Essential Duties and Responsibilities Developing and implementing business continuity plans and strategies to ensure business operations can continue in the event of a crisis. Working with manufacturing facilities to execute business continuity kick-off materials. Facilitate conversations to drive the delivery of the business impact analysis, including outlining critical business processes, assets, data flows, notifications, and escalations. Manage, educate, and facilitate readiness, response, and recovery procedures in collaboration with field leaders and partners. Utilize a project management approach to develop mechanisms for facilitating on time and on budget execution of continuity and resilience activities within the field. Facilitate table-top exercises and tests with plant leaders, driving updates to drafted plans. · Conduct business continuity risk assessments, establish expectations, facilitate execution of contingency activities. · Manage the delivery of each business continuity plan in scope, including disaster recovery, and crisis management plans and the subsequent completed business continuity summary report and metrics. · Accountable to communicate status, and coordinate escalations to the business continuity leadership team.
Minimum Requirements Experience managing dynamic projects, programs, and facilitating process improvements. Acquainted with established business continuity, project management standards (ISO, PDCA) and/or applicable frameworks in support of execution, preferred. Skilled conducting continuity risk assessments, Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and adept at analyzing and synthesizing data gathered. Excellent planning and organization skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple detail-oriented tasks. Ability to work in a complex, highly matrixed, dynamic, and fast-paced environment with strong project management skills which include prioritizing and balancing workload, anticipating next steps, and adapting to change. Ability to build strong working relationships, influence people and change at various levels, and establish credibility with leaders and stakeholders. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; articulate and persuasive communicator (large audiences and 1:1 engagement) with the ability to demonstrate tact, diplomacy, and nuanced understanding of the communication needs of different audiences. A knack for working with ambiguity and effectively navigating different challenges to identify and leverage opportunities. High level of energy, creativity, curiosity, and flexibility. Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio and Smartsheet. The successful candidate must be capable of domestic travel, sometimes with short notice, up to 30%.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in business or related field and BCI, DRII, and PMP certifications are preferred.
Experience: Relevant field or industry experience delivering business continuity plans preferred.