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Technical Sourcing Manager - Construction, Architecture and Engineering Americas Lead

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany · St Louis, MO · 1 mo ago
$104k–$156k/yrFull-time
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for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse the posting. First, remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The posting includes some fluff at start: "Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma..." That's marketing fluff but maybe considered part of description? It's not a section heading; we can keep as prose in

. However we need to preserve all substantive information; we can keep that as part of description. We need sections: About the role (maybe description of role). Responsibilities (list of duties). Requirements (minimum qualifications). Qualifications (preferred qualifications). Skills (maybe combine? but we can include if there is specific skill list). Benefits (they mention health insurance, PTO, retirement contributions, other perquisites). Pay (they gave pay range). Schedule (maybe not given; they mention Hybrid Travel after description. We need to preserve all substantive info: location: St. Louis, MO; Hybrid Travel:

  • . Let's extract each bullet: - Design, develop, and maintain a preferred supplier list (PSL) for (A/E/C) ensuring alignment with user/stakeholder requirements, project risk profiles, and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany standards. - Drive a portfolio-driven sourcing strategy that reduces time-to-value and improves project outcomes at FEL (Front End Loading) stages. - Map supplier capabilities in the U.S. market, project needs, identify and mitigate gaps through supplier development or alternative sourcing. - Develop and formalize supplier selection criteria, scoring models, and contractual frameworks in collaboration with legal, finance, and E&T. - Manage RFPs/RFQs, negotiate contracts and rates, and secure favorable commercial terms while maintaining compliance with corporate policies. - Drive integration with FEL planning, ensuring two or more preferred suppliers are ready for project assignment and consistent with the portfolio strategy. - Transition from project-by-project bidding to a strategic, portfolio-level sourcing approach to reduce cycle times and increase velocity by reducing project execution by six months. - Establish governance and communication cadences with E&T, Value Stream leaders, and project teams; provide regular status updates and risk/ issue logs. - Develop and monitor KPIs (e.g., supplier performance, cycle time, cost savings, contract compliance, risk ratings) and continuously improve category performance. - Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives (standard operating procedures, playbooks, templates) to scale best practices across the construction portfolio. - Ensure alignment with safety, quality, compliance, and ESG requirements; oversee audits and corrective actions as needed. - Ability to bring together Technical Sourcing Managers from Capex and Recurring spend to act and think as one team. - Define and implement a structured stakeholder management approach. - Responsible for leading site support under the proximity scheme, coordinating with recurrent spend sourcing managers and ensuring alignment with the project sourcing managers. - Follow strategy outlined by Category Managers and Global Sourcing Managers. - The role as Technical Sourcing Manager in Technical Sourcing Americas does not include People Responsibility. We need to keep all. Now after that: "Who You Are Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree preferably in business administration or engineering. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Minimum 5 years related experience in Procurement, Construction or Engineering working experience in multinational companies related to Investment Projects. Sourcing in chemical, pharma or life science industry is preferred. Fluency in written and spoken English." Then "Preferred Qualifications Professional communication with ability to manage interests across different skill levels along with strong intercultural insights Good management skills with ability to work effectively in cross-functional and diverse teams Demonstrated ability to manage supplier qualification programs and to build/maintain PSLs. Strong analytical and project management skills; experience with RFP/RFQ processes, contract negotiations, and rate setting. Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills; proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams (E&T, Value Stream, Legal, Finance, Compliance). Knowledge of U.S. construction markets, supplier ecosystems, and regulatory considerations. Change management mindset with the ability to drive portfolio-level decisions and balance short-term delivery with long-term strategy. Structured and reliable working attitude with curiosity to learn new things. Ability to engage and lead cross-functional stakeholder meetings in a remote or virtual work environment. Time zone flexibility working within a global environment. Resilience & Pressure resistance with ability to fit into fast moving environments. Agility to balance business relationships in a complex global organization. Portuguese and Spanish are a plus." Then "Location: St. Louis, MO; Hybrid Travel: About the role
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    . - Responsibilities: the bullet list under Key Accountabilities. - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe we could extract skills from Preferred Qualifications? But we already have Qualifications section for preferred; Skills could be separate if we want to list specific skills like "Professional communication", "Strong analytical and project management skills", etc. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we might combine Skills into Qualifications or Responsibilities. But we have separate headings list; we can include Skills if we have specific skill list. The posting includes many skill-like items in Preferred Qualifications. Could treat them as Skills section. But we already have Qualifications (preferred). Might be redundant. Better to have Requirements (minimum) and Qualifications (preferred) and maybe Skills not needed. However the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for Requirements and Qualifications. For Skills, we could extract explicit skill statements: "Professional communication with ability to manage interests across different skill levels along with strong intercultural insights", "Good management skills with ability to work effectively in cross-functional and diverse teams", "Demonstrated ability to manage supplier qualification programs and to build/maintain PSLs.", "Strong analytical and project management skills; experience with RFP/RFQ processes, contract negotiations, and rate setting.", "Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills; proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams (E&T, Value Stream, Legal, Finance, Compliance).", "Knowledge of U.S. construction markets, supplier ecosystems, and regulatory considerations.", "Change management mindset with the ability to drive portfolio-level decisions and balance short-term delivery with long-term strategy.", "Structured and reliable working attitude with curiosity to learn new things.", "Ability to engage and lead cross-functional stakeholder meetings in a remote or virtual work environment.", "Time zone flexibility working within a global environment.", "Resilience & Pressure resistance with ability to fit into fast moving environments.", "Agility to balance business relationships in a complex global organization.", "Portuguese and Spanish are a plus." These are skills/competencies. So we could make a Skills section with those as list. But then we would duplicate content from Preferred Qualifications. The Preferred Qualifications paragraph includes those same sentences. If we split, we'd be duplicating. Better to keep Preferred Qualifications as Qualifications section and not create separate Skills. The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we will not create Skills unless we have distinct skill list not already covered. Since the preferred qualifications already cover skills, we can skip Skills. Benefits: we have health insurance, PTO, retirement contributions, other perquisites. Also maybe mention "Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses." That's also a benefit. We'll include. Pay

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