Technical Program Manager

Job Title: Technical Program Manager

Location: Hybrid - Bay Area, Omaha, NE, Bellevue, WA (2+days/week, Thursday required, remaining days flexible)

Duration: 12-months

Overview

The Supplier Programs Manager role requires a strong data analytical foundation and will help to develop and maintain the reporting infrastructure, data analytics, and data visualization to support Supplier Programs efforts within the Infrastructure Business Engineering team. In this role they will work closely on Supplier Programs including Responsible Sourcing and sustainability efforts to support reporting needs, competitive insights and benchmarking, while maintaining datasets around carbon reporting and supplier diversity spend reporting. Their efforts will drive transformative and meaningful changes to data management and optimize current processes around data collection. This role will focus on supplier engagement around carbon reduction efforts, supporting cross functional efforts around responsible sourcing, strong foundational understanding of scope 3 and GHG accounting, and proven track record on driving supplier engagement within Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and/or Supply Chain functions.

Their efforts will include rigorous assessments of sustainability metrics and carbon footprint accounting and forecasting. They will collaborate cross-functionally to drive sustainability solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support in the development of the Supplier Relationship Management and Responsible Sourcing Programs datasets (Supplier Diversity and Supplier Sustainability) & related processes
• Responsible for the Supplier Enablement processes and driving engagement directly with Suppliers
• Ability to collect, compile, combine, and cleanse data sets to optimize datasets and reporting
• Analyze and evaluate GHG data, metrics/targets, forecasts, and methodologies to drive robust sustainability enablement with suppliers and within the Global Strategic Sourcing organization
• Drive road mapping process for carbon reduction efforts and climate goals
• Partner with internal cross functional teams to drive responsible sourcing initiatives
• Manage data cleansing processes required for supplier diversity enrichments and reporting
• Develop dashboards to track responsible sourcing targets and performance while ensuring accurate data collection
• Perform manual data entry tasks, develop solutions for data automation, and reporting enhancements
• Conduct industry benchmarking and research on carbon reduction strategies within indirect supply chains
• Strong experience with carbon accounting and carbon reduction strategies
• Develop SOPs for Supplier Program related processes and initiatives
• Collaborate cross functionally with sourcing team members, business partners, and suppliers
• Establish framework for building data visualization and toolsets for Supplier Programs
• Ability to design and build a Supplier Program platform that contains all supplier program data, KPIs, metrics, dashboarding, and scorecarding efforts
• Segmentation of Suppliers and annual Supplier data efforts
• Assist in other projects at the discretion of the manager as needed

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree
• 5+ years of professional experience in data analytics, data management, carbon accounting, supply chain, strategic sourcing, procurement, operations or process documentation
• 2+ years of professional experience in environmental science, sustainability, data science, analytics, reporting, or a similar discipline
• 2+ years of professional experience in greenhouse gas, carbon accounting, sustainability forecasting, and data modeling

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical, verbal, presentation and written skills.
• Ability to consolidate and manage data to drive meaningful insights.
• Demonstrated ability to manage & maintain timelines.
• Superior ability to multi-task.
• Project management and supplier relationship management skills
• Advanced pruriency in PowerBI and Excel
• Strong experience in all other computer applications such as Microsoft Suite specifically and other analytical tools, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Lucidcharts
• Robust process documentation experience
• Ability to work in a team environment, yet be self-directed, pro-active and action-oriented.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and extremely high attention to detail.
• Master Degree, Data Science/Analytics Advancement

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at:

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

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