Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Senior Manager

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

PURPOSE/SCOPE:

• The DE&I Sr. Manager is responsible for furthering Tennant's DE&I vision and strategy as we continue our journey to embed DE&I into our culture and business. This role provides the opportunity to work at a strategic level along with the day-to-day execution of our DE&I initiatives.

GENERAL RESPONISIBILITIES:

• Work with Tennant leadership, including CHRO, Senior Management and HR leadership teams, to mature and continuously improve our DE&I strategic initiative, corresponding roadmap and activation plans to drive and nurture a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
  • Work closely with leadership and the broader Human Resources team to identify and implement programs to attract, develop, and retain underrepresented talent.
  • Operating as an important part of the HR team, champion an inclusive employee experience through collaboration with our HR Center of Excellence and HR Business Partner teams.
  • Understand the connection between our DE&I initiatives, our culture and employee engagement and recommend actions to intensify progress towards our DE&I goals. Develop knowledge around industry and overall DE&I best practices and apply those to our organization.
  • Serve as program manager to ensure work stream activation is executed with excellence. Will also play a hands-on role around program execution.
  • Apply a data-driven approach to the prioritization, development, and effectiveness of programs.
  • Through data-driven insights, track and measure progress of initiatives against our DE&I goals.
• Engage with critical stakeholders, internally and externally, to increase awareness and understanding of the enterprise DE&I goals and influence positive change.
  • Partner with current employee driven resource groups to support and advocate for resources. Nurture and develop additional resource groups where appropriate. Help create and moderate a safe space for these groups to operate.
  • Partner with internal teams to develop community partnerships which advance our DE&I strategy and provide learning opportunities for our teams.
  • Inspire commitment, via communication and other engagement avenues, to our DE&I initiatives. Collaborate broadly and drive synergies across functions, departments and the enterprise to further our DE&I work.
• Advise and influence the enterprise around the impact DE&I initiatives will have on our business, strategy, and culture.
  • Consult with internal and external groups on overall best practices and use expertise to influence positive change.
  • Engage leaders, at all levels of the organization, to advance awareness and support for DE&I activities which foster a diverse workforce, an inclusive culture and leads to highly engaged employees.
  • Serve as a strong advocate, ally and champion and influence others to progress their allyship.
  • Demonstrate and role model inclusive leadership and provide coaching to leaders and managers to enhance their capability to cultivate an inclusive environment to build and retain diverse teams.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in applicable field, or equivalent years of applicable experience
• 8 - 10 years' experience developing and executing strategic initiatives, experience within DE&I or talent management desired but not required
• Passion around DE&I initiatives and drive to make a positive impact
• Strong record of activating, and managing impactful programs and change through an organization at an enterprise or large-scale level
• Project management approach and discipline, data-driven in approach
• Ability to influence a broad group of stakeholders, partners and senior leaders without direct authority
• Ability to partner, present and engage at all levels of the org, flexing approach, data application and style for each audience
• Strong accountability and execution orientation to ensure program delivery excellence
• Excellent communications skills, the ability to influence others through strong communications conveying complex DE&I topics to a wide audience

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.