Reporting on supplier diversity.

How to become a Macy's diverse supplier

Macy's runs a formal supplier diversity program through its vendor registration portal and attends NMSDC and WBENC conferences annually. Here's how to …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Reddit supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Reddit (Reddit, Inc.) does not publish an open supplier portal or a named supplier-diversity program. That changes how you approach it. Here …

· Will Moss

How to become a Regeneron supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Regeneron runs a large, regulated biopharma supply chain out of Tarrytown, New York, and there is no public self-service vendor portal you …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Northwestern Mutual supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Northwestern Mutual runs procurement through the Zip portal, and the first move is registering there. This guide covers what the Milwaukee insurer …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Planet Fitness supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Planet Fitness runs an approved-vendor franchise model, not an open public supplier portal. Here is how corporate procurement and franchisee buying actually …

· Will Moss

How to become a Roblox supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Roblox has no public open-bid supplier portal and no named supplier diversity program. Here is how its vendor onboarding actually works through …

· Will Moss

How to become a Polaris supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Polaris does not run a public supplier-registration portal. Its sourcing teams find and qualify suppliers directly, so getting in is about being …

· Will Moss

How to become a Shake Shack supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Shake Shack runs a custom supplier portal, not a public diversity program. Here is how registration actually works, the ingredient-submission door for …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Principal Financial supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Principal runs an open Supplier Inclusion program with a public 'Register now' form and a public $100M diverse-spend goal by 2025. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Snap supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Snap Inc. doesn't run an open vendor application. A Snap buyer initiates your onboarding, you register in an Oracle portal, and you …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Sysco diverse supplier

Sysco is a Billion Dollar Roundtable member with $500M+ in annual diverse supplier spend. Getting in requires the right certification, the right …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Texas Roadhouse supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Texas Roadhouse runs a centralized, relationship-driven supply chain, not an open vendor portal. Here is what the company actually buys, who decides, …

· Will Moss

How to become a Thermo Fisher supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Thermo Fisher runs its diverse-supplier intake through SupplierOne on the Supplier.io platform, and it asks for a SAM.gov and SBA registration before …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Honeywell APAC diverse supplier in Singapore and APAC

Honeywell's APAC headquarters is in Singapore, and the company actively sources from local engineering, IT, and facilities suppliers through its global Supplier …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Vail Resorts supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Vail Resorts onboards suppliers through the Coupa Supplier Portal, but you can't self-register your way in. A resort or corporate buyer has …

· Will Moss

How to become a Vertex Pharmaceuticals supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Vertex runs a supplier engagement program that lets small and diverse businesses register for future opportunities. Here's what it actually buys, how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Vistra supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Vistra registers vendors through SupplierGATEWAY, not a separate diversity portal. The faster path is a sharp capability statement emailed to supply chain …

· Will Moss

How to become a Williams supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Williams runs its sourcing through an Oracle Cloud Supplier Portal where you register, answer a qualification questionnaire, then bid on RFQs and …

· Will Moss

How to become a Wingstop supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Wingstop doesn't run an open vendor portal. Food and packaging move through a single distributor, Performance Food Group, and suppliers get approved …

· Will Moss

How to become a ADM supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

ADM runs an open potential-supplier registration through its procurement site, plus a Supplier Diversity Program with its own contact channel. Here is …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a MetLife diverse supplier

MetLife is an NMSDC corporate member with an active supplier diversity program spanning insurance, financial services, IT, and professional services. Here is …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Dollar General diverse supplier

Dollar General operates 19,000+ stores and runs a formal supplier diversity program focused on MBE, WBE, and veteran-owned consumer packaged goods suppliers. …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a BorgWarner supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BorgWarner runs a Potential Supplier Registration on its own suppliers site, not an open marketplace. Diverse certification gets your record flagged to …

· Will Moss

How to become a J.M. Smucker supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

J.M. Smucker runs its vendor relationships through a dedicated supplier portal, not an open vendor form. Here is what the company actually …

· Will Moss

How to become a Lincoln Financial supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Lincoln Financial runs supplier registration through SAP Ariba and keeps a supplier inclusion program. Registration gets you into the system. It does …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Pinterest supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Pinterest runs no public supplier-registration portal, so the usual 'fill out the form' advice fails. Here's how procurement at a mid-cap ad-platform …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a T. Rowe Price supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

