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Supplier Diversity Specialist 4/5

Develops and maintains a pool of diverse suppliers for current and future procurement requirements. Analyzes supply base, assesses gaps and targets outreach efforts. Establishes mentoring relationships with key suppliers in partnership with supplier quality and supplier development organizations to meet utilization gaps and strategic objectives. Cultivates and maintains relationships with special interest groups whose purpose is to foster opportunities for diverse suppliers. Provides guidance and direction to management regarding company policies and procedures and other resources to diverse suppliers. Provides guidance to employees and acts as subject matter expert for business unit. Aligns supplier development efforts to business unit and enterprise strategies. Reviews federal regulations and laws to assess impact on supplier diversity program at the business unit level and researches and analyzes information used to provide feedback to regulatory agencies. Leads and conducts assessment and insures compliance to company, state and federal policies, rules and regulations. Leads internal and external reviews and audits. Leads the development and implementation of corrective action plans as needed. Ensures the accuracy of size standards and certifications of diverse suppliers and develops process improvements. Deploys supplier diversity subcontract plan initiatives and targets by working with multi-functional teams to develop and execute plans that meet quantitative targets and objectives to support customer specific requirements. Monitors progress by tracking performance to milestone schedules and goals. Develops corrective action plans as necessary to ensure objectives and milestones are met. Creates, prepares and submits written and verbal reports for business unit, functional, customer and supplier diversity management reviews. Collects, monitors, and analyzes complex data from procurement systems and creates various internal and external reports in order to track performance to supplier diversity goals and plans. Analyzes data for trends. Develops complex ad hoc reports as needed. Develops diverse supplier commitment dollar forecasts, projections and goals for comprehensive and individual subcontracting plans for various business units and external government and commercial customers. Creates plans by analyzing historical trends, long range business plans, procurement projections and other related methodologies to meet contractual requirements and obligations. Interprets analyses results and other information and creates strategic forecasts. Promotes supplier diversity awareness by providing leadership, guidance and standard and customized training to integration teams, advocacy councils and personnel involved in the supply chain on supplier diversity processes, programs, policies and procedures. Uses formal presentations, web based applications, communications plans and other methods to integrate supplier diversity throughout the enterprise. Oversees awareness and training processes and provides guidance to lower level employees. Independently develops supplier diversity sourcing policies, procedures, and strategies. Engages key supplier diversity initiatives to align with long term company strategic sourcing strategies. Oversees supplier diversity proposal efforts by providing small business contract language, developing strategies and plans to subcontract with diverse suppliers. Acts as subject matter expert for procurement review and make/buy review boards to insure inclusion of diverse suppliers in the source selection process. Acts as subject matter expert for procurement review and make/buy review boards to ensure inclusion of diverse suppliers in the source selection process.

Competencies



General


Build Positive Relationships
Consistently builds effective working relationships with other project leads, internal employees, and external customers. Probes for and provides information to clarify situations. Consistently seeks and expands on original ideas from other project leads, internal employees, and external customers, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand. Places higher priority on project and organization goals than on own goals. Guides others in gaining agreement from other project leads, managers, internal employees, and external customers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.

Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques. Technical


Customer/Supplier Knowledge
Basic - Extensive knowledge of customer's/supplier's organization, processes, policies and procedures, products, requirements, capabilities, practices, support resources, preferences, constraints, etc.
Preferred - Advanced knowledge of customer's/supplier's organization, processes, policies and procedures, products, requirements, capabilities, practices, support resources, preferences, constraints, etc.

Effective Written Comm
Basic - Extensive understanding of the effectiveness of different communication materials (e.g., proposals, papers, user guides, reports, articles, promotional materials, brochures, web sites, presentations, speeches), to select and direct the preparation of materials to satisfy a variety of customer requirements.
Preferred - Advanced, expert understanding of the effectiveness of different communication materials (e.g., proposals, papers, user guides, reports, articles, promotional materials, brochures, web sites, presentations, speeches). Advanced ability to select the appropriate communication tools based on the analysis of disparate types of information for the creation of the overall communication strategy. Advanced ability to construct and present a proposal that effectively articulates the company position. Advanced ability to apply advanced understanding of text and graphics techniques for draft proposal preparation.

Government Laws/Regulations
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of relevant government laws and regulations impacting the functional responsibilities of the occupation.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of relevant government laws and regulations impacting the functional responsibilities of the occupation.

Presentation Skills/Techniques
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of and ability to employ innovative presentation techniques (e.g., posture, speaker's relationship to audience, use of intonation and props, use of visual aids and pacing). Ability to use this extensive and specialized knowledge to coach other presenters.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of and ability to employ innovative presentation techniques (e.g., posture, speaker's relationship to audience, use of intonation and props, use of visual aids and pacing) covering complex subjects to senior level audiences. Ability to use this Advanced/expert knowledge to coach other presenters.

Typical Education/Experience



Level 4 - Bachelor's degree and related work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Level 5 - Bachelor's degree and related work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


Other Job related information



Research and technology experience preferred


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