Manager - Business Support

Company: Avangrid Mgmt Company, LLC, an Avangrid Company

Department: Corp Security & Physical & Cyber

Job Title: Manager -Business Support

Location: Orange, CT / Boston, MA

Work Model: Office

The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $141,120.00-$184,400.00.

• →Directs Control to load approved CAPEX and OPEX budgets each year and plans funding to appropriate Project-based Analytical Orders (AOs), ensuring AOs are created accurately and in line with rate case authorization amounts in partnership with Investment Planning and Regulatory Revenue Requirements groups. Supports ESP/GSP Program and Project review boards as required for CAPEX funding (both project and program) approval. Supports Extraordinary Budget Requests submittals as required for OPEX funding approval beyond approved budget amounts. Supports rate case inquiries as a stakeholder to department responses as required. Provides departmental leadership in company-wide calls for project and program justification.
• →This position will be responsible for managing procurement for the department at the Direct (<$10k), Delegated (<$75k), Agile (<$1M), and Category (>$1M) purchasing levels, using iBuy to facilitate purchases including Framework Agreement purchases and one-off purchases. This position is responsible for identifying changes to Corporate policy in purchasing, communicating those changes to the larger department, and applying changes as required. Assists technical business owners with RFP / bid package creation including scope of work development, sole source procurement justifications, and technical specifications.
• →Additionally, this position manages vendor relationships as required in support of CSR tenders and projects. Additionally this role ensures Framework Agreement (FA) Managers are aware of their responsibilities and flags  FA consumption issues and assisting in seeking variance (either time and/or funding variances) in FA availability in support of business needs.
• →Provides leadership on various programs and projects as required by the Corporate Security leadership.  Provides linkage to management staff for decision making. Manages administrative staff and vendors providing professional and technical guidance. Demonstrated ability to interface between functional groups and global peers.
• →Oversees Budget Analyst role in processing PO requests from business technical owners in each vertical, completing tasks as required when Budget Analyst is unavailable. Meets regularly with Analyst to identify barriers to his or her role and to assist in process and procedure improvement to create PR/POs and PAOs with as quick a turnaround as possible in order to facilitate business operations. Provides management and oversight to end of month reporting through invoice processing and goods receipt/accrual inputs, assisting Analyst as operational tempos require. Quality checks PR/POs generated by Analyst for Control requirements, quote and receipt uploads, and goods receipting to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies. Monitors group purchasing inbox as a secondary respondent / gap coverage for PR/PO requests.

• Higher education completion including a bachelor’s degree or certification program in administration, business, purchasing, or similar field. 
• 7-10 years’ experience, preferably in project or technical management

• 7 to 10 years of work experience including SAP experience in MM Purchasing module and budget management report transactions.
• Prior project management experience, especially with project budgeting, phased budgeting, project estimating, work breakdown structures
•  Prior management or supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of business and financial aspects, including some competencies in accounting and corporate finance as well as purchasing and procurement industry best practices, US GAAP, contracting review, bid creation and RFP/tender management.
• Project management skills.
• Strong understanding of accounting and budgeting
• Excellent team leader with soft skills which will apply to both subordinates, other department members, or leadership including at the VP and SVP level.
• Business communication skills from a technical perspective
• SAP technical experience
• Strong overall understanding of relevant service delivery procedures
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask and complete responsible assignments on schedule
• Staff Development
• Budget Development

·         Growth & Continuous Improvement

·         Initiative & Change

·         Focused on Results

·         Customer Centric (internal and/or External)

·         Communication

·         Collaboration

Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

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