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Queen City Women in Business & SupplierG Partner & Accelerate Success for Women-Business-Enterprises During Women’s History Month!

Queen City Women in Business™ (QCWIB) Forges Strategic Partnership with SupplierGATEWAY for Enhanced Supplier Diversity Initiatives!

Queen City Women in Business™ (QCWIB), a leading platform for diverse Women-Owned Businesses, proudly announces a transformative partnership with SupplierGateway, a supplier information management and B2B procurement platform trusted by some of the world’s most recognized brands.

This collaboration is set to revolutionize supplier diversity efforts by accelerating buyer connections, simplifying certification processes, and fostering equitable opportunities for
Women-Small-Business-Enterprises Nationwide.

Key highlights of the partnership include:

Enhanced Connection Opportunities: QCWIB, renowned for its community-based approach, is set to amplify its impact by collaborating with SupplierGATEWAY to accelerate and increase connection opportunities between Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE), diverse suppliers, and corporate buyers.

Streamlined Certification Process: SupplierGateway will provide a NEW seamless Electronic Digital Certification (EDC) process, ensuring QCWIB’s WBE members can obtain certifications in minutes rather than months. This easily accessible certification will be universally accepted by all corporate procurement buyers within SupplierGateway’s network.

Equitable Contracting Opportunities: The partnership aims to create more equitable opportunities for women-owned businesses in corporate contracting. This aligns with QCWIB’s mission to connect women-owned small businesses to major organizations faster by accelerating supplier readiness resources, access to key relationships, and 24-7 representation across all industries and trades!

Dawn Nicole Mcilwain, the founder of QCWIB, expressed her enthusiasm about the partnership, stating:
“This collaboration is a significant step towards fulfilling our mission of faster connecting diverse women-owned small businesses to major organizations. SupplierGateway’s expertise aligns seamlessly with our community-based approach, enabling us to create a more inclusive and efficient supplier eco-system.”

Established in 2023, QCWIB has rapidly grown into a membership-based supplier sourcing and
development platform, boasting a public directory with hundreds of women-owned businesses spanning over 50+ trades. The platform aims to become the “Angie’s List” of Women in Business, fostering collaborative success among women-owned companies, resources, and corporate partners.

The QCWIB-SupplierGateway partnership exemplifies a commitment to advancing supplier diversity, streamlining processes, and fostering meaningful connections within the business community.


To learn more about Queen City Women in Business™, go to https://qcwib.com.
For more information about SupplierGateway, visit https://www.suppliergateway.com/enhanced-digital-certification.

For media inquiries for QCWIB, please contact:
Melissa Medina
Queen City Women in Business Inc.
Info@QCwomeninbusiness.com
704-620-0951

For media inquiries for SupplierGateweay, please contact:
Leanne Strickler
SupplierGateway
info@suppliergateway.com

SupplierGateway Partners with E&I Cooperative Purchasing to Expand Supplier Diversity in Education

 

SupplierGateway Partners with E&I Cooperative Purchasing to Expand Supplier Diversity in Education

SupplierGateway, a leading supplier data management company and a certified minority business enterprise, today announced a partnership with E&I Cooperative Purchasing (E&I) to offer SupplierGateway’s market-leading supplier diversity technology platform to E&I’s over 6,000 members. This competitively solicited contract will give E&I member institutions, with over $2.8B in spending through E&I contracts, the tools they need to meet and exceed their supplier diversity goals.

SupplierGateway offers E&I’s member K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and organizations a supplier diversity platform with simple and affordable pricing, a database with millions of suppliers, unlimited seat licenses, and unlimited data enrichment. 

“We are thrilled to partner with E&I to bring our supplier diversity technology solutions to more organizations within the education community,” said Ade Solaru, CEO of SupplierGateway. “Together, we will make it easier for E&I members to build impactful supplier diversity programs, create opportunities for diverse businesses, and drive economic growth in their communities.” 

E&I members that take advantage of this partnership will be able to automate supplier diversity data enrichment, identify qualified diverse suppliers that match member purchasing needs, track and report diverse spend, measure economic impact in their impact area, and strengthen relationships with local and diverse suppliers.

