Extend the principles of diversity and inclusion to your company's suppliers

Many people are familiar with the importance of ensuring and advancing inclusion, equity, and diversity amongst their employees and managers. But do your efforts include supplier diversity-an equally as important and essential part of any holistic diversity effort?

In Supplier Diversity For Dummies, nationally recognized small business strategist and economic inclusion and supplier diversity expert Kathey Porter delivers an empowering and informative guide to implementing this integral part of any robust inclusion initiative: supplier diversity. You'll understand the relevance of supplier diversity and why it's important to encourage equal opportunity for diverse suppliers and businesses owned and managed by underrepresented groups.

In this book, you'll also find:

• The answers to your most pressing questions about how to build a coherent and sustainable supplier diversity program
• Ways to contribute more fully to your company's diversity and inclusion functions
• Strategies to position supplier diversity as a central function in your organization

Perfect for company buyers, purchasing and procurement professionals, material management executives, strategic souring professionals and supplier diversity practitioners, Supplier Diversity For Dummies is a must-read resource for supply chain professionals, diversity and inclusion leaders and anyone looking to increase their proficiency in supplier diversity, improve supply chain inclusivity and increase their social impact.

Make supplier diversity a top priority!

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are musts inside any business-but did you know you can demonstrate and promote your commitment to diversity outside your own four walls, too? Supplier Diversity For Dummies shows you how to create inclusive procurement strategies and a "business centric" program that ensures you're offering equitable opportunities to diverse suppliers- businesses run by women, minorities, LGBT, and other groups. You'll learn how and why it's imperative to create a robust program that weaves supplier diversity-along with the associated functions, metrics, and capacities-right into your organization's culture. For Dummies shows the way for businesses large and small.

Inside?

• See how supplier diversity can be an integral part of your business
• Gauge your organization's supplier diversity readiness
• Identify the right metrics and KPIs
• Develop a strong Tier 2 strategy
• Build a career as a supplier diversity professional