Description

Summary

The Supplier Diversity Manager plays a key role in supporting the company's diversity initiatives, ensuring diversity outcomes are achieved in alignment with our core values of honesty, safety, unity, and quality. This position provides focused support within the Healthcare Business Group, fostering capacity building for diverse businesses in a meaningful and impactful way.

Duties

Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.

Ensures “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.

Collaborates with internal teams and external partners to drive sustainable growth for minority, women-owned, disadvantaged, and veteran businesses.

Monitors and tracks diversity performance metrics to ensure program goals are met.

Supports and grows the Tier 2 program and reporting process.

Assists with project pursuits and presentations to win work across the organization.

Provides quarterly updates on diversity spend and assists with the preparation of RFPs.

Identifies diverse suppliers for upcoming bids and matchmaking opportunities.

Displays ability to mentor and conduct training to help grow diverse businesses.

Collaborates during preconstruction to help identify specific work disciplines that can be awarded to MW/DBE firms.

Visits jobsites to help cultivate relationships with diverse subcontractors and provide assistance.

Oversees the preparation and submission of project-specific utilization plans and updates.

Acts as a liaison for small businesses to help reduce barriers by hosting prequalification workshops, exhibiting outreach events, and connecting to certifying agencies.

Actively supports project meetings as a resource and meets with government officials to share information to help address questions and concerns.

Promotes the company program awareness at jobsites and throughout the company.

Actively supports project meetings as a resource and meets with project team members to share information and help address diversity and compliance-related questions and concerns.

Conducts compliance audits on projects with regulatory diversity requirements.

Facilitates community involvement with minority organizations and holds board positions.

Oversees nationally approved minority trade partner database to help create opportunities.

Takes responsibility for diversity and inclusion award submission applications.

Leads efforts to develop supplier diversity strategies for inclusion on projects and engagement.

Education

Has a BA/BS degree in business management, construction management, human resources, procurement, or related field of study or equivalent practical experience.

Has 5+ combined years of experience in subcontracting supplier diversity including MWDBE compliance, community outreach, and presentation skills.

Qualifications

Ability to travel 40 - 50% to different project locations.

Problem solver with the ability to identify alternative solutions to a problem and select the best options.

Ability to build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Competency as an effective presenter and public speaker to both internal and external constituencies.

Effective networking abilities.

Detail-oriented with strong written, verbal, and organization skills.

Superior project management skills and follow-through.

Ability to analyze detailed data to identify opportunities for expanding procurement diversity.

Effective integrator, collaborator, and promoter of and ability to influence internal clients toward diverse procurement.

Ability to prepare and manage a budget involving staff resources, outreach activities, special projects, and collaborations with internal and external clients.

Demonstrated competency in policy research, development, and implementation.

Effective trainer and contributor to development of training and, training materials for internal staff and external clients.

Experience in developing and leading professional staff as an effective unit focused on reaching short- and long-term goals and objectives.

Experience in developing strong and positive vendor relationships through outreach programs, collaborations, partnerships, and innovative initiatives.

Benefits: Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off, Time Away Benefits, Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.

EEO Statement - Layton Construction is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.