“E&I is committed to supporting our members’ supplier diversity goals through contracts with organizations like SupplierGateway,” said Titus Martin, Executive Director of Supplier Diversity at E&I. “SupplierGateway’s solutions will allow our members to strengthen their programs, build a more diverse and inclusive supply chain, and drive greater economic impact in their communities. We are excited to offer their innovative platform to our members.”

Explore how SupplierGateway’s Supplier Diversity Platform can transform your organization’s supplier diversity initiatives here and request your demo here.

Learn more about E&I Cooperative Services and become a member here

 

About SupplierGateway: 

SupplierGateway provides supplier diversity, onboarding, and offboarding software solutions to help organizations develop and optimize their supplier relationships. Their supplier diversity solutions identify qualified diverse suppliers, track and report diverse spend, and economic impact, and help strengthen diverse supplier information with Enhanced Digital Certification®. 

 

About E&I Cooperative Purchasing:

E&I Cooperative Purchasing (E&I) is a member-owned, not-for-profit purchasing cooperative focused exclusively on serving education and related facilities. E&I delivers expertise, solutions, and services to more than 6000 members representing $31 billion in purchasing power nationwide. Through the collective power of its membership, E&I negotiates contracts with suppliers to achieve the best possible pricing and terms. Learn more at EandI.org.

SupplierGATEWAY is selected as the Exclusive Software Platform for the Historic CREDS Consortium

The Real Estate Roundtable and Partner Real Estate Associations Join Together for the First Time to Expand Supplier Diversity Opportunities

The Commercial Real Estate Diverse Supplier (CREDS) Consortium is a first-of-its-kind coalition to provide more opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses in the industry’s supply chain.

Ade Solaru, Founder and CEO, SupplierGATEWAY: “Our partnership with the CREDS Consortium is an important component of our mission to generate meaningful economic impact at scale for our customers. Each member of the CREDS associations can now create meaningful social impact at the local level without sacrificing efficiency, cost or risk.”

Washington, D.C. — Today, an industry-wide group of seven real estate trade associations announced a first-of-its-kind alliance to foster supplier diversity in real estate. The Commercial Real Estate Diverse Supplier (CREDS) Consortium aims to expand economic opportunities for businesses owned by minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) in the chain of providers that supply the real estate industry.

In addition to The Real Estate Roundtable, CREDS Consortium associations include CREW Network, ICSC, Mortgage Bankers Association, NAIOP, Nareit and the National Multifamily Housing Council. CREDS Consortium associations will highlight tools that their members can use to identify, track, report, and procure products and services from MWBEs and companies owned by veterans, LGBTQ+ persons, and persons with a disability.

The Real Estate Roundtable’s President and CEO, Jeffrey DeBoer, said, “Owners, developers, and financiers of commercial and multifamily real estate are committed to help minority, women, and other historically under-represented entrepreneurs prosper in our great industry. The CREDS Consortium can help our members realize their intentions to advance economic opportunities across the vast and varied supply chain that serves real estate, makes our buildings productive, and strengthens the fabric of our communities.”

The CREDS Consortium has launched a two-year pilot program that will run through the end of 2024 with SupplierGATEWAY, a leading supplier management software platform and minority-owned firm that automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management. SupplierGATEWAY’s products include supplier sourcing, registration, risk management, compliance, and management—and provide support for corporate social responsibility, diversity, and inclusion goals.

Members of the CREDS associations can subscribe—at a discounted price—to SupplierGATEWAY’s software platform to search for, connect with, and potentially hire  MWBEs as contractors, service providers, vendors, and joint venture partners. CREDS associations’ subscribing members can access the vendor management software and a comprehensive database of MWBE suppliers through the Consortium’s portal page, hosted by SupplierGATEWAY.

Hiring companies can also post their purchase orders and other contracting opportunities through the CREDS portal. Tools available on the platform that measure and track MWBE procurement spending will support companies that intend to advance environmental social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals.

During the pilot program, the Consortium also hopes to gain broad insights into supplier diversity trends across the commercial real estate industry.

