projects annually.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in related fields such as Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations management, or related studies, strongly preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or purchasing operations, with a demonstrated ability to manage supplier relationships and support operational objectives, preferred.
- Well-developed written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively deal with suppliers and individuals throughout the company and at multiple manufacturing sites.
- Proven ability to utilize the full complement of standard PC software packages.
- Effective time management and organization skills, with an ability to prioritize and complete many follow up responsibilities simultaneously while also being able to take initiative.
- Appropriate quantitative skills with an ability to analyze data and identify trends, including attention to detail and accuracy.
- Physical requirements: ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, work at a computer for extended periods of time, and have manual dexterity for computer work. Long periods of concentration. Speaking, hearing and vision are also essentials to performing job functions.
Benefits
- Ownership: As part of a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a direct impact on our success.
- Growth: We are committed to your development and offer opportunities to advance your career.
- Recognition: Your contributions matter, and we make sure they are seen and rewarded.
- Benefits: Through our parent company, Holden Industries, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education.
We might also include About Nosco description? That is substantive but maybe could be part of About the role? However About Nosco is more about company. Could we add another section "About the company"? Not in allowed headings list. But we could incorporate into About the role paragraph? The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., not exclusive list. So we could add another heading like "About the company" if we want, but they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. The About Nosco paragraph is substantive; we could add a section "
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and 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. We need to extract content: - About This Job… Nosco is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist at our Pleasant Prairie, WI facility. As an employee owner in this position you will strategically source and acquire the highest quality goods and services at the most competitive prices, while maintaining integrity, transparency, and ethical standards in all our dealings. This role focuses on developing supplier relationships, identifying sourcing opportunities, managing risk, and contributing to the organization's operational and financial success. - In this role, you will… (list of duties): - Analyze costs across the supply chain to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement. - Implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or service levels. - Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers. - Collaborate with suppliers to drive continuous improvement, innovation, and value creation. - Ensure that the raw materials meet quality standards and regulatory requirements. - Maintain processes to monitor supplier performance and address any non-compliance issues. - Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as operations, account management, sales, solutions engineering, to understand their requirements and priorities along with our customers. Align sourcing strategies with cross-functional objectives and ensure buy-in from key stakeholders to support on-time delivery of 95% or better. - Identify opportunities to optimize sourcing processes, streamline workflows, and adopt best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and agility within the procurement function. Complete 2-3 measurable process improvement projects annually. - Success factors… (requirements/qualifications): - Bachelor's Degree in related fields such as Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations management, or related studies, strongly preferred. - 3-5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or purchasing operations, with a demonstrated ability to manage supplier relationships and support operational objectives, preferred. - Well-developed written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively deal with suppliers and individuals throughout the company and at multiple manufacturing sites. - Proven ability to utilize the full complement of standard PC software packages. - Effective time management and organization skills, with an ability to prioritize and complete many follow up responsibilities simultaneously while also being able to take initiative. - Appropriate quantitative skills with an ability to analyze data and identify trends, including attention to detail and accuracy. - Physical requirements: ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, work at a computer for extended periods of time, and have manual dexterity for computer work. Long periods of concentration. Speaking, hearing and vision are also essentials to performing job functions. - What Is In It For You… (benefits/ownership etc): - Ownership: As part of a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a direct impact on our success. - Growth: We are committed to your development and offer opportunities to advance your career. - Recognition: Your contributions matter, and we make sure they are seen and rewarded. - Benefits: Through our parent company, Holden Industries, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education. - About Nosco… (company description): - At Nosco, it is not just a job... it is a career. Need proof? Our average tenure is over 10 years! With over 120 years in the industry, Nosco provides printed cartons, labels, inserts and flexible packaging to its 400+ customers in the healthcare, natural health, personal care and consumer goods markets. Nosco is a subsidiary of Holden Industries, Inc., and is 100% employee owned. This offers a unique opportunity for our workforce to share in the success of the company through beneficial ownership. We encourage you to explore all that we have to offer including the open positions so you can start building your career here. Find an open position near you by going to Nosco.com/Careers! We need to remove boilerplate: "About This Job…", "In this role, you will…", "Success factors…", "What Is In It For You…", "About Nosco…" maybe we keep as headings? The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings.
We have:
- About the role: The introductory paragraph about Nosco looking for Strategic Sourcing Specialist etc. That's about the role.
- Responsibilities: The list of duties (Analyze costs..., Implement..., Cultivate..., etc.)
- Requirements/Qualifications: The "Success factors" list (Bachelor's degree, experience, communication skills, software, time management, quantitative skills, physical requirements). Could split into Requirements and Qualifications but we can combine as Requirements.
