Supplier Diversity Program Manager

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience designing diverse supplier engagement strategies, identifying qualified diverse suppliers and networks, integrating supplier diversity best practices across a corporation or institution and leading diverse supplier business programs.
• Experience in working with diverse supplier networks and managing complex supplier relationships.
• Experience in creating or expanding supplier diversity programs in a decentralized environment.
• Experience in working with stakeholders to encourage, develop and implement supplier diversity targets and goals.
• Familiarity with reporting, tools and technologies that support a supplier diversity program.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to cultivate professional and business partnerships.
• Ability to work independently and produce results with minimum direction.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to exercise creative and critical thinking in evaluating situations and developing solutions.
• Ability to influence and work well with senior level management, peer and individual contributors across university and be comfortable communicating across all levels.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to influence and motivate constituencies which could span multiple institutional boundaries.
• Demonstrated excellent planning, organizational and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound business decisions using good business judgment and innovative and creative problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to manage financial, organizational and staff resources.
• Synthesize information into succinct, concise, and logical summaries and reports. Strong interpersonal skills, high degree of presentation skills
• Experience in managing change.
• Superior negotiation skills to influence campus partners and leaders on strategic direction, business case value proposition and process improvements.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks concurrently.

Additional Qualifications

• Background in Diversity and Inclusion Programs a plus
• Background in setting up, implementing, and managing supplier diversity programs.

Certifications and Licenses:

• None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.
• Frequently stand/walk, sit, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Occasionally use a telephone.
• Rarely lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 11-20 pounds.

* Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

WORK STANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations and consultants.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

*The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

*Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.