2012 Partners for Profit Award Nominations
It is time for MBEs and corporate members to nominate outstanding MBEs, corporate buyers, supplier diversity advocates, and corporations for award recognitions that will be presented at the 2012 Partners for Profit Business to Business Symposium Awards Breakfast on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 at the Country Springs Hotel and Conference Center in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
Each year at our Awards Breakfast, the Wisconsin Minority Supplier Development Council recognizes those certified minority suppliers (MBEs) who have distinguished themselves and their businesses by:
- successfully demonstrating growth in sales and employment while overcoming significant obstacles,
- consistently providing high-quality products and services at competitive prices and offering innovative approaches and cost-saving ideas,
- continuously growing MBE-to-MBE purchases, and
- significantly contributing to the growth and development of society and their community.
All corporate members are invited to nominate MBEs in each of the following categories.
- Class 1 MBEs – Annual sales less than $1 million
- Class 2 MBEs – Annual sales between $1 million and less than $10 million
- Class 3 MBEs – Annual sales between $10 million and less than $50 million
- Class 4 MBEs – Annual sales greater than $50 million
- Reciprocal MBE – MBEs with their primary office outside Wisconsin, Iowa and Central Illinois and must be reciprocally certified with the Wisconsin Minority Supplier Development Council.
Contact our office at (608) 241-5858 or via e-mail at floydrose@wicimsdc.org if you have any questions about the appropriate category of your nominees. The important thing is to get your nominations in.
Certified MBEs are invited to make nominations for the following awards.
- Advocate of the Year – This award is presented to a supplier diversity manager/director who has done an outstanding job of assisting MBEs for the benefit of both their employer and the MBE.
- Buyer of the Year – This award is presented to a buyer from our corporate membership that has gone far and beyond the call of duty to assist MBEs with procurement opportunities and feedback.
- Corporation of the Year – This award is presented to the corporate member who has demonstrated commitment and has delivered results in the area of minority business procurement and development.
The staff is here to assist MBEs with any questions they have about the process or the categories. Contact our office at (608) 241-5858 or via e-mail at floydrose@wicimsdc.org.
It is appropriate for companies, corporate representatives and MBEs to ask their supporters to consider nominating them for these prestigious awards. Although you cannot nominate yourself, sometimes you have to toot your own horn with a gentle reminder to your friends who you have supported throughout the year.