T. Rowe Price runs supplier registration through a SupplierOne profile, and its supplier diversity program recognizes MBE, WBE, VBE, SDVOB, DOBE, and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a BlackRock supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BlackRock registers vendors through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and you can't self-enroll. Here's how the invitation actually works, what its NMSDC membership …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Booz Allen Hamilton supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Booz Allen runs an open Diverse Business Registration at doingbusiness.bah.com and a Global Small Business Program that sends over 66% of subcontracting …

· Will Moss

How to become a Broadcom diverse supplier

Broadcom runs a formal supplier diversity program with California DVBE obligations and $36B+ in annual revenue to source from. A national certification …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a US Foods supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

US Foods does not run an open vendor application. You get in through the local market procurement team, and your category fit …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Biogen supplier

Biogen sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Centene supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Centene runs vendor intake through SupplierOne and existing suppliers through Coupa. Registration is open, not invitation-only, but a profile sitting in a …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Cleveland Clinic supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cleveland Clinic registers vendors through Ivalua and runs a separate diversity registration portal on SupplierGateway. Registration is open, but registering is not …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Discover supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Discover takes open supplier registrations through an online portal run by its Global Procurement & Sourcing team. Here is what they buy, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Dominion Energy diverse supplier

Dominion Energy runs one of the most active utility supplier diversity programs on the East Coast, with a public spend commitment and …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Duke Energy diverse supplier

Duke Energy is the largest electric utility in the US by revenue, with a stated goal to spend 5% of addressable procurement …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Fidelity supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Fidelity runs an open supplier registration through SupplierOne and an active supplier diversity program tied to NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, and Disability:IN. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Hyundai supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Hyundai runs its own supplier registration portal at supplier.hyundai.com, not Ariba or Coupa. Registering is step one, not the finish line. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Johnson Controls supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Johnson Controls runs supplier data through GEP SMART, and access is by invitation. Here is how the vendor profile, the diversity program, …

· Will Moss

How to become a Leidos diverse supplier

Leidos is a $15 billion federal IT and defense company with active small business subcontracting programs. Here is how diverse suppliers register, …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Liberty Mutual supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Liberty Mutual runs an open supplier registration form, processes transactions through the Ariba Supplier Network, and houses supplier diversity under its Responsible …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Meta supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Meta runs procurement through its own vendor systems and sources most suppliers rather than taking cold applications. Here is what the supplier …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Navy Federal Credit Union supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Navy Federal runs a Procurement and Vendor Management function, not an open marketplace. Here is how registration actually works, why most contracts …

· Will Moss

How to become a Netflix supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Netflix spent roughly $700M with underrepresented suppliers in 2022 and runs a supplier inclusion team, but there is no open self-serve diversity …

· Will Moss

How to become a DaVita supplier

DaVita sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Nissan supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Nissan runs supplier registration through a Covisint-based portal and a separate SupplierOne discovery profile, not a single open form. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a PG&E diverse supplier

PG&E is required by the California Public Utilities Commission to meet a 40% diverse supplier spend goal, which means the demand is …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Progressive supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Progressive runs procurement through Coupa and takes prospective-supplier registrations, but the form is a database, not a contract. Here's how registration actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Prudential supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Prudential takes open vendor registrations through its own portal, not Ariba or Coupa. Registration is free and takes about 15 minutes, but …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Qualcomm diverse supplier

Qualcomm runs a formal supplier diversity program recognizing MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and California DVBE certifications. Here is what you need to register …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a SAP supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

SAP runs procurement through its own Supplier Portal and SAP Business Network, not a public 'apply now' form. Here's where vendors actually …

· Will Moss

How to become a Shell supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Shell doesn't take cold vendor applications the way most people hope. Registration happens through SAP Ariba by invitation, after a pre-qualification process …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Southern Company diverse supplier

Southern Company spent $2.5 billion with diverse suppliers in 2023 — 29.1% of total spend — and has been running a formal …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a State Farm diverse supplier

State Farm is the largest US property and casualty insurer by premium volume and runs a formal supplier diversity program tied to …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Stellantis supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Stellantis takes open supplier registrations through its own portal and assigns each new vendor a COFOR. Diverse certification and the annual MatchMaker …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a T-Mobile supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

T-Mobile runs supplier onboarding through SAP Ariba and a SupplierOne registration portal, not cold email. Here's how registration actually works, which certifications …

