What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Business Continuity Senior position at Daikin Comfort North America?
The Business Continuity Manager Senior will be responsible for manage teams that will be working with company disciplines to develop, update, and test business impact analysis plans, business continuity plans and related planning components. The Business Continuity Manager will also direct the strategic planning and deployment, and assessment of enterprise-wide continuity planning programs as required to meet company needs.
May include:
• Develop and execute long-term strategic plans for their department, aligning with the company's overall vision and goals.
• Lead, motivate, train large Risk teams, providing guidance, coaching, and performance feedback to direct reports.
• Set clear performance metrics, track progress against goals, and identify areas for improvement.
• Make critical business decisions based on data analysis and considering potential impacts on the department and organization.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure smooth operations and achieve shared objectives.
• Assist and manage company disciplines to develop and deploy business continuity planning policies.
• Responsible for managing alignment and strategic planning of the Business Continuity Plan to align with company overall vision and goals.
• Work with personnel to conduct business continuity risk assessment studies to evaluate and identify viable risk reduction strategies.
• Set clear organizational objectives goals and policies to conduct a business impact analysis study evaluating the impacts of a disruption and determine business function and the system recovery time objectives.
• Analyze deficiencies in company recovery capabilities and evaluates potential recovery strategy enhancements.
• Prepare business continuity documentation including technical and operational recovery plans and other related materials.
• Manage, design, facilitate, and evaluate disaster recovery and business continuity planning exercises to validate the viability and effectiveness of the company business continuity plan and other recovery planning provisions.
• Work with Business Impact Analysis owners to bring existing materials current and enhance the organizations’ ability to respond to, and recover from, disasters.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on operations and customer satisfaction.
• Manage Business Continuity Planning software to ensure company strategy goals are met.
• Communicate project status, risks, issues and concern to stakeholders regularly.
• Manage, prepare and present monthly and quarterly progress reports to Senior Leadership.
• Facilitate meetings and ensure effective communication across all stakeholders.
• Train, Identifying, and developing high-potential employees within the team.
• Manages, designs and conducts awareness and training events to educate personnel on the importance of business continuity planning and the details of their respective plans.
• Utilize and implement industry standards to evaluate current disaster recovery and business continuity planning programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Nature & Scope:
• Ensures work is aligned with the Director’s expectations, goals, and vision
• Develops and drives processes for implementing strategic plans
• Develops departmental plans, including business, production, operational and/or organizational priorities in fast-changing businesses and/or regulatory environments
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives where independent thought and judgment is required for determining the appropriate course of action
• Works on complex issues and projects
• Provides guidance and training to managers, supervisors, and high-level professionals
• Has accountability for multiple departments or areas
• Level of signing authority established by company policy/guidelines
Knowledge & Skills:
• Applies fundamentals of risk management concepts, practices and procedures.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with and ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Strong project management skills with experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects from concept to commercialization.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Advanced in Microsoft applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to set SMART goals and drive ownership and accountability with business partners.
• Experience performing International Organization of Standardization (ISO) audits is preferred but not required.
• Ability to obtain Business Continuity Planner Certification.
• Ability to be able to create and understand depth in third party support and sourcing.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to provide information in a clear and concise manner and to communicate with a variety of individuals and company leadership.
• Strong attention to detail, high level of accuracy and compliance oriented.
• Must be able to exercise discretion and independent judgment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point
Experience:
• 15 years of progressive experience in manufacturing environment
Education/Certification:
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
People Management: Yes
Physical Requirements / Work Environment: Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations.
Reports To: Director, Risk Management
Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.
The Company provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of a person’s race, color, religion (including religious dress or grooming practices), creed, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, uniform service member or veteran status, ancestry, disability, physical or mental disability (including HIV/AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, request for protected leave, marital status, sex, pregnancy, age (over 40), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will comply with all federal and state regulations and statutes pertaining to individuals with disabilities.
