Humana Throws the First Pitch Event to Connect Minority-Owned Businesses to Top Humana Suppliers
13 April 2022 - 3:08AM
Business Wire
Humana’s Supplier Diversity Mentor Protégé
program connects diverse suppliers with Humana’s Prime
Suppliers
The Supplier Diversity Team of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) hosted
the First Pitch, a virtual forum where participants from the Humana
Mentor Protégé Program had the opportunity to pitch their business
ideas to current top 50 prime suppliers.
The event is an extension of Humana’s Supplier Diversity Mentor
Protégé Program. Launched in 2019, the program’s goal is to
overcome barriers that typically inhibit or restrict the success of
minority-owned, women-owned, LGBTQ-owned, disability-owned,
veteran-owned, and small business enterprises by encouraging
relationships with various Humana departments and external
partners. At Humana, we want our vendors and suppliers to help
drive innovation, improve quality, sustain growth, and advance our
vision of a world where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to
be as healthy as possible. And we strive to attract qualified,
certified suppliers who reflect our customers, employees and
communities we serve.
The First Pitch gives diverse suppliers from the program’s past
and present an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to current
Humana top prime suppliers and receive exposure to potential
business opportunities and valuable feedback as they continue to
grow their businesses. “Humana is proud of the development,
exposure and opportunities that have come as a result of the
Supplier Diversity Mentor Protégé Program which launched in 2019,”
said Holli Turner, Director of Supplier Diversity. “We are equally
excited to present a platform that further encourages the
utilization of diverse and small businesses with Humana’s Top Prime
Spend Suppliers.”
Condrad Daniels, a program participant from HJI Supply Chain
Solutions said, “We at HJI Supply Chain Solutions, a proud alumni
of the inaugural Humana Mentor Protégé Supplier Program, are proud
to participate in the Humana First Pitch event. Humana’s decision
to lean into the supplier diversity challenge of equity and
opportunity is the only way breakthrough happens. I respect how
Humana leans into the audience they want to capture and
acknowledges the gap that exists with action, not just words.”
Humana is dedicated to promoting and supporting the growth and
development of diverse businesses including minority-owned,
women-owned, LGBTQ-owned, disability-owned, veteran-owned, and
small businesses. The company proactively fosters relationships
with diverse and small business enterprises because it recognizes
the shared benefits of knowledge and expertise that positions
Humana and these businesses partners to grow together. Partnerships
are critical to drive forward our Supplier Diversity Program, which
promotes an inclusive and equitable approach to procurement that
ensures we invest our dollars with a balance of partnerships with
historically underutilized businesses. Humana is working to
increase its diverse supplier base through an inclusive and
equitable approach to procurement. In 2021, Humana spent $345
million with diverse suppliers, an almost 9% increase over the
previous year. To read more, please visit Humana’s 2021 Impact
Report.
Click here to read more about Humana’s Supplier Diversity
Program.
About Humana
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to helping our millions of
medical and specialty members achieve their best health. Our
successful history in care delivery and health plan administration
is helping us create a new kind of integrated care with the power
to improve health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are
leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare,
families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities
at large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
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Jasmine Weatherby Humana Corporate Communications (502) 593-4616
Email: jweatherby@humana.com
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