Supplier Management Specialist
Elsevier · New Home, MO · 2 wk ago
Purchasing$59k–$99k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the team, About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? The posting includes schedule info: "Working remotely from home up to 3 days a week and in our office in a hybrid style Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day". So schedule section can be included. Benefits are listed. Pay: "U.S. National Base Pay Range: $59,200 - $98,600." So include Pay section.
We must not repeat job title. No headings for Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's some undefined lines like "undefined" and "Work in a way that works for you" etc. We need to preserve substantive info. The "Work in a way that works for you" paragraph includes schedule and benefits? Actually schedule and benefits are separate sections later. We'll extract schedule info from that paragraph: "Working remotely from home up to 3 days a week and in our office in a hybrid style Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day". Also "We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals." That's more benefits/wellbeing but we already have benefits list. We can incorporate some of that into Benefits section maybe but we should not duplicate. The Benefits section already lists many benefits; we can keep that as is. The schedule info we can put under Schedule section.
We need to ensure we only include sections when there is real specific content. So we will have:
. The responsibilities section includes multiple subheadings like Supplier Performance Management, Contract Management, etc. We can either keep subheadings as ? But instruction only says use
About the Team
with paragraph(s) from "About The Team". Content: "Print Supply Chain Management is responsible for printing/manufacturing books, demand forecasting, deciding where products should be produced, and distribution, warehousing, transportation, stocking, and print-on-demand fulfillment."About the Role
with paragraph(s) from "About The Role". Content: "The role requires driving the performance of strategic suppliers to deliver quality, service, cost, and value; build strong supplier partnerships that promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement; and collaborate across the Supply Chain to strengthen resilience, manage risk, and deliver end-to-end business outcomes." Then Responsibilities: list items from responsibilities bullet points. We need to convert each bullet into? But instruction only says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but we should follow the rule: use for section headings. It doesn't say we cannot use other headings, but to be safe we can keep subheadings as plain text or . However we need to preserve all substantive information. We could keep subheadings as inside or as separate . Simpler: keep each responsibility bullet as
with the subheading bolded.
We need to extract each bullet:
Supplier Performance Management: Manage strategic supplier performance. Maintain scorecards, KPIs, reports, reviews, and meetings. Monitor contracts and SLAs. Address gaps through corrective actions. Improve service, quality, cost, and operations. Build strong relationships and maintain commercial governance.
Contract Management: Manage supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle. Monitor obligations, pricing, and service commitments. Support renewals, amendments, and extensions. Maintain accessible records. Work with Procurement and Legal to clarify contract terms.
Tender and Supplier Selection Support: Support sourcing and tender activities. Contribute to RFPs, RFIs, evaluations, and due diligence. Assist with supplier assessments, onboarding, and transitions. Define performance and service expectations.
Financial and Commercial Management: Track supplier spend, volumes, and cost trends. Measure results against budgets and targets. Support invoice checks and payment resolution. Verify pricing and identify savings. Report spend, volume, and performance.
Risk and Business Continuity: Work with Risk Management and Operations. Assess operational, financial, geopolitical, cybersecurity, sustainability, and compliance risks. Maintain risk registers and track mitigation actions. Support continuity plans, incident management, and reviews.
Supplier Governance: Ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, sustainability commitments, and ethical standards. Support onboarding and ongoing governance. Review compliance records and certifications. Escalate issues appropriately.
Data, Reporting, and Insights: Maintain supplier dashboards and reports. Analyse operational and commercial data. Identify trends and improvement opportunities. Report to key stakeholders. Support forecasting and capacity planning.
Collaboration: Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Planning, Risk Management, Legal, and other teams. Prevent silos and share expertise. Support cross-training, supplier transitions, business changes, and major projects. Promote an integrated, end-to-end supply chain.
Now Requirements: The block after "Requirements" includes many paragraphs. We need to preserve all substantive info. It seems like a list of competencies. We'll convert each sentence or bullet into . The text:
"Demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving goals. Monitor progress regularly, take responsibility for group outcomes, and encourage accountability and ownership. Recognise and share credit for contributions.
Serve as a subject matter expert and provide coaching and mentoring to others. Explain complex technical matters clearly and adapt communication to suit the audience. Remain current within the discipline, build external connections, and apply best practices.
Provide clear instructions and direction. Listen actively, ask effective questions, and consider different viewpoints. Explain the wider business context clearly.
Manage unexpected situations independently and act with confidence. Remove obstacles and follow through on agreed actions. Encourage initiative by providing appropriate information, resources, and support while maintaining individual ownership of goals and achievements.
Ask relevant questions and gather facts from multiple sources. Identify and analyse problems, recommend suitable solutions, and manage routine issues independently.
Promote cooperation across the team. Remove barriers that affect team performance and support the effective resolution of conflicts.
