ManpowerGroup's Annual Supplier Diversity Roundtable Strengthens Partnerships with Diverse Business Owners

Roundtable Offers Development and Recognition Opportunities for Diverse Suppliers

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Oct 08, 2013, 07:00 ET

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup's 11^th annual Supplier Diversity Roundtable concludes today in Milwaukee. The event brought together more than 100 diverse suppliers from across the United States including minority, veteran, LGBT, small, and women-owned staffing and procurement businesses. The roundtable is an unsurpassed development opportunity for diverse suppliers in the workforce solutions industry.

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"ManpowerGroup was among the first in the workforce solutions industry to commit to a fully engaged supplier diversity initiative. We view supplier diversity as an essential business strategy, and the roundtable underscores the depth of our commitment to developing our suppliers and ensuring our clients benefit from our diverse network," said Kip Wright, senior vice president, ManpowerGroup Solutions and member of the ManpowerGroup supplier diversity executive steering committee. "Every year attendees tell us the roundtable helps them make deeper connections with us and their peers, and provides best practices that enable them to take their workforce solutions offerings to the next level."

The day-and-a-half roundtable included sessions with ManpowerGroup leaders and industry experts covering topics like health care, the talent shortage and business growth strategies. In addition, ManpowerGroup hosted an awards dinner to recognize winners of the ManpowerGroup Supplier Excellence Award. Suppliers earn the award based on exceptional performance in overall spend and number of accounts, performance metrics and overall partnership.

"The success of our diverse supplier partners is the driver of our combined ability to deliver industry-leading workforce management programs," said Wright. "The ManpowerGroup Supplier Excellence Awards recognize our partners who have gone above and beyond in accelerating their growth and profitability while meeting our shared business goals."

The 2013 ManpowerGroup Supplier Excellence Award honorees are:

CorTech
Emergys
Employment Plus
Industrial Staffing Services Inc.
KellyMitchell
Spectraforce Technologies Inc.
SVAM International, Inc.
USM Business Systems Inc.
Victory Personnel Services, Inc.

For more information about ManpowerGroup's supplier diversity initiatives in the United States, visit http://www.manpower.us/en/About-Us/Supplier-Diversity.htm.

About ManpowerGroup – United States
ManpowerGroup^™ (NYSE: MAN) is an innovative workforce solutions company specializing in temporary and permanent recruitment, career management, outsourcing and HR consulting. Founded in 1948, Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup is a $22 billion company with offices in more than 80 countries and territories around the world. Each day, ManpowerGroup connects more than 630,000 people to meaningful work through its relationships with 400,000 clients worldwide. In the United States, ManpowerGroup operates more than 500 offices through its family of companies, including Manpower^®, Experis^™, ManpowerGroup^™ Solutions and Right Management^®. To learn more, visit www.manpowergroup.us and press.manpower.com.