Ss&P Vendor Diversity Lead

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The Global Financial & Accounting Services (GFAS) division is a growing team with an increasing breadth of responsibility. The foundation continues to grow in its global footprint and in the complexity of its work. The GFAS team is scaling up to support this important work. The team’s vision is to provide innovative and scalable global business solutions in accounting, tax, payroll, treasury and financial operations while safeguarding the reputation of the foundation and our related entities, with the highest standards of integrity and operational excellence.
GFAS is a division within the Finance organization at the foundation and an important part of the operations function. Operations supports and enables the five program teams to make investments and to run effectively and efficiently. As a function, Finance employs approximately 100 FTEs. The GFAS division is significant (30+ FTE’s), and responsible for financial reporting processes, technical and advisory services, internal controls, and the accounting functions at the foundation.
As a new integral function of GFAS, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) is building a team that partners with the business to procure competitive vendors, drive negotiations, and align internal contracting requirements. SS&P is both a practice and function.
As a practice, SS&P is the evaluation and selection of vendors based on qualitative and measurable success metrics, rather than the simple cost of the product or service. SS&P connects spend analysis, data-driven vendor selection with diversity in mind, and ongoing engagement with vendors to increase purchasing power to deliver value and mitigate risk.
As a function, SS&P is a new business-enabling team who partners with Contract Services, Finance, Information Security, HR, Legal, Accounting and others to ensure our vendor procurement process is transparent, balances risk, and gives time back to business partners to focus on their impactful work in the foundation.

Your Role

Reporting to the Deputy Director of SS&P, the Global Vendor Diversity Lead will drive the strategy and implementation of Foundation’s Global Vendor Diversity program. This hands-on role will lead all aspects of the program. This role will serve as the primary liaison between SS&P category managers, the Foundation’s leadership, the diverse vendor community, and diverse vendor advocacy groups. This individual is responsible for establishing and meeting quantitative targets for the program.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain relationship with BMGF Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
• Review and distribute all scheduled and ad-hoc reports for diverse vendor activity.
• Strategy Development and Implementation
• Performance Monitoring/Tracking/Reporting
• Lead on the interface with any and all agencies and departments, domestic and international, relating to the foundation’s responses to questions or statements of position on Vendor Diversity related matters. Collaborate closely with internal subject matter experts to ensure appropriate responses and communications.
• Develop internal vendor networking opportunities.
• Continue to assess the organization’s current Vendor Diversity performance and identify and prioritize the organization’s key issues.
• Establish, report on, and meet quantitative targets and Key Performance Indicators for the program.
• Develop and maintain a portfolio of “best-in-class” diverse vendors and those with demonstrated records in the Foundation commodities; provide internal exposure and advocacy of identified vendors.
• Partner with regional offices and affiliates to help establish vendor diversity practices
• Develop and implement tools to track diverse vendor inclusion, usage, and results (e.g. spend).
• Develop and nurture relationships with external diversity/diverse vendor advocacy groups.
• Serve as general liaison between Vendor Diversity communities and the foundation.
• Work closely with Sourcing category leads and managers to establish category strategies, identify qualified vendors and achieve specific quantitative targets regarding spend with diverse vendors.
• Collaborate with SS&P Deputy Director to build on the global supplier diversity vision for BMGF in close partnership with foundation’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion center of excellence and Partner Strengthening & Diversity initiative.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor adherence to Vendor Diversity Standard.
• Develop vendor management relationship program and reporting for top diverse vendors.
• Develop and manage the global strategy to increase utilization of and engagement with diverse vendors.
• Consistently reinforce the case for Vendor Diversity and market internally.
• Gather information and standard processes from internal and external Vendor Diversity experts (including, interviewing leaders from other industries, reviewing case studies, applying expert consultants and attending conferences, as appropriate).
• Outreach/Utilization
• Serve as the point of contact for any and all interfaces with internal customers on the subject of Vendor Diversity. This includes being the lead interface with customers relative to their inquiries, their requests for information on company efforts in support of Vendor Diversity, and all written and verbal communications to customers on the subject of Vendor Diversity. As necessary, collaborate with internal subject matter experts to ensure appropriate responses and communications.

Your Experience

• Established relationships with diverse supplier community and advocacy organizations (e.g. NMSDC, WBENC)
• Strong written communication skills
• Strong background in Strategy development for a centralized indirect category based Procurement organization
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing methodology and vendor management
• Effective presenter and public speaker with the ability to represent the Foundation externally
• Proven experience in developing and implementing principles and practices of world-class Supplier Diversity programs
• Superior project management skills and follow through
• Bachelor’s Degree or 7-10+ years of experience with Supplier Diversity and/or Sourcing & Procurement
• Ability to influence internal clients towards diverse suppliers
• Ability to analyze detailed data to find opportunities for diverse suppliers
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders, line managers and Individual Contributors

Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

The typical salary range for this role is $122,570 to $227,630 USD. The exact offer will be determined by a variety of factors such as the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience relative to the requirements of the role.

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Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Depending upon your work location, we may require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 and any recommended booster doses. All employees based in the United States are to provide proof of full vaccination upon hire and any recommended boosters, subject to applicable laws.

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Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.