Management Programs

In an effort to comply with government regulations and to gain a competitive advantage, many organizations have designed and implemented supplier diversity strategies and programs. This workshop will examine:

• Gaining competitive advantage through supplier diversity
• Essentials of the supplier diversity program
• Establishing your supplier diversity profile to realize business goals and to benchmark comparable organizations in order to improve your own

Key Topics

• The need for a strategic approach to supplier diversity
• Ten strategies for improving supplier diversity programs
• Ten strategies for making the relationship work
• Identifying and overcoming potential obstacles in implementing a supplier diversity program
• The best sources
• Making a strong business case
• Supplier diversity as an integral part of a diversity strategy
• An examination of challenges and opportunities
• Measuring and tracking success
• Training and education on supplier diversity
• Supplier diversity fact vs. fiction
• Why supplier diversity programs fail
• Why supplier diversity relationships are often difficult
• Organizational image as a barrier to supplier diversity
• Why procurement must partner with the entire organization to ensure success
• Holding managers accountable for supplier diversity
• Building and marketing an effective supplier diversity plan

Special Features

• Extensive case study and application
• Overview of best practices in supplier diversity
• Exceptional guest speakers

Who Will Benefit

Purchasing managers, purchasing officials, supplier diversity managers, diversity professionals, and others responsible for supplier diversity and supply chain management

Instructor

Marina Williams, CCDP