MSDUK

Corporate Member Benefits

MSDUK is the market leading, not-for-profit membership organisation assisting corporations in delivering practical supplier diversity programmes in the UK.

As a private sector led organisation MSDUK inherently understands the purchasing needs of its corporate members and proactively engages with quality ethnic minority suppliers that can fulfil a wide range of procurement opportunities.

MSDUK provides a range of inclusive services to link ethnic minority businesses with corporations including:

The UK’s first Minority Business Certification Programme

Industry specific Meet the Buyer events

Supplier Diversity Days

A fully searchable online supplier database

A tailored Supplier Sourcing and Referral service

Networking evenings

If you’re a buying organisation looking to engage with ethnic minority businesses, MSDUK should be your partner of choice.

Research from the US indicates that companies which focus heavily on supplier diversity generate a 133% greater return on their buying operations. These findings alone provide a compelling case to consider the advantage of supplier diversity.

In the UK, the ethnic minority population equates to more than 10% of Britain and 19% of all SME’s are owned by ethnic minorities contributing over £40b to the UK economy. As the market place becomes increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, forward thinking companies realise it makes absolute business sense to engage with a supplier base that can not only provide a competitive edge, but also represents the increasing number of minority groups within the United Kingdom.

Bringing more inclusivity and equality of opportunity into procurement practices can generate economic as well as social benefits. Ethnic minority businesses can bring innovation, flexibility and a high level of customer service that larger suppliers may be unable to provide. The social benefits of investing in local community based businesses and promoting regeneration also bring additional rewards of enhanced reputation amongst customers and peers.

Companies are already being judged on their responsible business practices, including their environmental credentials, ethical product sourcing and workplace diversity. Increasingly this list is being widened to include supplier diversity.

MSDUK’s experienced team can help you build your internal supplier diversity business case, please contact the Head Office on 0116 253 2520 for more details.

If you would like to discuss membership options please contact Mayank Shah or Snowia Hussain.

Corporate Member Benefits	Membership Types
	Associate *	Regular *	Charter *
	£3000+VAT	£6000+VAT	£10000+VAT
Full access to an online database of certified ethnic minority businesses
An Induction meeting to understand the business requirements and to agree a tailored package of services
Invites to match-making events to meet and engage with suppliers that you require
Access to US & UK best practices in supplier diversity via our corporate workshops and the MSDUK Supplier Diversity Toolkit
Information, support and advice to help members benchmark their current supply base
Additional Benefits:
On-demand supplier sourcing and referral service allowing you to contact us directly for supplier lists in response to any RFI/RFP/RFQ
An individual Account Manager to help develop and achieve your organisations supplier diversity objectives
Four follow-on meetings and regular calls to help capacity build staff new to supplier diversity
Customised in house supplier diversity training sessions for staff on request
Bespoke assistance to develop EMB mentoring initiatives, in-house supplier diversity events, training materials and access to data to develop internal business case documents
Opportunities to present on supplier diversity at MSDUK and Partner events
Premium Benefits:
Opportunity to play an active leadership role in the strategic direction of supplier diversity in the UK
Opportunity to be elected onto the MSDUK Board of Directors and set the direction of the organisation
Opportunity to play a leadership role and Chair MSDUK corporate working groups
Priority sponsorship opportunities at MSDUK Conference, Business Opportunity Fair and Awards Dinner
Opportunities to present on supplier diversity at national and international events

* Associate Membership: For firms with <£250M annual turnover
* Regular Membership: For firms of all size
* Charter Membership: For firms of all size

Have a read of what some of our current members are saying about us:

“Being a corporate member of MSDUK gives me access to an untapped pool of quality suppliers and presents me with options for my business requirements. The database lets me search for suppliers by skills and location, so we can get on with identifying suppliers quickly and efficiently.”

Phil Sampson, PepsiCo UK&I

“ExxonMobil has been a corporate member of MSDUK for the past four years. The MSDUK team is proactive in helping us to identify ethnic minority suppliers and always tries to ensure that we maximise our time at MSDUK events.”

Mike Seymour, ExxonMobil

"The MSDUK team has provided opportunities for us to share learning with other corporations to help us further develop our supplier inclusion and diversity program. The MSDUK Best Practice sessions in particular are very helpful"

Cassandra Rennie, Accenture

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T. +44 (0)116 253 2520 E. DIVERSITY@MSDUK.ORG.UK