Procurement Foundry’s 2nd annual FORGE: Supplier Diversity & Inclusion virtual event is designed for sourcing professionals and brings together the entire ecosystem around Supplier Diversity and Inclusion.
We bring the sourcing & supply chain people together with supplier diversity professionals so they can focus on what they both need to get the right support and move forward together. There is emphasis on growing stakeholder engagement.
We bring the sourcing people together with Supplier Councils, both global and regional chapters who they work with on the ground to improve access and relationships with diverse suppliers / customers.
We champion supplier diversity across the day and emphasize the value it brings to organizations in terms of access to great innovations and cost competitive solutions. Importantly, we champion the value it brings to diverse suppliers and local communities.
The program is structured around ideas exchange, with interactive breakouts on geo and maturity. These smaller, focused groups resonated most with our audience last year and enabled a new level of collaboration and benchmarking.
We help our community to benchmark and find guidance on how to tackle the questions faced on a day-to-day basis, whether you are in the initial stages of launching a supplier diversity program, driving stakeholder engagement, or securing budget, all the way to taking an existing program, global. Whatever stage your organization is at, this program is designed to help you to take the next step.