- Benefits: The "What Is In It For You" includes Ownership, Growth, Recognition, Benefits. Benefits section should list the benefits: medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education. Ownership, Growth, Recognition maybe could be part of Benefits or separate? The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Ownership, Growth, Recognition are specific content. Could we make a section "Benefits" that includes those? Or we could have separate sections: Ownership, Growth, Recognition, Benefits. But they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Ownership, Growth, Recognition into a Benefits section? But they are not exactly benefits; they are cultural aspects. However we could treat them as part of Benefits or maybe as a "What's In It For You" section but we need to use allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can put Ownership, Growth, Recognition under Benefits as bullet points. Or we could have a separate "Skills" section for communication skills etc. But we already have Requirements covering many.
We need to decide: Use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? But we can incorporate communication skills etc into Requirements.
We must not create Pay or Schedule sections because not mentioned.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include metadata like location? The location "Pleasant Prairie, WI facility." is part of About the role maybe. We can keep that in the About the role paragraph.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all bullet points.
We need to format lists with - . For prose, use
.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus final output:
About the role
Nosco is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist at our Pleasant Prairie, WI facility. As an employee owner in this position you will strategically source and acquire the highest quality goods and services at the most competitive prices, while maintaining integrity, transparency, and ethical standards in all our dealings. This role focuses on developing supplier relationships, identifying sourcing opportunities, managing risk, and contributing to the organization's operational and financial success.
Responsibilities
- Analyze costs across the supply chain to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or service levels.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
- Collaborate with suppliers to drive continuous improvement, innovation, and value creation.
- Ensure that the raw materials meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain processes to monitor supplier performance and address any non-compliance issues.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as operations, account management, sales, solutions engineering, to understand their requirements and priorities along with our customers. Align sourcing strategies with cross-functional objectives and ensure buy-in from key stakeholders to support on-time delivery of 95% or better.
- Identify opportunities to optimize sourcing processes, streamline workflows, and adopt best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and agility within the procurement function. Complete 2-3 measurable process improvement projects annually.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in related fields such as Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations management, or related studies, strongly preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or purchasing operations, with a demonstrated ability to manage supplier relationships and support operational objectives, preferred.
- Well-developed written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively deal with suppliers and individuals throughout the company and at multiple manufacturing sites.
- Proven ability to utilize the full complement of standard PC software packages.
- Effective time management and organization skills, with an ability to prioritize and complete many follow up responsibilities simultaneously while also being able to take initiative.
- Appropriate quantitative skills with an ability to analyze data and identify trends, including attention to detail and accuracy.
- Physical requirements: ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, work at a computer for extended periods of time, and have manual dexterity for computer work. Long periods of concentration. Speaking, hearing and vision are also essentials to performing job functions.
Benefits
- Ownership: As part of a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a direct impact on our success.
- Growth: We are committed to your development and offer opportunities to advance your career.
- Recognition: Your contributions matter, and we make sure they are seen and rewarded.
- Benefits: Through our parent company, Holden Industries, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education.
We might also include About Nosco description? That is substantive but maybe could be part of About the role? However About Nosco is more about company. Could we add another section "About the company"? Not in allowed headings list. But we could incorporate into About the role paragraph? The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., not exclusive list. So we could add another heading like "About the company" if we want, but they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. The About Nosco paragraph is substantive; we could add a section "
. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Thus final output:
About the role
Nosco is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist at our Pleasant Prairie, WI facility. As an employee owner in this position you will strategically source and acquire the highest quality goods and services at the most competitive prices, while maintaining integrity, transparency, and ethical standards in all our dealings. This role focuses on developing supplier relationships, identifying sourcing opportunities, managing risk, and contributing to the organization's operational and financial success.
Responsibilities
- Analyze costs across the supply chain to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or service levels.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers.
- Collaborate with suppliers to drive continuous improvement, innovation, and value creation.
- Ensure that the raw materials meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain processes to monitor supplier performance and address any non-compliance issues.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as operations, account management, sales, solutions engineering, to understand their requirements and priorities along with our customers. Align sourcing strategies with cross-functional objectives and ensure buy-in from key stakeholders to support on-time delivery of 95% or better.
- Identify opportunities to optimize sourcing processes, streamline workflows, and adopt best practices. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and agility within the procurement function. Complete 2-3 measurable process improvement projects annually.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in related fields such as Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations management, or related studies, strongly preferred.
- 3-5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or purchasing operations, with a demonstrated ability to manage supplier relationships and support operational objectives, preferred.
- Well-developed written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively deal with suppliers and individuals throughout the company and at multiple manufacturing sites.
- Proven ability to utilize the full complement of standard PC software packages.
- Effective time management and organization skills, with an ability to prioritize and complete many follow up responsibilities simultaneously while also being able to take initiative.
- Appropriate quantitative skills with an ability to analyze data and identify trends, including attention to detail and accuracy.
- Physical requirements: ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, work at a computer for extended periods of time, and have manual dexterity for computer work. Long periods of concentration. Speaking, hearing and vision are also essentials to performing job functions.
Benefits
- Ownership: As part of a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a direct impact on our success.
- Growth: We are committed to your development and offer opportunities to advance your career.
- Recognition: Your contributions matter, and we make sure they are seen and rewarded.
- Benefits: Through our parent company, Holden Industries, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability, retirement plans and support for continuing education.