Identify opportunities for teams to collaborate. Seek input and expertise from team members, and encourage open, constructive discussion on matters affecting the team.
Provide support without reducing individual ownership. Help individuals and teams achieve their objectives, and recognise shared contributions to successful outcomes."
There's also an "undefined" line after that, which we should drop.
Then there is "Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working remotely from home up to 3 days a week and in our office in a hybrid style Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day". We'll extract schedule info: remote up to 3 days, hybrid, flexible hours. Also the earlier part about wellbeing initiatives etc could be considered benefits but we already have benefits list. We'll keep schedule section.
Benefits: list as given.
Pay: "U.S. National Base Pay Range: $59,200 - $98,600. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates."
We should not include the line "We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location." That's boilerplate? It's about benefits but we already have benefits list; still it's generic. Might be considered boilerplate; we can drop it.
Now produce HTML:
About the Team
Print Supply Chain Management is responsible for printing/manufacturing books, demand forecasting, deciding where products should be produced, and distribution, warehousing, transportation, stocking, and print-on-demand fulfillment.
About the Role
The role requires driving the performance of strategic suppliers to deliver quality, service, cost, and value; build strong supplier partnerships that promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement; and collaborate across the Supply Chain to strengthen resilience, manage risk, and deliver end-to-end business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Supplier Performance Management: Manage strategic supplier performance. Maintain scorecards, KPIs, reports, reviews, and meetings. Monitor contracts and SLAs. Address gaps through corrective actions. Improve service, quality, cost, and operations. Build strong relationships and maintain commercial governance.
- Contract Management: Manage supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle. Monitor obligations, pricing, and service commitments. Support renewals, amendments, and extensions. Maintain accessible records. Work with Procurement and Legal to clarify contract terms.
- Tender and Supplier Selection Support: Support sourcing and tender activities. Contribute to RFPs, RFIs, evaluations, and due diligence. Assist with supplier assessments, onboarding, and transitions. Define performance and service expectations.
- Financial and Commercial Management: Track supplier spend, volumes, and cost trends. Measure results against budgets and targets. Support invoice checks and payment resolution. Verify pricing and identify savings. Report spend, volume, and performance.
- Risk and Business Continuity: Work with Risk Management and Operations. Assess operational, financial, geopolitical, cybersecurity, sustainability, and compliance risks. Maintain risk registers and track mitigation actions. Support continuity plans, incident management, and reviews.
- Supplier Governance: Ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, sustainability commitments, and ethical standards. Support onboarding and ongoing governance. Review compliance records and certifications. Escalate issues appropriately.
- Data, Reporting, and Insights: Maintain supplier dashboards and reports. Analyse operational and commercial data. Identify trends and improvement opportunities. Report to key stakeholders. Support forecasting and capacity planning.
- Collaboration: Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Planning, Risk Management, Legal, and other teams. Prevent silos and share expertise. Support cross-training, supplier transitions, business changes, and major projects. Promote an integrated, end-to-end supply chain.
Requirements
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving goals. Monitor progress regularly, take responsibility for group outcomes, and encourage accountability and ownership. Recognise and share credit for contributions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and provide coaching and mentoring to others. Explain complex technical matters clearly and adapt communication to suit the audience. Remain current within the discipline, build external connections, and apply best practices.
- Provide clear instructions and direction. Listen actively, ask effective questions, and consider different viewpoints. Explain the wider business context clearly.
- Manage unexpected situations independently and act with confidence. Remove obstacles and follow through on agreed actions. Encourage initiative by providing appropriate information, resources, and support while maintaining individual ownership of goals and achievements.
- Ask relevant questions and gather facts from multiple sources. Identify and analyse problems, recommend suitable solutions, and manage routine issues independently.
- Promote cooperation across the team. Remove barriers that affect team performance and support the effective resolution of conflicts.
- Identify opportunities for teams to collaborate. Seek input and expertise from team members, and encourage open, constructive discussion on matters affecting the team.
- Provide support without reducing individual ownership. Help individuals and teams achieve their objectives, and recognise shared contributions to successful outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
- Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
- Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for
for section headings. It doesn't say we cannot use other headings, but to be safe we can keep subheadings as plain text or . However we need to preserve all substantive information. We could keep subheadings as inside or as separate . Simpler: keep each responsibility bullet as
with the subheading bolded.
We need to extract each bullet:
Supplier Performance Management: Manage strategic supplier performance. Maintain scorecards, KPIs, reports, reviews, and meetings. Monitor contracts and SLAs. Address gaps through corrective actions. Improve service, quality, cost, and operations. Build strong relationships and maintain commercial governance.
Contract Management: Manage supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle. Monitor obligations, pricing, and service commitments. Support renewals, amendments, and extensions. Maintain accessible records. Work with Procurement and Legal to clarify contract terms.
