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We would like to thank our corporate sponsors for their continued support. This month we highlight Office Depot as our featured Corporate Sponsor of the Month.
www.officedepot.com
Our featured Office Depot representative is Shari Francis, Manager, Vendor Development.
Shari Francis is responsible for:
• Recruiting qualified Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs)
• Reviewing Certified Historically Underutilized Businesses and their
products for resale for inclusion in Office Depot reselling channels.
• Mentoring HUBs to empower them and make them the best source
from which to buy.
• Creating and Update Procurement Processes.
• Preparing program materials for print distribution and web distribution
My main goal is "Delivering Winning Solutions That Inspire Worklife." |
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What’s the best thing about your job?
Creating opportunities for historically underutilized businesses at Office Depot and being the person to find the matches that benefit the HUB and Office Depot.
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How long have you worked with Office Depot?
Over 5 years.
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How can WBEs get noticed by Office Depot?
Have innovative products that are competitively priced that will add value to Office Depot’s assortment. WBEs need to understand why their products will be a great fit for Office Depot, not just provide a cookie cutter presentation and expect it to go through.
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How do you become a vendor/supplier to Office Depot?
For Vendors (Companies with Products for resale in our stores, catalogs, or e-commerce), you visit http://partner.officedepot.com, complete the company profile (all areas). Send that profile along with your certification(s) and a statement as to the value each product or product group (whether it’s a brand new product to the market or it’s priced more competitively than the competition) would provide to Office Depot. Let us know what you feel the sales will be and who the market is for the product. The key is to know Office Depot and as much as possible compare your product offering to our current assortment (online, catalog, and in our stores).
For Suppliers (companies with products for internal use), visit www.officedepot.com/diversity, and register. Then contact the representatives from Supplier Diversity.
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What is the spend for Office Depot with women-owned businesses?
As a retailer our results are viewed in terms of sales, the sale of women-owned products totaled over $236M.
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