Trade Partner Engagement & Development Manager

Summary

The Trade Partner Engagement & Development Manager plays a key role in supporting the company's trade partner initiatives, ensuring that trade partner outcomes are achieved in alignment with our core values of honesty, safety, unity, and quality. This position provides focused support within the Healthcare Business Group, fostering capacity building for all trade partners in a meaningful and impactful way.

Duties

• Champions "The Layton Way" by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
• Ensures that "Constructing with Integrity" is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.

• Collaborating with internal teams and external partners to drive sustainable growth for qualified trade partners that satisfy client requirements.
• Monitoring and tracking trade partner performance metrics to ensure program goals are met.
• Supports and grows the Tier 2 program and reporting process.
• Assists with project pursuits and presentations to win work across the organization and develop meaningful business utilization strategies for trade partner participation.
• Provides quarterly updates on trade partner spending and assists with the preparation of RFPs.
• Engages and identifies suppliers and trade partners for upcoming bids and matchmaking opportunities.
• Displays ability to mentor and conduct training to help grow trade partners.
• Collaborates during preconstruction to help identify specific work disciplines that can be awarded to include trade partners.
• Visits jobsites to help cultivate relationships with trade partners and assistance.
• Oversees the preparation and submission of project-specific utilization plans and updates.
• Acts as a liaison for trade partners to help reduce barriers by hosting prequalification workshops, exhibiting outreach events, and collaborating with trade organizations.
• Promotes the company program awareness at jobsites and throughout the company.
• Actively supports project meetings as a resource and meets with project team members to share information and help address trade partner compliance-related questions and concerns.
• Conducts compliance audits on projects with regulatory requirements.
• Facilitates community involvement with strategic partner organizations and holds board and committee positions.
• Manages the HCG approved trade partner database to help create opportunities.
• Takes responsibility for partnering with marketing for the department award submission applications.
• Leads efforts with Preconstruction, Operations, and local and national trade organizations to develop trade partner strategies for partipcation on projects and engagement.

Education:

• Has a BA/BS degree in business management, construction management, human resources, procurement, or related field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• Has 5+ combined years of experience in trade partner participation including compliance, community outreach, and presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to travel 40 - 50% to different project locations.
• Problem solver with the ability to identify alternative solutions to a problem and select the best options.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates competency to be an effective presenter and public speaker to both internal and external constituencies.
• Effective networking abilities
• Detail-oriented with strong written, verbal, and organization skills.
• Superior project management skills and follow-through.
• Ability to analyze detailed data to identify opportunities for expanding procurement.
• Effective integrator, collaborator, and promoter of and ability to influence internal clients toward trade partner procurement.
• Ability to prepare and manage a budget involving staff resources, outreach activities, special projects, and collaborations with internal and external clients.
• Demonstrated competency in policy research, development, and implementation.
• Effective trainer and contributor to development of training and, training materials for internal staff and external clients.
• Experience in developing and leading professional staff as an effective unit focused on reaching short- and long-term goals and objectives.
• Experience in developing strong and positive vendor relationships through outreach programs, collaborations, partnerships, and innovative initiatives.

Benefits: Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off: 2 Weeks for Non-Exempt and Three Weeks for Exempt, Time Away Benefits, 8 Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.

EEO Statement: Layton Construction is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.