Tender and Supplier Selection Support: Support sourcing and tender activities. Contribute to RFPs, RFIs, evaluations, and due diligence. Assist with supplier assessments, onboarding, and transitions. Define performance and service expectations.
Financial and Commercial Management: Track supplier spend, volumes, and cost trends. Measure results against budgets and targets. Support invoice checks and payment resolution. Verify pricing and identify savings. Report spend, volume, and performance.
Risk and Business Continuity: Work with Risk Management and Operations. Assess operational, financial, geopolitical, cybersecurity, sustainability, and compliance risks. Maintain risk registers and track mitigation actions. Support continuity plans, incident management, and reviews.
Supplier Governance: Ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, sustainability commitments, and ethical standards. Support onboarding and ongoing governance. Review compliance records and certifications. Escalate issues appropriately.
Data, Reporting, and Insights: Maintain supplier dashboards and reports. Analyse operational and commercial data. Identify trends and improvement opportunities. Report to key stakeholders. Support forecasting and capacity planning.
Collaboration: Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Planning, Risk Management, Legal, and other teams. Prevent silos and share expertise. Support cross-training, supplier transitions, business changes, and major projects. Promote an integrated, end-to-end supply chain.
Now Requirements: The block after "Requirements" includes many paragraphs. We need to preserve all substantive info. It seems like a list of competencies. We'll convert each sentence or bullet into . The text:
"Demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving goals. Monitor progress regularly, take responsibility for group outcomes, and encourage accountability and ownership. Recognise and share credit for contributions.
Serve as a subject matter expert and provide coaching and mentoring to others. Explain complex technical matters clearly and adapt communication to suit the audience. Remain current within the discipline, build external connections, and apply best practices.
Provide clear instructions and direction. Listen actively, ask effective questions, and consider different viewpoints. Explain the wider business context clearly.
Manage unexpected situations independently and act with confidence. Remove obstacles and follow through on agreed actions. Encourage initiative by providing appropriate information, resources, and support while maintaining individual ownership of goals and achievements.
Ask relevant questions and gather facts from multiple sources. Identify and analyse problems, recommend suitable solutions, and manage routine issues independently.
Promote cooperation across the team. Remove barriers that affect team performance and support the effective resolution of conflicts.
Identify opportunities for teams to collaborate. Seek input and expertise from team members, and encourage open, constructive discussion on matters affecting the team.
Provide support without reducing individual ownership. Help individuals and teams achieve their objectives, and recognise shared contributions to successful outcomes."
There's also an "undefined" line after that, which we should drop.
Then there is "Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working remotely from home up to 3 days a week and in our office in a hybrid style Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day". We'll extract schedule info: remote up to 3 days, hybrid, flexible hours. Also the earlier part about wellbeing initiatives etc could be considered benefits but we already have benefits list. We'll keep schedule section.
Benefits: list as given.
Pay: "U.S. National Base Pay Range: $59,200 - $98,600. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates."
We should not include the line "We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location." That's boilerplate? It's about benefits but we already have benefits list; still it's generic. Might be considered boilerplate; we can drop it.
Now produce HTML:
About the Team
Print Supply Chain Management is responsible for printing/manufacturing books, demand forecasting, deciding where products should be produced, and distribution, warehousing, transportation, stocking, and print-on-demand fulfillment.
About the Role
The role requires driving the performance of strategic suppliers to deliver quality, service, cost, and value; build strong supplier partnerships that promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement; and collaborate across the Supply Chain to strengthen resilience, manage risk, and deliver end-to-end business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Supplier Performance Management: Manage strategic supplier performance. Maintain scorecards, KPIs, reports, reviews, and meetings. Monitor contracts and SLAs. Address gaps through corrective actions. Improve service, quality, cost, and operations. Build strong relationships and maintain commercial governance.
- Contract Management: Manage supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle. Monitor obligations, pricing, and service commitments. Support renewals, amendments, and extensions. Maintain accessible records. Work with Procurement and Legal to clarify contract terms.
- Tender and Supplier Selection Support: Support sourcing and tender activities. Contribute to RFPs, RFIs, evaluations, and due diligence. Assist with supplier assessments, onboarding, and transitions. Define performance and service expectations.
- Financial and Commercial Management: Track supplier spend, volumes, and cost trends. Measure results against budgets and targets. Support invoice checks and payment resolution. Verify pricing and identify savings. Report spend, volume, and performance.
- Risk and Business Continuity: Work with Risk Management and Operations. Assess operational, financial, geopolitical, cybersecurity, sustainability, and compliance risks. Maintain risk registers and track mitigation actions. Support continuity plans, incident management, and reviews.
- Supplier Governance: Ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, sustainability commitments, and ethical standards. Support onboarding and ongoing governance. Review compliance records and certifications. Escalate issues appropriately.
