Corporate Membership Benefits:
- Members receive exclusive access to a password-protected online directory of certified minority vendors listed by industry
- Members have opportunities for sharing best practices, trends, and innovative approaches that help increase the number of business partnerships with Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs)
- Unique trainings to help develop and refine minority supplier programs
- Mentoring opportunities with a corporate peer
- Member has access to tools and resources that support supplier development program objectives
- Buyer/supplier forums that match corporate buyers and MBEs from the same industries to explore business opportunities
- Access to a larger pool of qualified suppliers
- Resources to help achieve a supplier base that more closely reflects customer demographics
- Increased opportunity for greater savings and higher quality goods and services due to increased competition
- Increased Return on Investment (ROI) from minority business development and corporate economic development efforts in the community where you do business
- Opportunity to enhance your ethnic market sales initiatives
- Assistance in developing or improving your company’s supplier development programs
- Added recognition by stakeholders and the local community of your strong corporate citizenship
- Members will get assistance with the demands of customers and government compliance requirements