Manager, Supplier Diversity

Manager, Supplier Diversity

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At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well.

As a Supplier Diversity Manager / Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO) on our procurement team, you will report to the Senior Director, Supply Chain. The SBLO provides oversight of StandardAero’s company-wide Small & Diversity Business Program including outreach efforts, metrics, and reports, and supporting RFP responses and contract audits.

Locations: StandardAero site. Preferred: San Antonio, TX, Cincinnati, OH, Dallas, TX, Augusta GA, Scottsdale, AZ

What you’ll do:

• Develop a comprehensive strategy for Supplier Diversity, including the provision of adequate and timely consideration of potential small / diverse potentialities in all “make-or-buy" decisions, and manage all aspects of the program.

• Support the development of an environmental sustainability commitment statement, charter, and strategic plan to incorporate environmental sustainability into the organization’s current framework.

• Perform an inventory of the company’s supplier base ensuring each suppliers’ Small / Diverse Business status is properly classified in the procurement database.

• Perform strategic reviews of RFP and contract scope to develop options and opportunities for small / diverse business participation.

• Drafting the company’s Small & Diverse Business Subcontracting Plans in support of contractual obligations.

• Establish Small / Diverse Business goal setting in response to RFPs.

• Report Small / Diverse Business participation data to management on subcontracting performance and measuring company performance by government contracts and agencies.

• Prepare and submit Individual Subcontracting Reports and Summary Subcontracting Reports and enter data into the federal government’s electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) and individual States’ reporting structures.

• Ensuring compliance with Small / Diverse Business Subcontracting goals established under Federal, State, and local contracts.

• Participate in outreach to small business concerns, including by participating in small and diverse business fairs, training, and education programs.

• Assist in identifying potential small / diverse business partners for review and exploration with the company’s research and development, operations, and professional services teams.

• Assist potential small /diverse business partners by arranging solicitations, sufficient time for the preparation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules to facilitate their participation and give all such potential small /diverse business partners an opportunity to compete over a period.

• Provide required notices to all current and potential small / diverse business partners and ensure timely payments in full to small / diverse business partners.

• Cultivate positive relationships with federal, State, and local agencies who promote small / diverse business participation in contracts and coordinate the company’s activities during compliance reviews by federal, State, and local agencies.

• Recommend and drive implementation of changes to company policies to ensure ongoing compliance with contractual obligations, including appropriate recordkeeping procedures.

• Develop and execute training plans for internal business partners to gain and maintain program adoption.

• Assist internal business groups with creating solutions to meet supplier diversity compliance targets and sourcing opportunities with diverse businesses.

• Assign NAICS codes to all subcontracts.

• Some travel for networking and related conferences will be required.

Position Requirements:

• Must be authorized to work in the US, US Citizenship required

• Bachelor 's degree (Business Administration or related field preferred).

• Knowledge in U.S. Government, State and local procurement laws, regulations, and contract provisions regarding the utilization of small and diverse businesses

• Excellent Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Access skills.

• Knowledge in Government subcontracting laws, regulations, and contract clauses

Preferred Characteristics:

• 4+ years related experience preferred, but not required.

• Previous SBLO experience or procurement audit compliance is a plus.

• Ability to work in