Jamie Crump

Top three reasons 2023 is the year for procurement and supplier diversity to align
Scoutbee
December 08, 2022

There’s nothing like an idea whose time has come. I’ve spent most of my procurement and supply chain career trying to get executives to invest in procurement and/or supplier diversity. Now, the supply chain disruption caused by the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd in the US have created the perfect storm for procurement and supplier diversity to have an impact. As we look to 2023, here are the top three reasons why this is the year for proper alignment.

Supplier Diversity and the Bottom Line
Hired Magazine
May 05, 2021

The top five ways that supplier diversity affects the bottom line.

Business has a voice, with action or inaction
LinkedIn
April 20, 2021

On April 29, 1992 I was at a board meeting in the Marriott Marque in downtown Atlanta when the Rodney King verdict was read. I remember being escorted across the street by hotel security to the Hilton where I was staying. I remember being told not to come down to the lobby because my safety could not be guaranteed. But mostly, I remember being so angry at the outcome and feeling let down by the justice system.

New York Power Authority Turns Up Heat On Supplier Diversity
Diversity Professional
January 25, 2021

Industry Insights: New developments at NYPA to increase success of their supplier diversity program.

A Wealth of Knowledge for Long-term Impact
Diversity Professional/Diversity Professional
October 15, 2020

Article for the Power Players Section of the magazine. A profile of Marc E Davenport.

Ford Supplier Diversity: A Master Class in Leadership and Advocacy
Diversity Professional/Diversity Professional
October 15, 2020

Corporate Strategy Section of Magazine. Interview and profile of supplier diversity team at Ford.

The Flow of Leadership: A Conversation with American Water's CPO Josh King
Diversity Professional/Diversity Professional
October 15, 2020

Industry Insights Section of magazine. Interview and profile of CPO of American Water.

The Best Kept Secrets of the Small Business Administration
Diversity Professional Magazine
August 24, 2020

Business: A Conversation with Georgia District Director Terri Denison

Fueling Entrepreneurship
Diversity Professional Magazine
August 24, 2020

Power Players: Coverage of Bernita McCann Hightower, President and CEO of Next Generation Fuel.

Calculating Your Return On Event Investment
Diversity Professional Magazine
April 20, 2020

Business: Calculating the ROI of attending events and tips on making that ROI higher.

Serial Wow!
Diversity Professional Magazine
November 18, 2019

Power Player: Article on serial entrepreneur Tiffany "Tip Jones" Keaton.

Unlocking Greatness - Great Service and Social Justice in One Company
Diversity Professional Magazine
November 18, 2019

Power Players: Article on Zenja Norful-Glass "Z"

Kayla Creative - Service Supreme
Diversity Professional Magazine
August 19, 2019

Power Players: Coverage of Al Bullock, owner of Kayla Creative.

American Water Company and Supplier Diversity are Open for Business
Diversity Professional Magazine
April 22, 2019

Corporate Strategy: Coverage of American Water's first Supplier Diversity Summit at their new HQ in Camden, NJ.

Know What You Know - Making Informed Decisions About Information
Diversity Professional Magazine
April 22, 2019

Understanding the source and credibility of news and data.

National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Diversity Professional Magazine
November 19, 2018

All Access: Coverage of the annual NGLCC conference.

Diversify Your Training and Development Portfolio
Diversity Professional Magazine
August 20, 2018

Leadership: Different ways to develop your team

Ford Drives Supplier Diversity Progress
Diversity Professional Magazine
August 20, 2018

Industry Insights: Ford's supplier diversity program continuing to innovate and improve.

Ten Things to a More Powerful You
Diversity Professional Magazine
June 18, 2018

Motivation: Ten things I would tell my younger self.

Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity
Publish Your Purpose Press
June 15, 2020

Most agree that options, choices, and diversity are a good thing. No financial advisory ever suggested a portfolio of a single stock. We all love having 31 flavors to select from at the ice cream counter. So why is it so hard to see that a diverse supply chain is a necessary business strategy? The connection between diversity and profitability has been shown time and again. Research from McKinsey, Deloitte, and Harvard Business Review show that with diversity, companies make more money. Yet, many struggle to build the business case at their companies.

Jamie Crump spent 25+ years in corporate supply chain and supplier diversity. She is a thought leader in both areas and unveils best practices for developing and executing a supplier diversity business strategy in “Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity.”

Crump provides a backstage look at the five primary cast members: C-suite, supplier diversity professional, supply chain professional, diverse business owner, and end user. She shows what each brings to the table, their challenges, blind spots, and best practices. She then delves into how the cast members can best interact to execute a business strategy that will help recruit and retain talent, keep and win customers, and add money to the bottom line.

Her comprehensive six-step model offers a blueprint for success, from how to gain executive support to practical tips on creating new diverse business relationships. Crump shows that a supplier diversity business strategy is as basic as sound financials and a good marketing strategy.

Whether your organization is B2B, B2C, or a combination, if supplier diversity is a missing business strategy at your company, you are leaving money on the table. Find out how to get it back.

The Richwell Group
The Richwell Group
April 03, 2017

The Richwell Group was established in 2017 by Jamie Crump, our company President. Her vision is for a consulting group with laser focus on two key business areas: strategic sourcing and supplier diversity.

The Richwell Group provides consulting and coaching services to corporate and certified diversity-owned businesses in the areas of strategic sourcing and procurement strategies, supplier diversity initiatives and optimizing leverage of a diversity certification.

Making Research Sexy
IWSCC (Inclusive Workplace and Supply Council of Canada)
June 02, 2022

Jamie talks all things research with Deidre Guy, head of IWSCC.

Supplier Diversity Should Be a Business Strategy
JAGGAER
May 25, 2022

A program has a start and finish.
A business strategy is ongoing.
SupplierDiversity is a business strategy. Like sound financials. Or business development.

New Book Provides Expert Insight on Supplier Diversity
Diversity Professional Magazine
August 24, 2020

Interview and review of book Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity

331: Making the Case: The Business of Supplier Diversity w/ Jamie Crump
Art of Procurement | YouTube
July 27, 2020

Listen to the full episode here:
https://artofprocurement.com

In this interview, Jamie explains:

Why the majority of diversity spend is associated with indirect suppliers.
How stakeholders (or distributed buyers) are ultimately the ones with the power to make the greatest difference in supplier diversity.
The fact that the effort to ensure supplier diversity is never done, and why it can’t be put on ‘cruise control.’

Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity
Publish Your Purpose | YouTube
July 09, 2020

Most agree that options, choices, diversity are a good thing. No financial advisor ever suggested a portfolio of a single stock. We all love having 31 flavors to select from at the ice cream counter. So why is it so hard to see that a diverse supply chain is a necessary business strategy? The connection between diversity and profitability has been shown time and again. Research from McKinsey, Deloitte, and Harvard Business Review show that with diversity, companies make more money. Yet, many struggle to build the business case at their companies.

Backstage Pass with Jamie Crump & Joanna Martinez
ISM New Jersey | YouTube
June 24, 2020

Joanna Martinez will be interviewing Jamie Crump on her first book to be released in mid-July entitled "Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity"

TBL #043 - Jamie Crump, Author of Backstage Pass
Write Your Book in a Flash with Dan Janal | YouTube
April 27, 2020

Jamie Crump has focused her career in strategic sourcing and supplier diversity across a variety of industries including: banking, catastrophic insurance, heavy equipment rental, IT, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and welding and medical supply.

Tracing the Line of Diversity
Diversity Professional Magazine
April 17, 2017

Cover story on me

Member Toolbox: Finding The Right Tools For Your Supplier Diversity Program
WBE Canada
November 09, 2021

WBE Canada provides access to powerful and time saving tools, resources, and benefits to support the SD programs of corporate and government members. Whether you are just starting on your journey, moving your SD program into Canada or taking your existing program to the next level, learn how our team of experts can support your journey at any stage. Come meet the team supporting the tools for corporate and government members: our in-house supplier diversity professional, WBE certification specialist, supplier diversity professional consultant, and our data reporting consultant.

Find out what you can take back to the office tomorrow that you don’t have in your toolkit today and ensure you are getting optimum value from your WBE Canada membership. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to ensure you are taking full advantage of the many benefits offered by WBE Canada’s Corporate and Government Membership.

Asked & Answered
Diversity Professional Magazine
April 22, 2019

Advise readers of the magazine on questions posed.

Diversity for Dollars: Real Talk on the Value of Diversity Certification

Location: Virtual, US, Canada, UK, Ireland, E    Date Available: December 27th, 2021     Fees: Starting at $495 USD

Submission Date: December 26th, 2021     Service Type: Service Offered

PROGRAM TITLE: Diversity for Dollars: Real Talk on the Value of Diversity Certification
SPEAKER: Jamie Crump

PRESENTATION SUMMARY
This session is designed for diverse entrepreneurs who are considering obtaining a diversity certification or renewing their certification. They may be new to supplier diversity or on the fence about whether or not they want to keep their certification.

In her talk, “Diversity for Dollars: Real Talk on the Value of Diversity Certification” Jamie Crump reaches into her experience developing, managing and growing supplier diversity strategies in Corporate America. This presentation gets to the root of when diversity certification is a good business decision for entrepreneurs whether they have been in business for years or are just starting out. This candid presentation is about what happens after the certification and answers the questions: What should you expect to see in the way of benefits and dollars? What should you be ready to do to obtain it?

DESIRED ACHIEVABLE STATE
Obtaining diversity status (LGBTQ, disabled, minority, service-disabled veteran, veteran, and woman owned businesses) is something every diverse business owner will be told at one time or another they should get, but is it really worth it? Many diverse business owners work to obtain their certification status but are not always sure what to do with it once they have it. In this program, Jamie outlines what the business owner’s expectations should be and what they will have to do to leverage 100% of the opportunity that is out there.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the presentation, audience members will:
• Understand the business strategy behind supplier diversity.
• Be able to identify if certification will work for them and if so, how.
• Have a five-step methodology for assessing events for dollars.
• Identify four ways that certified companies leave opportunity and money on the table almost every time they attend an event.

DELIVERIES:
30-minute
60-minute
½ day workshop
Full day workshop

ABOUT SPEAKER JAMIE CRUMP
With over 25 years’ experience in corporate supply chain and supplier diversity, Jamie Crump brings that and a vast array of industry knowledge to The Richwell Group, a consultancy that specializes in supply chain and supplier diversity. In addition, she is a speaker, author and advisor. Jamie is recognized as a global thought leader and expert. She has been named twice as one of the Top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity; twice named as a Top 30 Champions of Diversity and has been featured in publications including USA Today’s Annual Supplier Diversity Issue, Diversity Professional, DiversityPlus, and PurchasingB2B.

Jamie is the author of “Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity” which focuses on the imperative of supplier diversity as a necessary and profitable business strategy. Based on her experience, Crump has the keen ability to understand the five primary drivers, or cast members, what they do, how they are paid, their challenges and blind spots and what they need to know about each other to make a supplier diversity business strategy successful.

Found Money

Location: Virtual, US, Canada, UK, Ireland, E    Date Available: December 26th, 2021     Fees: Starting at $495 USD

Submission Date: December 26th, 2021     Service Type: Service Offered

PRESENTATION SUMMARY
This session is designed for people who want to improve the results of their conference or event investment. They may be attending a given conference for the first time, or one they have attended many times before. Leveraging the most effective preparation, on site actions and follow up afterwards provides a methodology for the best return.

In her talk, “Found Money” Jamie Crump looks at the opportunities often missed when attending business development, networking, and education and training conferences. This presentation gives audience members a look at the opportunities presented at these events over and above what is on the schedule. She then provides practical tips for getting the most return on investment to ensure there is no money left on the table.


DESIRED ACHIEVABLE STATE
Conferences and training events are an expensive investment. Whether people are paying for it themselves or the cost is covered by their company, they rarely get the optimal return on the investment.

Understanding what goes on behind the scenes in the planning and execution of a conference event helps audience members understand the business opportunities that are not laid out in the published agenda. Crump identifies where they are and how to best ensure all opportunities are leveraged. This allows attendees to make the most of their time spent.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the presentation, audience members will:
• Understand the five items needed to assess the opportunity of an event
• Receive the six essential tips on activities on site that can provide the most productive return
• Identify the four elements of research and preparation before and after the event that will ensure their encounters will be remembered.

EVIDENCE-BASED REFERENCES
With over 25 years of experience in supply chain, supplier diversity and leadership, Jamie has planned, attended and mentored those attending thousands of conferences and training events throughout her career. She has navigated a vast array of industries including banking, telecommunications, technology, pharmaceutical, welding and medical suppliers and heavy equipment rental.

Below is a list of a few of the clients and industries to give you a sense of the depth and breadth where Jamie has experience and has successfully deployed this methodology. In some cases, the company’s identities are not revealed due to NDA’s, so the industry and where possible their Fortune Ranking is provided.


United Rentals, Inc.
Pharmaceutical (Fortune 500)
IBM
Manufacturing (Fortune 1000)
Consulting
Global Banking & Mortgage (Fortune 500)
Telecommunications (Fortune 500)
CGLCC
WBE Canada
Diversity Professional
Centre for Women in Business

DELIVERIES:
30-minute
60-minute
½ day workshop
Full day workshop