Visit https://creds.suppliergateway.com to learn more about the CREDS Consortium pilot program. An FAQ document can be found here.   

 

SupplierGATEWAY Announces Partnership with Unilever West Africa for EDC

SupplierGATEWAY is proud to announce partnership with Unilever West Africa by introducing Enhanced Digital Certification® (EDC) Africa. The program launched May 11, 2022. This innovative diversity certification is a fast, affordable, and easy way for women-owned and disability-owned businesses in Nigeria to become diversity certified. EDC Africa certification also exposes these businesses to new opportunities as more companies in the private and public sector seek to engage certified diverse suppliers. The launch event will be held in Lagos, Nigeria at Unilever West Africa’s headquarters, with support from WIMBIZ and UN Global Network. Our CEO Ade Solaru will be a featured speaker during the event’s roundtable.

“We have 56,000 supplier partners around the world, and if all our partners commit to increase their spend with diverse suppliers, it will exponentially scale up and accelerate the transformation of our value chain,“ states Dave Ingram, Chief Procurement Officer at Unilever. “My big ambition is that our suppliers will consider the value of supplier diversity, and commit to it across their full network.” 

Unilever is aiming to spend €2 billion a year by 2025 with diverse businesses that are owned and managed by people from underrepresented communities, including women and the disabled. These ambitions are global in nature, and oftentimes include countries where supply chain systems are either in their infancy or simply non-existent. Making diversity certifications accessible to those doing business in these types of supply chain systems is vital to building a stronger, more diverse supply chain. 

SupplierGATEWAY’s Enhanced Digital Certification® Africa is a seamless solution to the problems diversely-owned businesses face when attempting traditional supplier diversity certification. Completely digital and entirely online, EDC is a new, fast and inexpensive way for small and diverse businesses to get certified as diverse owned organizations, while at the same time exposing them to new opportunities afforded by being in the SupplierGATEWAY network.  Certifications last for either one or  three years, and cost either $25 or $70 USD which substantially lowers the cost barrier for certification. 

The launch of SupplierGATEWAY’s Enhanced Digital Certification® has attracted attention globally from institutions invested in creating an ever-growing and inclusive base of diverse suppliers.

SupplierGATEWAY partners with Kaleida to offer Enhanced Digital Certification in the UK

SANTA ANA, Calif. March 7, 2022  – SupplierGATEWAY, in partnership with Kaleida, is proud to bring Enhanced Digital Certification® to the UK starting in April of 2022. This innovative diversity certification is a fast and accessible way for qualified businesses in the UK to get diverse supplier certification.  EDC UK, through partnership with Kaleida, opens access to thousands of tenders worth billions of pounds for certified suppliers in the UK.

In the UK, finding diverse suppliers is time consuming and involves intense research and cross-checking against databases. EDC UK, in partnership with Kaleida, enables companies to quickly and easily connect with certified diverse suppliers who want access to more opportunities in both the public and private sector.

EDC UK is an all-in-one, fully inclusive certification for diverse UK suppliers. The certification is easily verified 24/7. Companies can also verify certification by logging into the SupplierGATEWAY platform or electronically through an API connection.

UK companies can invite their current suppliers to apply for certification. Businesses can apply for $25 USD. The process is quick, easy, and entirely online.

The launch of SupplierGATEWAY’s Enhanced Digital Certification® has attracted attention globally from institutions invested in creating an ever-growing and inclusive base of diverse suppliers.

For more information on EDC:

Buyers

EDC UK

EDC Sponsorship Program

 

About SupplierGATEWAY:

SupplierGATEWAY is a leading digital supplier management software platform that automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management for some of the most recognized companies in the world. Products encompass supplier sourcing, registration, risk management, compliance, and management, as well as corporate responsibility and diversity & inclusion.

 For more information visit SupplierGATEWAY’s website.

About Kaleida:

Kaleida International is the UK’s and EMEA’s first fully-inclusive B2B marketplace for tenders connecting buyers to diverse suppliers.

Finding diverse suppliers in the EMEA region is time consuming as the process today involves researching against multiple databases.

