AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
- "Collaborative Growth Initiative" created by FCA US and
Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC) to support
economic growth for minority-owned businesses
- Detroit-based businesses
attended custom events developed to help strengthen relationships
and build their businesses
- More than $3.5 billion generated
in new business opportunities for MatchMaker exhibitors since
inception in 1999
FCA US today celebrated its industry-leading commitment to
supplier diversity at the 20th annual MatchMaker event through a
series of high-impact engagements with more than 250 minority-,
women-, veteran- and LGBT-owned businesses.
"As we mark 20 years of MatchMaker, we're also pioneering a new
supplier diversity initiative to ensure inclusion and opportunity
are available to everyone," said Scott
Thiele, Head of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, FCA
- North America and Vice Chair of
the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC).
"Together with the MMSDC, I'm proud to help lead a program that is
advocating for minority-owned businesses and growing a stronger
pipeline of companies who can meet current and future supply chain
needs."
Launched in 2019, the MMSDC "Collaborative Growth
Initiative" includes nine automakers and suppliers working together
with 18 minority-owned businesses to define, measure and facilitate
sustainable sourcing opportunities in the indirect/non-production
commodity space. The goal is to ensure strategic business
growth.
During the two-day MatchMaker program, FCA US offered free
business seminars where Google, Alderney Advisors and supplier.io
covered topics such as social media marketing, developing long-term
financial strategies, working with customs organizations and
refining reporting practices. Business resource group, Women's
Alliance, hosted the second annual "W2W Mixer" where women-owned
businesses networked with the top female leadership at FCA
US.
FCA US also welcomed business leaders from the east side of
Detroit as part of the Company's
commitment to help build a more vibrant future for the
community where the first new assembly plant in the city of
Detroit will be built in nearly 30
years.
Since 1983, the Company has purchased nearly $80 billion from minority-, women- and
veteran-owned suppliers. FCA US spent $9
billion with more than 300 diverse suppliers in 2018.
FCA US supplier diversity goals require that up to 8.5 percent
of a tier-one supplier's buy be sourced to certified minority-owned
businesses, three percent sourced with women-owned businesses and
one percent sourced with veteran-owned businesses. The Company
provides advocacy and consulting services to certified LGBT-owned
and disability-owned suppliers.
In 2018, FCA US received the following honors for its supplier
diversity efforts:
- Best Tier II Program from the National Minority Supplier
Diversity Council
- Corporation of the Year from the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce
- Best-in-Class for Excellence in Supplier Diversity from the
Great Lakes Women Business Council
- Top Corporation Gold from the Women's Business Enterprise
National Council
- Advocate of the Year from the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce
The Company recently earned meaningful acknowledgement of its
diversity leadership when the editors of the respected DiversityInc
magazine named FCA US to the magazine's 2019 list of "Noteworthy
Companies for Diversity" for the 11th year and to the list of "Top
Companies for Veterans" for the third year in a row.
About FCA US LLC
FCA US LLC is a North American automaker based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It designs,
manufactures, and sells or distributes vehicles under the Chrysler,
Dodge, Jeep®, Ram, FIAT and Alfa Romeo brands, as well as the SRT
performance designation. The Company also distributes Mopar and
Alfa Romeo parts and accessories. FCA US is building upon the
historic foundations of Chrysler Corp., established in 1925 by
industry visionary Walter P.
Chrysler and Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (F.I.A.T.),
founded in Italy in 1899 by
pioneering entrepreneurs, including Giovanni Agnelli. FCA US is a member of the Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) family of companies. (NYSE: FCAU/
MTA: FCA).
FCA is an international automotive group listed on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FCAU" and on the Mercato
Telematico Azionario under the symbol "FCA."
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