Diverse Busines Empowerment Mgr

Job Description

Description

Be a part of something powerful at America's premier energy provider!

At Exelon, we are united by our values and shared vision for a cleaner and brighter future. We encourage curiosity, value diverse perspectives and we never stop looking for ways to be, work and do better. We know the future is in our hands. That's why we're looking for people like you, who have the power to make a difference.

As the nation's largest utility company, we serve more than 10 million customers through six fully regulated transmission and distribution utilities: Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). All 18,000 of us are committed to delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy to our customers, strengthening our communities, supporting a clean energy future and reducing our impact on the changing climate.

Our people are the heart and soul of our business. Whether it's powering lives, supporting communities or collaborating with colleagues, an Exelon employee is talented, compassionate, forward-thinking and inspired. We are empowered to evolve and advance our careers in an open and inclusive environment. We pride ourselves on being the kind of place where people want to come and stay. We know that investing in our employees' futures strengthens ours, which is why we offer competitive compensation, incentives and health and retirement benefits.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

Primary representative for the Exelon/PHI Supplier Diversity program with internal and external stakeholders such as business unit stakeholders, Supply leadership and key management, legislative and regulatory agencies, and supplier diversity advocacy groups. Provide governance and oversight of a Supplier Diversity Process that reflects Exelon's diverse customer base and reflects the communities we serve; while ensuring compliance with Federal legislation; and city and state requirements. The position is based in DC (Pepco’s Edison Place). This position supports supplier diversity initiatives at Atlantic City Electric (ACE, NJ), Delmarva Power (DPL) and PEPCO (DC). 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support Director in governance, oversight and support for the design and implementation of the Supplier Diversity Program and strategies to increase opportunities at PHI for diverse suppliers; and to obtain external recognition for company efforts in the community, business, and regulatory arenas. (25%)
• Supports the coordinates with external organizations to participate in Supplier Diversity networking events and training sessions. (25%)
• Interacts with Exelon/PHI executive management to educate and consult on Exelon's Supplier Diversity Program initiatives and, results and enable strong and effective leadership sponsorship (25%)
• Ensures compliance with all governmental and regulatory requirements (10%)
• Supports the development and implementation of standard, accurate, and complete Supplier Diversity metrics that reflect proactive and successful process implementation and effectively communicates results to internal and external stakeholders. (5%)
• Supports the identification and pursuit of opportunities to establish alliances to develop Diverse Suppliers' skills and increase their business opportunities (10%)
• Support the Business Units' Emergency Response activities as assigned

JOB SCOPE

• Provide governance, oversight and supports the Company on activities related to corporate supplier diversity advisory boards, councils, and committees.
• Represents Exelon's supplier diversity program to supplier advocacy organizations and regulatory and legislative groups.
• Helps establish corporate-wide strategy for supplier diversity
• Maintains oversight of approximately $400M in supplier diversity spend.
• Travel on average 50% across Exelon sites and business units, as business needs dictate

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering, science or related field with a minimum of 8 years of experience
• Good computer skills including Microsoft products, PassPort/PIMS/Oracle, and the eSourcing tool.
• Excellent communicator, written and oral, with strengths in organization, planning and negotiation skills
• Strong project management skills
• Use and understand effective change management skills and strategies.
• Knowledge of commodities, suppliers, market alignments and supply concepts; and corporate and department practices and procedures, contract law, UCC, government regulations, market pricing and risk analysis.