Director, Trade Partner Diversity

Overview

About Suffolk

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies), and innovation research/development.

 

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $5.0 billion in annual revenue, 2,600 employees, and main offices in Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Suffolk manages some of the most complex, sophisticated projects in the country, serving clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, government, mission critical and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

 

The Role 

The Director of Trade Partner Diversity will be responsible for driving Underrepresented Business Enterprises (UBEs) outreach and participation for Suffolk Construction in the Boston/Northern California markets to drive the supplier diversity program. focusing on building partnerships with UBEs, including Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBE), Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE), and Veteran Business Enterprises (VBE), to further enhance workforce diversity across Suffolk projects. as well as local workforce participation. The Director builds and maintains strong community relations, identifying opportunities for diverse partnerships with trade organizations, unions, and public agencies. This role also monitors and reports on Suffolk’s progress towards meeting these goals. The Director reports to Suffolk’s Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Responsibilities

Collaboration with Project Teams:

• Partner with Suffolk’s project teams to develop and execute plans that meet workforce and M/W/VBE participation goals throughout construction projects.
• Verify Compliance Protocols & other requirements are met
• Create Utilization Plan for high Priority RFP’s and take part in client Interviews
• Monitor project progress, provide regular updates, and support teams in addressing challenges related to meeting diversity goals.
• Work with the Legal Department to ensure accurate inclusion of diversity goals in contracts and subcontracts.
• Track New Projects & Changes in Local requirements and adjust as needed.

Reporting and Improvement:

• Prepare and analyze reports on Suffolk’s performance related to diversity goals.
• Develop strategies for continuous improvement in meeting these goals.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Communicate and collaborate with trade partners, unions, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and progress towards goals.
• Maintain databases of contacts with trade partners, unions, public agencies, and qualified local applicants.

Outreach and Advocacy:

• Attend and sponsor conferences, trainings, and forums that promote awareness of trade partner diversity and reinforce Suffolk’s commitment to inclusion.
• Actively participate in Suffolk’s youth mentoring programs and community-based job shadowing initiatives.

Personnel Management:

• Set Team Direction & Strategy
• Performance Management and oversight for a team of at least two direct reports.

External Programming:

• Oversee Build With Us, Suffolk’s business accelerator national program to support Women, Minority, Veteran owned businesses.
• Attend Job Fairs, Events, Association Participation

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of construction or related experience and or a college degree.
• Roughly 20% travel will be required, most within a reasonable drive.
• Public speaking and strong writing skills.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal construction management operations and compliance.
• Familiarity with best practices and tools for advancing trade partner diversity.
• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with individuals at all levels.
• Proficiency in project management and data