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Diverse supplier partner relationships inclusive of small businesses, HUB Zone-based businesses, and businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans, service-disabled veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
Supplier Diversity differentiates Cardinal Health from our competitors
More than half of Cardinal Health customers factor in Supplier Diversity when making purchasing decisions.
Cardinal Health tenaciously strives to be the total customer supplier diversity solution while working hard to meet or exceed our customers' supplier diversity requirements.
How Supplier Diversity Enhances Your Cardinal Health Relationship
Diverse Supplier Spend Reports
Customers can request reports highlighting the percentage of their contract expenditures that are awarded directly to diverse suppliers through Cardinal Health.
Knowledgeable Supplier Diversity Staff
With an extensive knowledge in business leadership, supply chain and supplier diversity, our team is well equipped to offer diverse supplier solutions, share best practices and provide diversity training for our customers.
Mentoring is crucial to the strength and effectiveness of our supplier diversity program
Cardinal Health provides the following types of mentoring:
- Corporate Driven (through our partner organizations)
- National Minority Supplier Development Council (Centers of Excellence (COE))
- Inner City Capital Connections
- Customer Driven
- Specific to customer requirements
- Includes Federal Government mentoring programs
- Next Evolution
- Driven by specific business needs and supplier availability
Partner organizations
- National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and its affiliates
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and its regional partner organizations
- Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance (HSDA)
- Midwest Small Business Liaison Officer Group (SBLO)
- National LGBT Chamber of Congress (NGLCC)
- Federal Government
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Supplier partners owned by women and/or minorities.