Chrysler Group Named One of Nation's Top Corporations for Supplier Diversity
30 Mars 2006 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
- Company cited for outstanding supplier diversity - Over $31
billion spent with minority suppliers LAS VEGAS, March 30
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler Group was honored today by
DiversityBusiness.com as a Top 50 Corporation for Multicultural
Business Opportunities of 2006 at the Sixth Annual
DiversityBusiness.com Multicultural Awards Ceremony and Conference
in Las Vegas. The award, also called the Div50, is recognition of
the Top 50 Diversity Corporations in the United States. The award
is based upon such factors as the volume, consistency and quality
of business opportunities a company grants to women and
minority-owned suppliers. Div50 is produced annually by
DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural
business-to-business online portal for diversity businesses and
large organizational buyers, and the largest member organization of
diversity businesses in the United States. "The Company appreciates
recognition by the business enterprises in this growing economic
sector," said Peter Rosenfeld, Executive Vice President -
Procurement and Supply, Chrysler Group. "DaimlerChrysler is proud
to hold a leadership position in the multicultural business
community." In the last seven years, the company has more than
doubled dollars spent with minority suppliers, from $1.7 billion in
1998 to $3.8 billion in 2005. This significant increase
demonstrates Chrysler Group's long-term commitment to the economic
development and growth of its minority suppliers, in addition to
distinguishing Chrysler Group as an industry leader in supplier
development. Since 1983, Chrysler Group has purchased more than $31
billion from minority-owned companies and has developed a number of
programs to build its minority supplier base. Those include a new
supplier diversity Web site
(http://supplierdiversity.daimlerchrysler.com/ ), Chrysler Group's
Matchmaker program and the Minority Enterprise Initiative (MEI).
Chrysler Group's supplier diversity initiatives have been formally
recognized by numerous organizations and have received 57 honors
since 1998. HONORS * 2006 Top 50 Corporations for Supplier
Diversity - Hispanic Trend Magazine * 2006 Top 50 Corporations for
Supplier Diversity - DiversityBusiness.com * 2005 Corporate
Advocate of the Year (J. Joseph) - National Minority Supplier
Development Council * 2005 Hispanic Advocate Award (J. Joseph) -
Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce * 2005 Corporate Supplier
Diversity Advocate (J. Joseph) - Tuck School of Business Dartmouth
College * 2005 Corporation of the Year - Michigan Minority Business
Development Council * 2005 Corporate Advocate of the Year (M.
Hails) - Michigan Minority Business Development Council * 2005
Buyer of the Year (T. Wright) - Michigan Minority Business
Development Council * 2005 30 Best Companies for Diversity
(Supplier & Employee Base) - Black Enterprise Magazine * 2005
Ohio Governor's Minority Business Development Recognition Award *
2005 Corporate 100 - Hispanic Magazine * 2005 Top 50 Corporations
for Supplier Diversity - Hispanic Trends Magazine * 2004
President's Recognition Award (T. Sidlik) - National Minority
Supplier Development Council * 2004 Corporate Advocate of the Year
(R. Hammer) - Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce * 2004
Corporate Partner Award - Northern Ohio Minority Business Council *
2004 Corporate Advocate of the Year (M. Hails) - Michigan Minority
Business Development Council * 2004 Caleidoscope of Culture Award
Supplier Diversity * 2004 Distinguished Service Award - New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware Minority Council * 2004 Mosaic Multicultural
Award Supplier Diversity - American Advertising Federation * 2004
Influential Minorities In Business (J. Joseph) - Minority Business
& Professionals Network * 2004 Corporation of the Year - Native
American Business Alliance * 2004 Top 50 Companies for Diversity -
Diversity, Inc. * 2004 Women Who Mean Business (D. Harris) -
Minority Business News * 2004 Diversity Champion Honor Roll (J.
Taylor) - Race Relations & Diversity Task Force * 2004
Diversity Supplier Mentor Award (M. Hails) - National Diversity
Opportunity Council * 2003 Corporation of the Year - Michigan
Minority Supplier Development Council * 2003 Leadership Award -
National Minority Supplier Development Council * 2003 Corporate
Advocate of the Year (M. Hails) - Wisconsin Supplier Development
Council * 2003 Corporate 100 - Hispanic Magazine * 2003 Corporate
ONE Leadership Award (H.D. Mujahid) - Michigan Minority Business
Development Council * 2003 Achievement Award (W.C. Edoff) -
Michigan Minority Business Development Council * 2003 Diversity
Supplier Mentor Award (J. Joseph) - National Diversity Opportunity
Council * 2002 Corporation of the Year - Michigan Minority Business
Development Council * 2002 Best of the Decade - Minority Business
News Magazine * 2002 Top 50 Companies for Diversity - Diversity,
Inc. * 2002 Patterson Greenfield Company of the Year - OnWheels
Magazine * 2001 Corporation of the Year - Michigan Minority
Business Development Council * 2001 MBE Advocate of the Year (R.
Hammer) - Michigan Minority Business Development Council * 2001 Top
30 Companies for Supplier Diversity - Working Woman Magazine * 2001
Inductee Billion Dollar Roundtable - Minority Business News * 2001
Star Achievement (W. Edoff) - PBS Video Series Procurement
Resources * 2001 President Recognition Award (J. Joseph) - Michigan
Minority Business Development Council * 2000 Corporation of the
Year - National Minority Supplier Development Council * 2000 MBE
Coordinator of the Year (J. Joseph) - National Minority Supplier
Development Council * 2000 President's Star Award - Business
Consortium Fund National Minority Supplier Development Council *
2000 Corporation of the Year - Michigan Minority Business
Development Council * 2000 MBE Advocate of the Year (W. Edoff) -
Michigan Minority Business Development Council * 2000 Corporate
Trailblazer Award (D. Mercer-Pryor) - Minorities in Business
Magazine * 1999 Corporation of the Year - National Coalition of
Minority Business * 1999 Corporation of the Year - Houston Minority
Supplier Development Council * 1999 Hall of Fame Inductee -
Wisconsin Minority Supplier Development Council * 1998 Corporation
of the Year - National Minority Supplier Development Council (final
four nominee) * 1998 Corporation of the Year - Indiana Minority
Supplier Development Council * 1998 Corporation of the Year -
Wisconsin Minority Supplier Development Council * 1998 Coordinator
of the Year (W. Edoff) - Michigan Minority Business Development
Council * 1998 Buyer of the Year (T. York) - Michigan Minority
Business Development Council * 1998 Corporation of the Year -
Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce DATASOURCE: Chrysler Group
CONTACT: Michele Tinson, +1-248-705-2456, , or Angela Spencer-Ford,
+1-248-766-2154, , both of Chrysler Group Web site:
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://supplierdiversity.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://diversitybusiness.com/
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