· Will Moss

How to become a Truist supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Truist takes open supplier registrations through a SupplierOne portal, but registering is not the same as getting hired. Here is what the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a AbbVie supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

AbbVie registers vendors through SAP Ariba, and most registrations start with an invite from a buyer, not a cold application. Here's how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Eli Lilly supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Eli Lilly runs an open Online Supplier Form and manages vendors through SAP Ariba, but registration is the easy part. Here's what …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Emerson supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Emerson runs a centralized supplier portal at emerson.com/en-us/supplier, but the company sources for specific factory and engineering needs rather than open calls. …

· Will Moss

How to become a Exelon supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Exelon takes open registrations through the GEP Business Network, not Ariba or Coupa. Here is how the process really works, what registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a L3Harris supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

L3Harris does not have an open self-service portal that puts you on the buy list. You submit a Vendor Selection Form and …

· Will Moss

How to become a Quest Diagnostics supplier

Quest Diagnostics sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a ADP supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

ADP runs a dedicated supplier diversity portal and recognizes third-party certifications from NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, and the NVBDC. Registration is the first …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a BMW supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BMW registers vendors through its B2B Partner Portal, not a cold web form. Here is what the program actually checks for, which …

· Will Moss

How to become a Campbell's supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Campbell's runs vendor registration through SAP Ariba and screens new interest through category-specific supplier interest forms. Here's how the path actually works, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Chewy supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Chewy runs a custom Vendor Partner Portal, not Ariba or Coupa, and a category manager has to invite you before you can …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Chipotle supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Chipotle runs its supplier onboarding through a FoodLogiQ portal, not a generic Ariba storefront, and the real gate is food safety, not …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Conagra supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Conagra runs its supplier-diversity registration through SupplierOne (powered by Supplier.io), not Ariba or Coupa. Here's what the food maker actually buys, which …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Darden Restaurants supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Darden runs vendor registration through a Vendor Management Portal at Darden.apexportal.net and manages non-food purchasing in Coupa. Both are invitation-based, so the …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a DoorDash supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

DoorDash has no public supplier-diversity program page or open vendor portal. Onboarding runs through its procurement org, now merged with Deliveroo and …

· Will Moss

How to become a Becton Dickinson supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BD runs one of the larger medical-device supply chains in the world, and it sells to itself through a dedicated supplier inclusion …

· Will Moss

How to become a Cencora supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) runs its diverse supplier intake through SupplierOne, not a generic vendor form. Here's where to register, which certifications carry …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a CommonSpirit Health supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

CommonSpirit Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S., with 140-plus hospitals. Its supply chain runs almost everything …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Kohl's supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Kohl's takes new-supplier registrations through its corporate site, then screens hard before any buyer talks to you. Here's how the process actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Moderna supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Moderna runs procurement through SAP Ariba and onboards vendors with a supplier questionnaire, not an open vendor form. Here is how registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Molina Healthcare supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Molina Healthcare runs a Medicaid- and Medicare-focused managed care business, and its supplier diversity program recognizes MBE, WBE, and DOBE certifications. The …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Aptiv supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Aptiv runs supplier registration and qualification through supplierportal.aptiv.com, and it requires minority, women, and veteran-owned suppliers to be certified by a recognized …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Aramark supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Aramark runs its diverse-supplier intake through a SupplierOne portal shared with Avendra. Registration is open, your NMSDC or WBENC certificate uploads directly, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Electronic Arts supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Electronic Arts runs procurement relationship-first, not through an open vendor sign-up page. Here is what EA buys, why a public registration portal …

· Will Moss

How to become a Illumina supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Illumina runs procurement through SAP Ariba and asks every supplier to register a network account. Here is how registration actually works, who …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Intuit supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Intuit runs supplier onboarding through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and you can't self-register your way in. The real entry point is an …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Occidental Petroleum supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Oxy runs prospective supplier registration through an Oracle iSupplier form and transacts on the Ariba Network. Registration alone does not win work. …

· Will Moss

How to become a Gilead supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Gilead runs two front doors: an open Supplier Inclusion Portal where any small or diverse business can register, and an invite-only SAP …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Hershey supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Hershey runs an open supplier portal called SupplierOne and a named Supplier Development Program with partnerships at NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, and NaVOBA. …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Huntington Ingalls supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

HII is a defense shipbuilder, not a corporate buyer with one slick portal. Registration runs through division-level small business offices, starting with …

