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Crescent Electric Supply Company · 1 week ago

Business Continuity Manager

Milwaukee, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Crescent Electric Supply Company is a family-owned business committed to powering the communities they serve through teamwork and customer focus. The Business Continuity Manager will oversee the company's resilience strategies, develop policies, and ensure that business continuity plans are effective across the organization.

Electrical DistributionWholesale

Responsibilities

Establishing the framework, requirements, management, training, and governance of business continuity processes and procedures companywide

Developing business continuity management policies and standards

Driving efforts across the organization to validate the effectiveness of business continuity strategies and plans inclusive of related third-party risk mitigation activities

Collaborate with business partners to establish, maintain, and mature a business continuity program, ensuring that the program aligns with industry standards and meets regulatory and insurance requirements

Build, socialize, and enforce policies related to business continuity planning

Collaborate with business partners to conduct and periodically review business impact analyses (BIA), outlining critical business processes, assets, data flows, functions, services vendors, etc

Establish realistic risk thresholds and recovery objectives through the business impact analysis in coordination with business partners including Information Technology and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function and the Board of Directors

Assess the need for and implement, if needed, vendor and cloud resilience programs as it pertains to business continuity

Collaborate with business partners to develop business continuity plans based on business impact analyses, ensuring the ability to continue business operations during a disruption

Plan and conduct business continuity plan tests with business partners, using results to improve continuity plans and the overall program

Educate and advise business partners on the business continuity program processes and requirements to ensure the development of accurate and effective impact analyses and continuity plans

Find opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, third-party engagement, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives

Partner with IT to catalog, test, and measure Disaster Recovery capabilities to ensure the ability to perform within recovery time and recovery point objectives

Manage the crisis response planning, management, and communication

Qualification

Business Continuity PlanningBusiness Impact AnalysisCISSP certificationCBCP certificationABCP certificationProject ManagementInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsCollaborationFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience preferred

7+ years of experience conducting Business Continuity Planning and Business Impact Analysis processes across organizational business lines

Demonstrated experience managing complex projects as well as working with security professionals, information technology partners, and business associates

Relevant experience operating within a fast-paced, complex organization that requires interacting with and influencing a wide range of business and technology partners

Possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills, is a self-starter, is detail-oriented, and can work quickly and accurately under time constraints and against deadlines

Excellent collaborator with the ability to work as part of a team

Ability to multi-task and work optimally to meet frequent deadlines

Willingness to focus and drive toward finding the best solution for the business partner

Fluent people skills with a strong ability to empathize, convince, and influence

Adept at process and project facilitation

Ability to demonstrate flexibility beyond expected work schedule to assist in response to disruptions and scheduled tests

Overnight travel required up to 3 times per month

Preferred

CISSP, CBCP, and/or ABCP certifications preferred

Benefits

Eligibility for health, and dental, vision coverage, 401(k) plan, and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms.

Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance, short-term disability, long-term care, and Employee Assistance Program, subject to applicable waiting periods.

Excused Absence time off and Paid Time Off (PTO).

Company-paid holidays.

Other benefits for which you may be eligible includes supplemental life insurance, hospital indemnity, and accident and critical illness benefits with cancer coverage.

Eligibility: Employees are eligible for health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Employees who are 21 years of age or older will be automatically enrolled in the company’s 401(k) plan once they achieve 90 days of employment.

Company

Crescent Electric Supply Company

Based in East Dubuque, Illinois, Crescent Electric Supply Company is one of the nation’s largest independent distributors of electrical hardware and supplies.

Founded in 1919

East Dubuque, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees