What are the responsibilities and job description for the Small Business Advocate position at honeywell2-pilot?
Innovate to solve the world's most important challenges
Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address critical challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, productivity, global urbanization and energy. With approximately 129,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, Honeywell has an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything they make and do. Honeywell has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator for seven years in a row, recognizing the company’s global reach of portfolio and invention influence.
In Kansas City, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) manages and operates the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus. This state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing and sourcing facility produces a wide array of intricate components to deliver trusted national security products and government services primarily for the NNSA. Honeywell FM&T’s culture of integrity, commitment and continuous improvement enables them to deliver responsive, collaborative, and innovative management and technology services and products that translate into cutting edge solutions to complex national security issues.
***This position will be in Kansas City, MO***
Summary:
Provide leadership and support in the areas of Outreach, Training, Recognition, In-reach, and Market Research to help ensure that FMT Small Business goals and requirements are met.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure the success of Honeywell FM&T’s Small Business Program by working with procurement, line organizations, and capable and competent small businesses to optimize the opportunity for contract awards to Small Business (SB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDV), HUBZone Small Business (HUB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOS), Alaska Native Owned Contractors (ANC), Tribally Owned Concerns (TOC), and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)
- Search for and locate potential SB suppliers and connect them into buyers/internal business customers
- Create/maintain supplier lists by category/type and share with buyers/internal customers
- Review lower tier subcontracting plans for utilization of SB, SDV, HUB, SDB, VOS, ANC, TOC, and WOSB when such a plan is required by the contract and ensure that plans meet applicable requirements.
- Train buyers (purchasing, p-card and direct order requisitions) on SB requirements/procedures
- Plan and execute buyer and other SB recognition/reward/incentive programs
- Facilitate teams of buyers on category/spend flips
- Write articles, promote SB “wins”, opportunities and programs throughout Honeywell FM&T and our supply chain – Create and manage Small Business Visual Management in Purchasing
- Serve as backup/provide support to SBPM on all required duties spelled out in Subcontracting Plan
- Help ensure FMT meets all SB requirements/goals. Identify and lead recovery plans when needed for lagging socio-economic metrics
- Participates as Honeywell FM&T’s representative in small business outreach events specifically intended to offer opportunities for participants to do business with Honeywell FM&T
- (10%) (Outward)