· Will Moss

How to become a Keurig Dr Pepper supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Keurig Dr Pepper runs procurement through SAP Ariba and buys far more than coffee and syrup. Here is how registration actually works, …

· Will Moss

How to become a Lyft supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Lyft takes open applications through its Supply Chain Equity Portal, not invitation-only cold calls. Here's how registration actually works, what supplier diversity …

· Will Moss

How to become a Mercedes-Benz supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Mercedes-Benz runs its vendor relationships through a single Supplier Portal, but the front door depends on whether you sell vehicle parts or …

· Will Moss

How to become a Nordstrom supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Nordstrom registers active vendors through an InterTrade EDI portal, not an open application form. Here is how merchants actually decide what they …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Publix supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Publix splits suppliers into retail product, facilities services, and facilities purchasing, each with its own form and procurement team. Here's which door …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Snowflake supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Snowflake runs vendor onboarding through a Workday Supplier Portal, and its Procurement team tracks diverse-supplier spend. Here is how registration actually works, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Subaru supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Subaru runs vendor registration through a ProcureWare portal, and its assembly suppliers go through Subaru of Indiana Automotive's own system. Here's where …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Tractor Supply supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Tractor Supply takes product submissions through RangeMe and runs an annual Open Buying Days pitch event on the ECRM platform. Getting a …

· Will Moss

How to become a VMware supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

VMware registers vendors through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and access starts with an invitation from someone inside VMware procurement, not a public …

· Will Moss

How to become a Volkswagen supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Volkswagen Group of America registers vendors through its global vwgroupsupply.com platform and runs a supplier diversity program with a 10% MBE and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Wayfair supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Wayfair runs an apply-and-review supplier model through its own Partner Home portal, not a cold-call buyer process. Here's the actual registration flow, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Yum! Brands diverse supplier

Yum! Brands operates a formal supplier diversity program across KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut and requires franchisees to source from diverse …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Airbnb supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Airbnb runs an open Supplier Diversity registration form at suppliers.withairbnb.com. Here is what their procurement team actually buys, which certifications carry weight, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Albertsons supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Albertsons runs an annual Supplier Diversity Program that drew nearly 500 applicants in one recent cycle and selected 60+ brands to pitch …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Aldi supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

ALDI takes open applications through a New Supplier Application on its corporate site, not an invite-only portal. Before you apply, know the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a HPE supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

HPE runs a Supplier Inclusion Program and registers vendors through SAP Ariba. Registration is open, but HPE is explicit that submitting your …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a SAIC supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

SAIC runs its own supplier portal at suppliers.saic.com and takes open registrations. But getting registered and getting a purchase order are two …

· Will Moss

How to become a Uber supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Uber runs a single supplier portal at uber.com/us/en/suppliers, and most onboarding starts with a purchase order, not a cold form. Here is …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Ulta Beauty supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Ulta Beauty does not run a cold supplier-application form. New brands get discovered through RangeMe and the MUSE accelerator, then vetted against …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Novartis supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Novartis runs supplier registration through SAP Ariba, and most onboarding starts with an invitation rather than a public application. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Synchrony supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Synchrony runs its supplier registration through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and only complete profiles get reviewed for sourcing projects. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Ascension supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Ascension buys through The Resource Group on a PeopleSoft supplier portal, and its RFx Inclusion rule means diverse bidders get a seat …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a eBay supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

eBay doesn't run a public 'apply to be a supplier' portal the way some Fortune 500s do. Here's how its procurement actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Mayo Clinic diverse supplier

Mayo Clinic runs an active supplier diversity program under its Supply Chain Management division, with procurement across three campuses and a regional …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a ServiceNow diverse supplier

ServiceNow is a Procurement Equity Pledge signatory with NMSDC and WBENC commitments and over $9 billion in annual revenue. Here's what a …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Cummins diverse supplier

Cummins runs a formal supplier diversity program through its Supplier Diversity & Inclusion initiative, recognizes MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and other certifications, and …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Charles Schwab diverse supplier

Charles Schwab manages over $9 trillion in client assets and is an active NMSDC and WBENC corporate member. Here is how to …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a BP supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BP runs vendor registration through SAP Ariba and its supplier portal, and most diverse-business work flows through a certification-gated program that has …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Bristol-Myers Squibb supplier

Bristol-Myers Squibb sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Tesla diverse supplier

