Thursday, October 7, 2021

A New Direction for Supplier Diversity at UVA

An Advisory Group made up of UVA and Community Leaders recently finished a six-month programmatic review of UVA's Small, Woman-owned, and Minority business spend at the request of Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services. 

PSDS collaborated with the group to examine the current and desired future state of UVA's supplier diversity program.  Taking advantage of the advisory group's perspectives and expertise, they developed an 18-month roadmap that encompasses many facets including PSDS partnerships with UVA units to identify and utilize SWaM firms, working with community businesses to develop partnerships with UVA, and collecting and presenting clear and useful data to both local business and UVA stakeholders in order to grow SWaM relationships.

See the graphic below for the 18-month roadmap, and watch the blog for updates on SWaM. 

Questions or concerns?  Email supplierdiversity@virginia.edu.

Program Review:  Devine Supplier diversity program’s scope and strategy Data Model and Success Metrics:  Invest in technology and people to develop a robust data model to build the program’s strategy upon.  Develop the success metrics that move beyond the single state percentage target. Build Team:  Based on new vision for the team, fill vacancies and add headcount to fully realize program mission. Community partnership portal:  Build comprehensive, interactive portal for UVA to share opportunities with local, small, woman, and minority-owned businesses Department and School economic impact plans and unit champion:  leveraging new data model, develop economic impact plans for schools and units to track sourcing opportunities and spend.  Develop a network of SWaM champions at the unit level, and work with HR to formalize job duties for participating individuals. Supplier Inclusion Training & Development:  invest in a dedicated supplier inclusion training for procurement and schools/units Sourcing protocol and partnering:  Develop formal protocols to integrate local, small, woman, and minority-owned business participation in sourcing activities. Health system collaboration:  gain access to health system spend data and incorporate into new data model to identify opportunities.
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