Our Mission and Outreach Efforts |
Mission
Our mission is to form mutually beneficial partnerships with diverse
businesses that allow us to deliver superior products and services and superb
customer service, which ultimately increases shareholder value.
We are committed to creating effective competition utilizing all possible
sources. We will actively seek targeted diverse businesses and provide them
the opportunity to partner with The Home Depot to provide competitively
priced, high quality goods and services to our customers.
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Outreach
In our efforts to actively reach out to diverse businesses, we have chosen
several different vehicles to enhance our outreach efforts in order to build
upon our program. First, we are national members of the Women's Business
Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and the
National Minority Suppliers Development Council (
NMSDC). We also sponsor and attend national and regional diverse supplier
and small business trade shows as well as chamber events.
In late 2005 The Home Depot became the title sponsor of a new non-profit
organization created to foster growth in small businesses. The mission of The
Resource Institute TRI which was
co-founded by K. Michelle Johnson, Director of Supplier Diversity for Home
Depot and David Zalik, CEO of GreenSky Financial. The mission of TRI is to
help small, minority and women owned businesses grow by providing access to
resources, including training, buyer networking, consulting and capital
sources.
Finally, we advertise in publications that are geared toward diverse business
owners. We believe these vehicles, in conjunction with our web site, will
assist us in effectively identifying prospective suppliers who will partner
with us as we continue to grow our business.
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