Tesla sources billions in components and services for its vehicle manufacturing. This guide covers what is publicly known about Tesla's supplier registration, …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Allstate supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Allstate takes open registrations through a Prospective Supplier Engagement Form, but all real bidding runs through SAP Ariba. Here's what the form …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Amazon supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Amazon takes open supplier registrations through a SupplierGateway portal, not a cold email. A recognized diversity certification (NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, NVBDC, VA) …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a AMD supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

AMD runs a strategic-sourcing procurement model, not an open vendor marketplace. Here's how registration actually works, where diversity certification fits, and the …

· Will Moss

How to become a Amgen supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Amgen runs an open supplier diversity database, not an invitation-only club. You register through a portal at amgen.quantumsds.com, self-certify your small or …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Eaton supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Eaton takes open supplier registrations through SupplierOne and my.eaton.com, not invitation-only outreach. The faster lane runs through diverse certification and Eaton's Tier …

· Will Moss

How to become a BAE Systems diverse supplier

BAE Systems' U.S. operations are a $14 billion defense contractor with active small business subcontracting programs. This guide covers portal registration, which …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Baxter supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Baxter buys from approved suppliers it registers and routes by category, not from cold emails. Here's how to register through its New …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Block supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Block doesn't run a click-to-apply vendor portal you can find from its homepage. Here's what the company (Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL) …

· Will Moss

How to become a NextEra Energy diverse supplier

NextEra Energy runs its supplier diversity program through its Supplier Development group, with registration through SupplierOne and procurement managed on GEP Smart. …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a TJX supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

TJX runs one of retail's oldest supplier diversity programs, but registration and getting bought are two different things. Here's how vendor registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Workday supplier

Workday sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Cardinal Health diverse supplier

Cardinal Health runs a formal supplier diversity program under its Supplier Diversity & Inclusion initiative, targeting MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and other certified …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Molson Coors diverse supplier

Molson Coors runs a formal supplier diversity program under its Beyond Beer and Brew initiatives, with sourcing focused on ingredients, packaging, marketing …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Stryker diverse supplier

Stryker runs a formal supplier diversity program through its Supplier Diversity & Sustainability office and sources from MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and other …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a USAA diverse supplier

USAA's Military Family Supplier Diversity program recognizes MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, VOSB, and disability-owned certifications; registration starts with a form submitted to supplier.relations@usaa.com.

· Mario Bailey

How to become a AutoZone supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

AutoZone runs vendor registration through its own portal, not Ariba or Coupa, and a category manager has to sponsor you before you …

· Will Moss

How to become a Choice Hotels supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Choice Hotels franchises hotels rather than operating them, so corporate procurement is narrower than the brand's size suggests. The vendor application runs …

· Will Moss

How to become a Cloudflare supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cloudflare has no public self-serve supplier portal. It vets vendors at onboarding against its Third Party Code of Conduct and supply-chain standards. …

· Will Moss

How to become a Cognizant supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cognizant transacts with suppliers on the Ariba Network and runs a separate diversity registration portal called NectariQ. Registering on either one does …

· Will Moss

How to become a Compass Group supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Compass Group runs supplier registration through the Coupa Supplier Portal and asks new vendors for diversity certifications, tax, and banking info upfront. …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Constellation Energy supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Constellation runs supplier registration through Oracle and GEP SMART, and it pulls your diversity status from your SAM.gov classification. Registering does not …

· Will Moss

How to become a Danaher supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Danaher runs decentralized procurement across 15+ life-science and diagnostics operating companies. Registration on its supplier portal puts you in the registry Commodity …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Datadog supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Datadog has no public supplier-registration form. Onboarding runs through its Zip intake tool, and it only fires after a Datadog employee sponsors …

· Will Moss

How to become a FIS supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

FIS moves roughly $9 trillion a year across 20,000+ clients, and it buys from a deep vendor base to do it. Here's …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Fiserv supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Fiserv runs supplier registration through Supplier.io, not a public RFP board. Here is how registration really works, what the company buys, and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Goodyear supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Goodyear runs supplier registration through SAP Ariba at supplier.goodyear.com, not a public form. Here is how the portal works, what a diverse-business …

· Will Moss

How to become a Harley-Davidson supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Harley-Davidson runs supplier onboarding through its H-DSN network and the SupplierOne portal, and it is far closer to invitation-only than open enrollment. …

