Small Business Liaison Officer

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The Small Business Liaison Officer reports to the Director of Global Supply Management  and shall be responsible for promoting the company’s commitment to working with small, disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and minority-owned business in compliance with government regulations. Th SBLO develops strategies to meet small business contracting goal, manages relationships with small business partners, and ensures compliance with federal regulations such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The roles services as the primary point of contact for the company and small business subcontractors, as well as government agencies monitoring small business utilization.

Job Summary

The Small Business Liaison Officer reports to the Director of Global Supply Management and shall be responsible for promoting the company’s commitment to working with small, disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and minority-owned business in compliance with government regulations. The SBLO develops strategies to meet small business contracting goal, manages relationships with small business partners, and ensures compliance with federal regulations such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The roles services as the primary point of contact for the company and small business subcontractors, as well as government agencies monitoring small business utilization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Outreach: Lead outreach efforts to identify qualified small businesses, including but not limited to women-owned businesses, veteran-owned, HUBZone and Disadvantaged businesses
• Serve as an advocate for small business participation within the company, work closely with procurement, contracts, capture and project teams to ensure small business goals are met
• SBA Subcontracting Plan:   Develop, implement, and manage the company’s small business subcontracting plan in accordance with FAR and DFARS requirements to support prime contract efforts
• Reporting: Prepare and analyze reporting data for all small business program requirements. Compile and communicate reporting data semiannually to relevant stakeholders; data for plans, proposals and any other adhoc requests
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with small business requirements, including the submission and monitoring of required reports such as the Individual Subcontracting Report (ISR) and Summary Subcontracting Report (SSR)
• Serve as the company’s Small Business representative in communications with federal agencies related to small business contracting, goals, audits and compliance
• Provide training, guidance and educate internal teams on the importance of small business utilization and the company’s commitment to diversity in the supply chain
• Educate vendors on policies and procedures
• Maintain records on small business utilization, compile data for audits, and prepare periodic reports to demonstrate compliance with contractual small business goals
• Increase awareness of equal opportunity in business contracting
• Promote the small business program in publications
• Create and document listings of small businesses
• Identify opportunities for improving small business participation
• Establish relationships between the business community, buyers, and customers
• Participate in trade fairs to promote equal opportunity in procurement and business contracting
• Provide general programmatic subcontracts compliance related support including subcontracts policy and procedure development and review, internal audits, and other activities required by the program.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in procurement, government contracting, or supplier diversity management with a minimum of 3yrs as an SBLO.
• Strong knowledge of CPSR procurement requir