The Kaleida platform, a golden source of supplier diversity data, improves the accessibility of diverse suppliers to corporate buyers with an ESG mandate.

For more information visit Kaleida’s website.

MSDUK Partners with SupplierGATEWAY to bring Enhanced Digital Certification® to Diverse UK Freelancers

This partnership allows freelancers from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK to become certified and access more opportunities.

MSDUK in partnership with SupplierGATEWAY is proud to bring MSDUK Enhanced Digital Certification® for freelancers from ethnic minority backgrounds starting in April of 2022. This innovative diversity certification is a fast and accessible way for ethnic minority freelancers in the UK to get diversity certified. MSDUK EDC also allows corporations to identify ethnic minority talent as well as track and account for diversity spend efficiently and accurately.

The freelance market is projected to grow into a 1.3 trillion dollar portion of the global economy by 2025Though global freelancers number over 1 billion globally, they are not considered as candidates for traditional supplier diversity certifications. This means ethnic minority freelancers in the UK have been missing out on opportunities like corporate diversity initiatives. The UK has no regulation regarding corporate diversity spending. Culturally, UK corporations are making supplier diversity initiatives a priority, and MSDUK EDC would allow them to track ethnic minority freelancer diversity spending as part of their supplier diversity initiatives.

MSDUK EDC certifies ethnic minority freelancers in the UK, and certified freelancers benefit from the global EDC network. The certification is easily verified 24/7 by scanning the QR Code issued once certified. Companies can also verify certification by logging into the SupplierGATEWAY platform or electronically through an API connection.

Corporations can sponsor MSDUK EDC for ethnic minority freelancers in their network easily and affordably. Freelancers are also able to apply for MSDUK EDC independently for only $25 USD. The process is quick, easy, and entirely online.

SupplierGATEWAY’s EDC also certifies all diverse classifications that apply to freelancers and sole proprietors in the UK, including minority, women, LGBT, veteran and disabled freelancers.

The launch of SupplierGATEWAY’s EDC has attracted interest from global organizations interested in creating a diverse and inclusive base of suppliers and freelancers.

For more information on EDC:

Buyers

Freelancers

EDC Sponsorship

About SupplierGATEWAY:

SupplierGATEWAY is a leading digital supplier management software platform that automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management for some of the most recognized companies in the world. Products encompass supplier sourcing, registration, risk management, compliance, and management, as well as corporate responsibility and diversity & inclusion.

For more information visit https://www.suppliergateway.com.

Twitter: @SupplierGATEWAY

LinkedIn: SupplierGATEWAY

Facebook: SupplierGATEWAY

About MSDUK:

MSDUK is the UK’s premier non-for-profit membership organization championing diversity and inclusion in public and private sector supply chains. Since its inception in 2006, the organization has worked with and supported over 3000 ethnic minority businesses and 120 Fortune 500 firms, generating more than £800m worth of business for ethnic minority businesses.

Visit https://www.msduk.org.uk/

Twitter: @MSD_UK

LinkedIn: MSDUK

Facebook: @MSDUKNEWS

Instagram: @MSDUK_NEWS 

Media Contact

Leanne Strickler

949-525-9205

media@suppliergateway.com

SupplierGATEWAY Appoints Rock Irvin as Chief Commercial Officer

SupplierGATEWAY is pleased to announce the appointment of Rock Irvin as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer. Irvin will lead sales, marketing, and product strategy functions and help drive the execution of SupplierGATEWAY’s long-term strategy.

“Rock understands customer value creation and serving customers at a large scale in a way that few executives can hope to, and he has a proven track record of maximizing the growth potential of a variety of businesses,” said Ade Solaru, founder and CEO of SupplierGATEWAY. “He’s joining our energetic team to spearhead SupplierGATEWAY’s expansion at a time when the economic impact of our customers’ supply chain inclusion efforts takes on a new urgency.”

Rock Irvin brings 12 years of product and executive leadership experience, most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of JMG Marketing, a leading provider of data-driven direct marketing solutions. Prior to that, Irvin served as the Head of Data Products for the consulting arm of Vista Equity Partners and the co-founder of the Data Products team at Cars.com.

