Developing & Managing an Effective Supplier Diversity Management Program DV358
$ 795.00
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
Instructors
Tim Findley, Sean Huddleston