At The Walt Disney Company, we believe that including diverse suppliers in our sourcing process provides us the greatest opportunity to develop the most innovative and high-quality business solutions. We strive to ensure that our business leaders have a broad understanding of the business case for working with diverse suppliers and the competitive advantage that a robust Supplier Diversity process provides the company. Working with diverse suppliers creates a positive impact on the people and communities where we do business by creating jobs and opportunities for everyone.
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We congratulate Larry Stein on this tremendous accomplishment and look forward to continuing the outstanding work of Supplier Diversity!
Congrats, Larry Stein who has been promoted to vice president, Strategic Sourcing. In this role, Larry has global responsibilities for influencing a combination of lines of business to ensure the successful realization of company objectives.
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During Black History Month, we’re celebrating Black heritage by honoring and ‘giving flowers’ of recognition to our Black and African American talent, creators, employees, collaborators and fans whose voices and stories continue to inspire us all. Follow along throughout the month to celebrate with us: http://di.sn/6043poubN #BlackHistoryMonth #ReimagineTomorrowTogether
https://lnkd.in/e3FEqHhj A wonderful way to celebrate National Popcorn Day! Congratulations on the continued success for this Orlando-based company bringing smiles to our Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Cruise Line guests.
This week, Disney Supplier Diversity hosted 48 Black-owned businesses from the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) at Walt Disney World Resort to experience hands-on, experiential learning opportunities to help stakeholders thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. We are excited to announce that we have also renewed our investment to RICE for the third consecutive year and have expanded our support to sponsor the development of Digital RICE, a virtual platform that will broaden the nonprofit’s reach to benefit entrepreneurs nationwide. These newest investments bring our total contribution to over $1 million to date, solidifying Disney as the lead sponsor of both RICE initiatives. Our support of the RICE is just one of the many ways Disney supports small businesses and benefits from an exchange of diverse and innovative perspectives. #RICEatDisney
$40 billion in economic impact in the state of Florida? For #Disney, that's business as usual! Casting a new light on Disney's starring role in Florida over the past 50 years, a new study by Oxford Economics reveals our company's extensive economic impact on the state's economy, tourism and small businesses. We're proud to help connect Disney teams with small businesses that supply products and services, with 2,500 small businesses in Florida and 8,500 nationwide that are contracted by The Walt Disney Company.
Last week, Ralph Sagaille, Director of Supplier Diversity and Sustainability for The Walt Disney Company, led a workshop about sales and business growth for over 100 stakeholders at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) in Atlanta, GA. Ralph shared proven insights and strategies he developed during his career as a sales executive and engaged attendees in discussions to help grow their businesses. As part of Disney’s ongoing support of the RICE Supply Chain Accelerator program, this group of small business owners will be hosted at Walt Disney World this December for an immersive learning experience and collaborative exchange of ideas with Disney leaders. At Disney, we are committed to supporting small businesses and diverse entrepreneurs to grow talent, impact our local economies and help develop the workforce of the future.
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✈️ 🇺🇸 #ICYMI the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over both Magic Kingdom and EPCOT at Walt Disney World! This month is National Veterans and Military Families Month and this patriotic flyover marked its arrival: http://di.sn/6042uWmMm
Last week The Walt Disney Company was honored, for the first time, with "Corporation of the Year" for Diverse Business Inclusion from NMSDC. We are proud of the hard work by so many across the company and honored to continue supporting communities through business. Looking forward to continuing this work in the year ahead!
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Walt Disney once said, "You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world…but it requires people to make the dream a reality.” As we celebrate our 100th anniversary today, we're sharing our employees' favorite parts of working at Disney. ✨
We love to see members of our team making an impact and sharing their passion! Please join us in celebrating this spotlight on Supplier Diversity’s very own Jean-Pierre! 🎉✨
"Much of this company’s history and success was founded on research and development, and finding new and innovative ways to 'wow' our guests. Each project that I support has the opportunity to one day enter one of our theme parks, hotels, or cruise ships." - Jean, manager, supplier diversity #DisneyCareers