“I am thrilled to join SupplierGATEWAY’s accomplished legacy and their current efforts to empower corporations to measure, report, and increase their economic impact in diverse businesses and small businesses,” said Rock Irvin. “The SupplierGATEWAY Team is talented and excited about the future. I do not want to miss a chance to live my values of economic diversity and inclusion in the work I do every day and use technology as a catalyst for lasting change.”

In prior roles, Irvin has successfully introduced new products and services, spearheaded sales efforts with global brands, and led merger integrations and organizational transformations.

Irvin received a bachelor’s in business from Howard University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Irvin has also been a tech entrepreneur and worked in financial services at Northern Trust and ShoreCap Management.

About SupplierGATEWAY:

SupplierGATEWAY is a leading cloud-based, instant-on, best value digital supplier management platform that automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management. SupplierGATEWAY’s tools and solutions can be deployed individually or in any combination and easily integrated with existing AP/ERP infrastructure.

The tools and solutions capabilities encompass Supplier Registration and Enablement, P2P Sourcing & Procurement, Supplier Management, Financial Risk Monitoring, Supplier Compliance Management, Corporate Responsibility / Diversity and Vendor Credentialing.

To learn more, please visit supplierga3dev.wpenginepowered.com.

Media Contact:
Leanne Strickler
949-525-9205
media@suppliergateway.com

Source: Newswire

SupplierGATEWAY Partners With Hello Alice to Promote Small Business Success

SANTA ANA, Calif.June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SupplierGATEWAY and Hello Alice are pleased to announce a partnership to continue promoting the growth of small businesses by leveraging SupplierGATEWAY’s Enhanced Digital Certification™ (EDC) to facilitate the certification of small and diverse-owned businesses, which include women, people of color, U.S. veterans, entrepreneurs with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ owners.

Hello Alice’s community of nearly 500,000 business owners will have an opportunity to acquire a valid certification of diverse ownership, which provides new business opportunities that may otherwise not be available to them.

“We look forward to bringing this offering to our New Majority owners,” said Carolyn Rodz, co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. “Too often, these owners are excluded from access to opportunities and resources that can positively impact their business. This certification can open doors to many opportunities that these owners have traditionally been denied access to.”

The mission of SupplierGATEWAY and Hello Alice align as they look to support the success of small and diverse businesses.

“We have a singular goal of enabling millions of diverse businesses to get certified quickly and inexpensively,” said Ade Solaru, CEO of SupplierGATEWAY. “We believe EDC can help jump-start aspirational small businesses in the Hello Alice’s community to create the economic impact we all want.”

For more information about EDC, please visit the company website at https://suppliergateway.com/enhanced-digital-certification/helloalice/.

About SupplierGATEWAY:

SupplierGATEWAY is a leading cloud-based, instant-on, low-priced digital supplier management platform, which automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management. SupplierGATEWAY’s tools and solutions can be deployed individually or in any combination, and easily integrated with existing AP/ERP infrastructure.

The tools and solutions capabilities encompass Supplier Registration and Enablement, P2P Sourcing & Procurement, Supplier Management, Financial Risk Monitoring, Supplier Compliance Management, Corporate Responsibility/Diversity and Vendor Credentialing.

To learn more, please visit supplierga3dev.wpenginepowered.com.

About Hello Alice:

Hello Alice is a free, multichannel platform that helps businesses launch and grow. With a community of nearly 500,000 business owners in all 50 states and across the globe, Hello Alice is building the largest network of owners in the country while tracking data and trends to increase the success rate for entrepreneurs. Our partners include enterprise business services, government agencies, and institutions looking to serve small- and medium-business owners to ensure increased revenues and promote scale. A Latina-owned company, founded by Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore, we believe in business for all by providing access to all owners, including women, people of color, veterans, and everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit.

To learn more, visit www.helloalice.com, as well as TwitterLinkedInInstagram, and Facebook.

Media Contact:
Quynh Nguyen
949-525-9205
Contact Us.

