The Future of Supplier Diversity: Where Do We Go From Here?
This past year, supplier diversity initiatives have taken on a new level of importance and awareness amid the ongoing conversation about systemic racism. As procurement professionals, how are we continuing the conversation and pushing our organizations forward. Leading procurement and supplier diversity professionals will talk through these challenges and help our audience develop an action plan for success. In this video, executives from top organizations discuss:
- Moving Supplier Diversity from a standalone to an organization-wide initiative
- Helping teams get past prior ‘roadblocks’ and pre-conceived notions of supplier diversity
- How to facilitate ongoing investment and attention towards supplier diversity initiatives
- How should supplier diversity programs evolve in the months and years to come?
Panel members:
- Moderator: Michael Shaw, CEO and Founder, American Council for Diversity and Inclusion in Procurement (ACDIP)
- Erica Hill, Vice President Global Supplier Diversity and Inclusion CBRE
- Scott Kane, Marketing Sourcing Manager, Agencies, and Supplier Diversity, Uber
- Robin Hawkins, Supplier Diversity Manager, ExxonMobil
- Namita Tirath, Chief Customer Officer, Pyramid Consulting