Posted by Nancy Murray, VP, Director of Procurement
Draftfcb held its third Small Business and Supplier Diversity Fair of the year this past Wednesday in our Chicago office, focusing on production services – Print, Digital, Broadcast. It was a first for the Chicago agency, and I’m happy to say, we had over 40 suppliers attending from the local Chicago area as well as some traveled from the East and West Coasts.
Each supplier was given an opportunity interview with senior members of our Chicago production teams and an opportunity to speak with other members of the Draftfcb leadership team.
We were also joined by a client partner who spoke about supplier diversity as “making room at the table.”
The response from the suppliers in attendance was extremely positive as was the response from our own people.
This is what our conferences are about – giving suppliers a chance to meet key decision makers at our agencies and when an opportunity comes, giving suppliers a chance to compete for the business.