 

Source: PRNewswire

SupplierGATEWAY Partners With Certify My Company To Expand Business Opportunities Through Diversity Certification

SANTA ANA, Calif., June 24, 2021SupplierGATEWAY and Certify My Company are pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership to offer organizations a more accessible way to connect with small, diverse businesses by leveraging SupplierGATEWAY’s Enhanced Digital Certification™ (EDC), an all-digital certification platform.

This partnership enables Certify My Company to work with SupplierGATEWAY to expand its capacity to help corporate clients connect with small diverse businesses, including sole proprietors, that are currently not certified.

“Many of our clients have been asking for this for some time,” said Heather Cox, Co-founder and President of Certify My Company. “EDC represents the solution we have been looking for. It is a fantastic product, especially for small businesses.”

The rapidly changing digital landscape has revolutionized every aspect of business. EDC represents an innovative digital certification process for the e-commerce age.

“EDC provides an opportunity for 4 million minority and 11 million diverse businesses that are currently not certified to get certified online quickly and inexpensively,” said Ade Solaru, CEO of SupplierGATEWAY. “We are excited to work with Certify My Company to create an expanded opportunity for small businesses to grow and prosper.”

For more information about EDC, please visit our website.

About SupplierGATEWAY:

SupplierGATEWAY is a leading cloud-based, instant-on, low-priced digital supplier management platform, which automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management. SupplierGATEWAY’s tools and solutions can be deployed individually or in any combination, and easily integrated with existing AP/ERP infrastructure.  

The tools and solutions capabilities encompass Supplier Registration and Enablement, P2P Sourcing & Procurement, Supplier Management, Financial Risk Monitoring, Supplier Compliance Management, Corporate Responsibility / Diversity and Vendor Credentialing. 

To learn more, please visit supplierga3dev.wpenginepowered.com

About Certify My Company:

Certify My Company is the premier supplier diversity consultancy specializing in diversity certifications. We support entrepreneurs through their certification journeys as well as the corporations they serve. By strategically leveraging supply chains, corporations can meet and exceed their diversity goals; Certify My Company is the trusted partner for Fortune 1000 supplier diversity initiatives.

Media Contact:
Leanne Strickler
949-525-9205
Contact Us.

SupplierGATEWAY Introduces Enhanced Digital Diversity Certification

SANTA ANA, Calif.June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SupplierGATEWAY announces the launch of its diversity certification program Enhanced Digital Certification™ (EDC). EDC is an innovative, fast and inexpensive way for small and diverse businesses to get certified while at the same time exposing them to new opportunities afforded by being on the rapidly growing SupplierGATEWAY network.

As more companies in the private and public sector seek to engage certified diverse suppliers, EDC represents an optimal certification solution for diverse businesses that may have previously opted out of certification due to the cost, complexity or length of existing traditional certification processes.

SupplierGATEWAY’s EDC leverages digital technology to provide a fast, reliable and cost-effective process that establishes and certifies majority ownership of a minority or diverse business.

EDC certifies all diverse classifications that apply to suppliers and vendors, including minority-owned, women-owned, LGBT-owned, veteran-owned and disability-owned businesses. The EDC certification can be easily verified by scanning the QR Code on the certificate via a login to the SupplierGATEWAY platform or electronically through an API connection.

The launch of EDC has attracted interest from organizations, including global brands keen to implement initiatives to grow their diverse and inclusive supplier base.

For more information about EDC:

About SupplierGATEWAY:

SupplierGATEWAY is a leading cloud-based, instant-on, low-priced digital supplier management platform, which automates and simplifies supplier and vendor management. SupplierGATEWAY’s tools and solutions can be deployed individually or in any combination, and easily integrated with existing AP/ERP infrastructure.

The tools and solutions capabilities encompass Supplier Registration and Enablement, P2P Sourcing & Procurement, Supplier Management, Financial Risk Monitoring, Supplier Compliance Management, Corporate Responsibility / Diversity and Vendor Credentialing.

To learn more, please visit supplierga3dev.wpenginepowered.com

Media Contact:
Leanne Strickler
949-525-9205
Contact Us.

Source: PRNewswire