· Will Moss

How to become a Kinder Morgan supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Kinder Morgan runs procurement through SAP Ariba and reported roughly $306M of diverse-supplier spend in its 2022 ESG report. Here is how …

· Will Moss

How to become a Laboratory Corporation (LabCorp) supplier

Laboratory Corporation (LabCorp) sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a MassMutual supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

MassMutual runs an open supplier diversity registration portal, but a profile in it is the start, not the finish. Here's what the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a McCormick supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

McCormick does not run a public 'apply now' vendor portal. It sources through Supplier.io and asks diverse suppliers to register there first. …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a General Dynamics diverse supplier

General Dynamics is a $42 billion defense contractor with formal small and diverse business programs. This guide covers what diverse suppliers need …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Raymond James supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Raymond James runs a credentialed supplier portal at supplier.rjf.com and a named Supplier Diversity Program out of its St. Petersburg headquarters. Here …

· Will Moss

Guide · 9 min

How to become a Wells Fargo supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

Wells Fargo buys from suppliers through SAP Business Network, and most onboarding starts with an invitation. Here's how registration actually works, what …

May 25, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Verizon supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Verizon spent over $6 billion with diverse suppliers in 2023, but registering in the vendor portal is the easy part. Here's the …

May 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a U.S. Bank supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

U.S. Bank buys from thousands of vendors and runs a real supplier development program for small and diverse businesses. Here's how to …

May 18, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a United Airlines supplier: the registration and supplier diversity path

United runs one of the oldest supplier diversity programs in corporate America. Here's how to register, which certifications open the door, and …

May 13, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become a Unilever supplier (and how its supplier diversity program works)

Unilever runs almost all sourcing through one system, USQS, and you usually need an invitation to register. Here's the realistic on-ramp, plus …

May 12, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a PayPal supplier: inside PayPal's supplier diversity program

PayPal runs a real supplier diversity program with a low-friction front door: one email and a capability statement. Here's who qualifies, which …

Apr 23, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a JPMorgan Chase supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

JPMorgan Chase spends more than $2 billion a year with diverse suppliers, but getting added to its Supplier Network is a starting …

Mar 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Johnson & Johnson supplier (and get into their supplier inclusion program)

Registering as a J&J supplier takes minutes. Getting in front of a buyer takes a real strategy. Here's how their supplier inclusion …

Mar 25, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a FedEx supplier (and where supplier diversity fits in)

Registering as a FedEx supplier is free and takes an afternoon. Getting bought is the hard part. Here's how the FedEx Supplier …

Mar 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Disney supplier: the realistic path to selling to The Walt Disney Company

Registering as a Disney supplier is free and runs through one portal. Getting Disney to actually buy from you is the hard …

Mar 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Delta Air Lines supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

Registering on Delta's supplier portal takes an afternoon. Getting an actual contract takes a certification, a sharp capability statement, and patience. Here's …

Mar 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 9 min

How to become a Dell Technologies supplier: registration, certification, and the real on-ramp

You can register your business with Dell in an afternoon, but registration isn't a contract. Here's how Dell's supplier and diverse-supplier process …

Feb 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Comcast NBCUniversal supplier: the realistic path in

Comcast NBCUniversal spends over a billion dollars a year with diverse suppliers, but registering in their portal is the easy part. Here's …

Feb 23, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Coca-Cola supplier: the registration process and what its supplier diversity program actually wants

The Coca-Cola Company runs a real supplier diversity program and a registration portal called STARS. Registering is the easy part. Here's how …

Feb 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Cisco supplier: what their procurement and supplier diversity process actually looks like

You can't just fill out a form to sell to Cisco. Onboarding is invitation-led through Smart Buy on Ariba, and a diversity …

Feb 16, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Chevron diverse supplier

Chevron is a $200 billion energy company with a formal supplier diversity program and NMSDC corporate membership. This guide covers how to …

Feb 12, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Caterpillar diverse supplier

Caterpillar is a $67 billion industrial manufacturer with a formal supplier diversity program and active NMSDC and WBENC memberships. This guide covers …

Feb 11, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 9 min

How to become a Boeing supplier: the registration path and what its diversity program actually accepts

Becoming a Boeing supplier starts with a capability assessment in the ESLC portal, not a sales pitch. Here's the registration path, the …

Feb 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an IBM supplier (and what IBM's supplier diversity program actually wants)

IBM has bought from diverse suppliers since 1968 and still targets 5% of addressable spend. Here's the actual on-ramp: how registration works, …

Jan 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey