Amotai - Supplier Diversity NZ

This week's pou for #TerekiTaiThursday is Māramatanga - Knowledge and Awareness. Majority of our *Impact Buyers have identified that they have a champion in the organisation that pushes this kaupapa throughout their workplace. *Impact Buyers are Amotai buyers that have completed their Tere ki Tai assessment and are working on their action plans. It's tough shouldering supplier diversity alone, raising awareness and building capability exponentially elevates supplier diversity success for any organisation. Our BoP SDL, Jenna Gray, and Capability Manager, Paul Tukukino, held a lunch and learn with *Impact Buyer Jacobs yesterday. Over 30 staff learned about Amotai and how we support their organisation to achieve supplier diversity aspirations. The next step from raising awareness is building capability. Amotai support all procurement professionals and supplier diversity enthusiasts to expand their expertise through our Making Sense of Supplier Diversity workshop. Wherever your organisation is placed on the supplier diversity journey, we will support you to raise the flag and rally the your troops towards this impactful and inspiring cause. Click the link below to learn how important it is to build knowledge and raise awareness to achieve your supplier diversity aspirations - https://lnkd.in/g-rpM_hg *Impact Buyers are Amotai buyers that have completed their Tere ki Tai assessment and are working on their action plans. Check out Jacobs below at our Meet the Buyer event earlier this year ⭐ #Amotai #SupplierDiversity #TerekiTaiThursday

Recently Amotai had the privilege of attending Property Council New Zealand's Central Property Property People Awards alongside GHD. The evening celebrated the best and brightest in the construction industry from the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. It was awesome to see many familiar faces including Amotai members Foster Group Ltd, Livingstone Building NZ and GHD nominated as finalists! 🌟 Together we continue to awhi our Amotai members and celebrate excellence across projects in BOP, Waikato and furthermore all of Aotearoa. Check out the lads looking sharp Anton Tukaki, Lloyd Rakaupai, Buddy, Matt Moore and Chad 👇 Ka mau te wehi! #Amotai #BusinessExcellence #CentralPropertyAwards #SupportLocal

How can I approach procurement differently to be more inclusive and equitable for diverse suppliers? Will what I’ve always done as a procurement professional be effective to engage diverse suppliers? Our Making Sense of Supplier Diversity workshop has a session dedicated to sharing Aotearoa specific case studies on the following supplier diversity procurement strategies and tactics. - Panels - Closed tenders - Early engagement - Set aside - Direct awards During the MSSD session we will showcase our early engagement between Hutt City Council and Amotai Supplier Diversity Buyer of the Year 2024 – JFC Ltd Registrations for Tāmaki Makaurau are ticking away so register below to come and learn how JFC was able to achieve over 20% of project spend with Māori suppliers in delivering Wainuiomata Town Centre Upgrade. Register - https://lnkd.in/gn6bnYBD #Amotai #SupplierDiversityNZ #MakingSenseOfSupplierDiversity

This month we have had 33 indigenous businesses join Amotai, with RBS Group also joining our whānau. RBS GROUP Ltd is a Māori owned construction company that operate out of Taupō and have the flexibility to lead projects of various sizes in the central north island including Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, and beyond. You can find their details on our platform - https://lnkd.in/gw6BE2HG We look forward to onboarding our new suppliers and supporting our pakihi to strengthen the supplier diversity kaupapa here in Aotearoa!

The Tere ki Tai survey is available to all Amotai BUYER members FREE! We had our first iwi member complete Tere ki Tai, Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa. Our Tere ki Tai lead, Paul Tukukino,had the privilege to take Joshua Hitchcock, Pou Amotake, General Manager Operations through the Tere ki Tai report and he shared some great whakaaro from an iwi lens. “People think that with iwi we have only our grant funding accessible to provide impact to our pakihi Māori. Our annual spend provides so much more opportunity to support our iwi pakihi Māori by contracting them to do our mahi.” Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa have looked at the organisation as a whole to provide impact, not just the programmes and services that they provide. Understanding what businesses are in their sphere and how they can involve those businesses in contract opportunities helps to lift iwi members, building stronger hapū and a thriving Māori economy. Reminder: Amotai provides free buyer memberships to Iwi organisations. This enables Iwi to work with Māori businesses that affiliate to their Iwi and gives them access to national opportunities. We encourage Māori businesses to register with their iwi and with Amotai. The directory allows buyers to filter based on Iwi. Pic featuring Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa and Waikato-Tainui at the Amotai Supplier Diversity Awards back in August ⭐

