Special Projects Manager

MV Transportation•Dallas, TX

22h

About The Position

MV Transportation is the leading public transportation provider in North America. We seek a Special Projects Manager who can work with our Business Development (BD) team on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) administration. This position is a member of MV’s Source to Settle (S2S) team. This role serves as a liaison between S2S, maintenance, operations, business development, and any other key stakeholder organizations.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in public administration, supply chain, business administration, law, or a related field preferred
Strong communication skills, including high-level writing and editing skills, superb reading comprehension skill, the ability to speak publicly, and the ability to explain complex information
Ability to review, interpret, and explain legal contract requirements
Possess the drive to be successful in an extremely fast-paced environment
Expert in multi-task computer operation in Microsoft Office, including expertise in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams
Must possess excellent proofreading and cross-referencing skills
Must be able to work outside standard business hours when the occasion arises
Impeccable organizational and time management skills
Ability to work multiple new business projects simultaneously
Ability to develop reach out and work with stakeholders
Must be accountable
Strong interpersonal skills, a high level of professionalism, and the ability to establish effective working relationships with key business partners
Must be resourceful, ask questions, create solutions with a high attention to detail
Critical thinking skills are a must, as is creative problem solving, work independently and time management

Nice To Haves

Transportation sector experience preferred

Responsibilities

Identify RFP DBE requirements and responsible for developing solicitation material and scopes of work/quote forms for individual sales projects
Defines functional and technical requirements
Performs solicitation, outreach, documentation of all DBE participation, GFE (Good Faith Efforts), and goal achievement
Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure successful collaboration
Maintain alignment of regulatory requirements
Lead cross-functional negotiating teams targeting key spend categories
Develop and implement commodity strategies and establish and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers to ensure successful implementation and support
Remain current with market trends through relationships with suppliers and market experts; identify and communicate new technologies and solutions to key problems in the assigned spend areas
Maintain a working knowledge of internal policies (e.g. Source to Settle, code of ethics) or procedures to ensure the behavior exhibited by the organization is with the highest level of integrity, honesty and transparency
Must have a proven execution of a customer service mindset where Excellence is the only acceptable outcome
Maintains internal and external deadlines (% on-time)
Ability to manage volume (% of work assigned)
Ability to achieve flawless execution on deliverables (% contribution/peer feedback)