MSDUK Supplier Diversity Day - Manchester

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MSDUK Supplier Diversity Day - Manchester

By MSDUK

Date and time

Wed, 8 May 2019 10:00 - 16:00 GMT+1

Location

Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel

Water Street Manchester M3 4JQ United Kingdom

Description

Inviting ethnic minority businesses from the North-West region to the first MSDUK Regional Supplier Diversity Event

  • Meet senior procurement leaders from IBM, Cummins, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Barclays and others
  • Understand how procurement processes work in these global corporations and how you can be part of their supply chain
  • Hear from entrepreneurs from MSDUK network that have successfully won business and get an understanding of do's & don'ts while submitting a proposal.
  • Meet some of our regional partners and industry leaders to understand support available to your business
  • Attend a workshop delivered by world renowned Business Coach, David McQueen, on 'Delivering a winning pitch'
  • Network with cross section of industry, corporate and business leaders


Event Highlight:

Workshop: 'Learn how to pitch your business idea and the art of storytelling'

by David McQueen

Pitching is a key skill of every successful entrepreneur. Whether you are at the idea stage or have a fully fledged business, getting your ideas and business across is essential to success.

The purpose of this workshop is to help you:

  • Feel confident and create a compelling narrative when delivering a high stakes presentation

  • Fine tune visuals

  • Design the basic principles of your pitch

  • Understand the different kinds of pitches


Programme:

10:00-11:00 | Registration and refreshments

11:00-11:15 | Welcome and introduction to MSDUK

11:15-12:30 | Panel Session: Doing business with large corporations-opportunities and challenges

12:30-13:30 | Lunch

13:30-13:45 | Introducing MSDUK Innovation Challenge

13:45-15:45 | Workshop: Learn how to pitch your business idea and the art of storytelling by David McQueen

16:00 | Close


Who should attend?

  • Procurement professionals
  • Ethnic Minority Business owners
  • Young start-up founders
  • Business support organisations from the region


Event Partners:

Our special thanks to Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and many regional businesses for their help in promoting this event and supporting the work of MSDUK


Photography and Videography

While attending an MSDUK event you may be filmed, photographed or recorded. We, including our agents, assignees, employees, affiliated organizations, and partners worldwide, may use these films, images, or recordings for marketing purposes.


Organised by

MSDUK BRINGS TOGETHER INNOVATIVE AND HIGH GROWTH ETHNIC MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES (EMBs) WITH GLOBAL CORPORATIONS COMMITTED TOWARDS CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE SUPPLY CHAIN.

Our integrated ecosystem of Innovation, Knowledge & Procurement hubs help EMBs bring innovative ideas to market, develop business leaders of the future & achieve sustained growth through access to corporate supply chains.

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