A valuable opportunity with our friends at Ministry of Education New Zealand who are actively supporting small to medium-sized construction businesses to write a winning tender ✍ This free workshop will be held online on the 15th November 8:00-9:30am. Register via the link below!

Supplier Diversity is not a radical fad. It has a rich and long lasting whakapapa / history that stems back to the Civil Rights movement under the Nixon administration in the US. Since the late 1960s supplier diversity has grown in leaps and bounds and is now a global movement.   In our Making Sense of Supplier Diversity workshop we dive into the whakapapa of supplier diversity, how it arrived in Aotearoa and how over 180 organisations are practicing supplier diversity across their business.   At Navigate 2024 Amotai was accepted as a member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council. Our membership supports us in bringing global supplier diversity expertise and best practice to our Amotai members here in Aotearoa.   Register for Making Sense of Supplier Diversity workshop to understand how Amotai is leveraging this global expertise to progress supplier diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand.   Join here:    Tāmaki Makaurau https://lnkd.in/gVfAxHE4 Waikato https://lnkd.in/ghcUrhvQ    #Amotai #MakingSenseofSupplierDiversity #SupplierDiversityNZ 🤓

Nau mai ki #TerekiTaiThursday! Today we release our third article of the six Ngā Pou o Tere ki Tai. 👉 Article tuatoru - Rironga: Procurement Systems This week our kōrero dives into unlocking the power of procurement using inclusive processes. Our friends at NMSDC note "Relationships with diverse suppliers must be intentionally sought" - National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). NMSDC apply intentional effort to diversify their supply chain and give minority owned businesses in the US an equal shot in the market. Read on and explore more key steps to inclusive procurement practices 👉 https://lnkd.in/gCA7w9g2 #Amotai #SupplierDiversity #TerekiTaiThursday

Did you take a vote in our recent poll? As part of Tere ki Tai Thursday, yesterday we posed the question: "What percentage of Amotai’s Impact Buyers* have their CEO accountable for supplier diversity?" *Impact Buyers are Amotai buyers that have completed their Tere ki Tai assessment and are working on their action plans. Here's the answer! 👇 20% of Impact Buyers* have stated that their CEO is accountable for supplier diversity. Our poll indicated that majority of voters believed the answer was 10%, so we have doubled that thought already! Following on from our Haepapa – Roles and Responsibilities pou article last week, accountability for supplier diversity is critical in order for this kaupapa to thrive. Supplier diversity must be driven from the top 👆 If you are a leader in your organisation and are passionate about driving equity for Aotearoa, Tere ki Tai will help you understand where your organisation is at and what you can do to drive more equity for your business. It's simple to join, send our Capability Manager, Paul Tukukino an email at paul@amotai.nz who will get you started on your supplier diversity journey. #Amotai #SupplierDiversity #TerekiTaiThursday

Commitment to supplier diversity must start at the top; commitment at the executive level is required to fully leverage supplier diversity benefits (Whitefield, 2008)    As part of this week's Tere ki Tai Thursday we want to ask YOU the question:   What percentage of Amotai's Impact Buyers* have their CEO accountable to supplier diversity?   Pick a percentage below and we will be back with the answer tomorrow afternoon and to share why roles and responsibilities are crucial for supplier diversity to thrive 💪 *Impact Buyers are Amotai buyers that have completed their Tere ki Tai assessment and are working on their action plans.  #Amotai #TerekiTaiThursday #SupplierDiversity