- Data, Reporting, and Insights: Maintain supplier dashboards and reports. Analyse operational and commercial data. Identify trends and improvement opportunities. Report to key stakeholders. Support forecasting and capacity planning.
- Collaboration: Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Planning, Risk Management, Legal, and other teams. Prevent silos and share expertise. Support cross-training, supplier transitions, business changes, and major projects. Promote an integrated, end-to-end supply chain.
Requirements
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving goals. Monitor progress regularly, take responsibility for group outcomes, and encourage accountability and ownership. Recognise and share credit for contributions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and provide coaching and mentoring to others. Explain complex technical matters clearly and adapt communication to suit the audience. Remain current within the discipline, build external connections, and apply best practices.
- Provide clear instructions and direction. Listen actively, ask effective questions, and consider different viewpoints. Explain the wider business context clearly.
- Manage unexpected situations independently and act with confidence. Remove obstacles and follow through on agreed actions. Encourage initiative by providing appropriate information, resources, and support while maintaining individual ownership of goals and achievements.
- Ask relevant questions and gather facts from multiple sources. Identify and analyse problems, recommend suitable solutions, and manage routine issues independently.
- Promote cooperation across the team. Remove barriers that affect team performance and support the effective resolution of conflicts.
- Identify opportunities for teams to collaborate. Seek input and expertise from team members, and encourage open, constructive discussion on matters affecting the team.
- Provide support without reducing individual ownership. Help individuals and teams achieve their objectives, and recognise shared contributions to successful outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
- Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
- Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for
. Simpler: keep each responsibility bullet as
About the Team
Print Supply Chain Management is responsible for printing/manufacturing books, demand forecasting, deciding where products should be produced, and distribution, warehousing, transportation, stocking, and print-on-demand fulfillment.
About the Role
The role requires driving the performance of strategic suppliers to deliver quality, service, cost, and value; build strong supplier partnerships that promote accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement; and collaborate across the Supply Chain to strengthen resilience, manage risk, and deliver end-to-end business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Supplier Performance Management: Manage strategic supplier performance. Maintain scorecards, KPIs, reports, reviews, and meetings. Monitor contracts and SLAs. Address gaps through corrective actions. Improve service, quality, cost, and operations. Build strong relationships and maintain commercial governance.
- Contract Management: Manage supplier contracts throughout their lifecycle. Monitor obligations, pricing, and service commitments. Support renewals, amendments, and extensions. Maintain accessible records. Work with Procurement and Legal to clarify contract terms.
- Tender and Supplier Selection Support: Support sourcing and tender activities. Contribute to RFPs, RFIs, evaluations, and due diligence. Assist with supplier assessments, onboarding, and transitions. Define performance and service expectations.
- Financial and Commercial Management: Track supplier spend, volumes, and cost trends. Measure results against budgets and targets. Support invoice checks and payment resolution. Verify pricing and identify savings. Report spend, volume, and performance.
- Risk and Business Continuity: Work with Risk Management and Operations. Assess operational, financial, geopolitical, cybersecurity, sustainability, and compliance risks. Maintain risk registers and track mitigation actions. Support continuity plans, incident management, and reviews.
- Supplier Governance: Ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, sustainability commitments, and ethical standards. Support onboarding and ongoing governance. Review compliance records and certifications. Escalate issues appropriately.
- Data, Reporting, and Insights: Maintain supplier dashboards and reports. Analyse operational and commercial data. Identify trends and improvement opportunities. Report to key stakeholders. Support forecasting and capacity planning.
- Collaboration: Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, Planning, Risk Management, Legal, and other teams. Prevent silos and share expertise. Support cross-training, supplier transitions, business changes, and major projects. Promote an integrated, end-to-end supply chain.
Requirements
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving goals. Monitor progress regularly, take responsibility for group outcomes, and encourage accountability and ownership. Recognise and share credit for contributions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and provide coaching and mentoring to others. Explain complex technical matters clearly and adapt communication to suit the audience. Remain current within the discipline, build external connections, and apply best practices.
- Provide clear instructions and direction. Listen actively, ask effective questions, and consider different viewpoints. Explain the wider business context clearly.
- Manage unexpected situations independently and act with confidence. Remove obstacles and follow through on agreed actions. Encourage initiative by providing appropriate information, resources, and support while maintaining individual ownership of goals and achievements.
- Ask relevant questions and gather facts from multiple sources. Identify and analyse problems, recommend suitable solutions, and manage routine issues independently.
- Promote cooperation across the team. Remove barriers that affect team performance and support the effective resolution of conflicts.
- Identify opportunities for teams to collaborate. Seek input and expertise from team members, and encourage open, constructive discussion on matters affecting the team.
- Provide support without reducing individual ownership. Help individuals and teams achieve their objectives, and recognise shared contributions to successful outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
- Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
- Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for