Director of Diversity and Engagement

Company: Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
Location: Nashville
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

The Director of Diversity will design, manage, and implement enterprise diversity and inclusion strategies and programs across Bridgestone Americas, Inc.. This individual will play a critical role in shaping the organization’s diversity agenda with a primary focus on the attraction, retention, and development of high performance leadership talent. The role reports to the VP of Talent Management.JOB SCOPEThe ideal candidate for this position will have 8-12 years experience within the talent acquisition and/or talent management/development space within a large Fortune 1000 company. Direct experience in building foundational tools, processes, and programs related to a talent-led, integrated diversity agenda will be important in addition to superior internal and external stakeholder management skills.The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of project management and ability to drive programs that support the organization's workforce diversity, inclusiveness, engagement and retention opportunities. The candidate should possess strong analytical skills and ability to translate concepts, metrics, research, and trends into tangible talent strategy and, ultimately, business outcomes. In addition to an ability to build and maintain positive relationships internally and externally, he/she must be a team player with excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Responsibilities Support VP of Talent Management & Development.

Lead the overall development and implementation of enterprise diversity and engagement strategies, including talent identification, talent assessment, leadership development, employee engagement, and retention of diversity workgroups

Develop tools and metrics for measuring the effectiveness of enterprise diversity initiatives.

Provide diversity view into the design and development of enterprise leadership development programs.

Serve as subject matter expert and liaison to HRBPs and the business to develop strategic action to attract/develop/retain diverse talent by analyzing and presenting talent demographics, monitoring data trends and developing diversity initiatives.

Benchmark and research analysis, including monitoring and reporting on diversity and inclusion topics.

Partner with communications to regularly communicate internal and external diversity and inclusion initiatives, events, and progress.

Shape the design, management, and integration of the organization's Employee Resource Groups

Identify, build, and sustain key community partnerships to support enterprise diversity and inclusion projects/plans/initiatives and business strategies.

Partner with key stakeholders to align and support Supplier Diversity as part of the larger enterprise strategy.

Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in human resource management, business or public administration, or closely related field.

Masters Degree preferred.

Minimum 8-12 years of related human resources experience including preparation and implementation of diversity, talent management, development and/or engagement initiatives.

Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and interface effectively with all levels of the organization, especially senior leadership

Project management skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience in facilitation/presentation

Strong, operational, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, be a team player, manage multiple projects and possess a strong knowledge of diversity metrics and analytics.

Proficient in Microsoft Office with an emphasis in Excel and PowerPoint

Employee Type Regular

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.

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