Supplier Diversity Made Simple: Overview of ConnXus, an online platform that matches corporate buyer needs with diverse supplier capabilities.

1. www.connXus.com
ConnXus (www.connXus.com) provides a web-based platform
that connects small, minority- and woman-owned (“MWBE”)
businesses with major corporations seeking to expand their
supplier base and meet supplier diversity objectives.
ConnXus.com revolutionizes the concept of supplier diversity by
focusing on aggregating corporate purchasing demand and
making it easy for major corporations to locate, evaluate and
engage performance-rated small, minority- or woman-owned
businesses across more than 400 categories including
construction, transportation, information technology,
consulting, marketing and temporary staffing.
Our scalable technology platform facilitates the process of matching buyers and qualified suppliers
based on profile compatibility. The system also enables buyers to post RFP/RFI opportunities for which
suppliers submit bids. In addition to targeted, demand-driven supplier outreach, we also offer a host of
additional procurement services to buyers including RFP/RFI development, Supplier qualification and
validation (revenue, references, certifications, etc.), Tier 2 program management, Diversity spend audit,
validation and reporting. Services are provided on a subscription basis.
ConnXus is Supplier Diversity made simple. As noted below, ConnXus product offering encompasses a
full cycle supplier diversity solution, from targeted diverse supplier outreach to spend tracking &
reporting. For as little as $49 monthly per user, you can leverage the platform to search for
performance rated diverse suppliers or post bid, RFP or RFI opportunities.
Product Description
Diverse Supplier Locator Empowers procurement staff to identify and qualify diverse
suppliers nationally or locally across over 400 spend categories.
Tier 1 Reporting/Data Scrub Comprehensive validation and classification of the accounts
payable vendor master files, providing reliable, clean data for
diverse spend reporting.
Tier 2 Reporting Platform The ConnXus Tier 2 reporting package exists to assist a
company’s ongoing efforts in supplier diversity by helping to push
the diversity goals down supply chain and identify additional
areas of diverse spending. The ConnXus Tier 2 package allows for
quarterly or monthly reporting of Tier 2 spend from designated
prime suppliers. The program administration services include
inviting/training primes, supplier follow up and quality assurance
auditing.
Private Label Portal The ConnXus Private Supplier Diversity Portal provides diverse
vendors looking to conduct business with “Your Company” a
means of registering their diverse business, listing any
certifications and allowing themselves to be located by
procurement professionals within “Your Company” for their
diversity inclusion program. With the Private Supplier Diversity
Portal, you not only get the power of ConnXus, you get the
branding, look and feel of “Your Company”, as the portal will be
made to look exactly like the rest of the website.

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ConnXus was founded by a former Chief Procurement Officer and Minority Business Owner who
understands both sides of the table. As a former Fortune 1000 CPO, he understands the challenges and
complexities that major corporations face in meeting supplier diversity goals as well as the frustration
felt by those business owners trying to jump through the multiple hoops to get connected.
The ConnXus solution is viewed as a complement
to the major certification and support organizations
such as the National Minority Supplier
Development Council (NMSDC) and the Women’s
Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) for
numerous reasons highlighted by the following:
 ConnXus makes it easy and affordable, for the tens of thousands of corporations and other
buying agencies whose supplier diversity programs are under-developed or nonexistent, to
identify, evaluate and engage diverse suppliers.
 ConnXus provides an alternate supply source for the numerous mid-market companies lacking
sufficient sourcing & procurement infrastructure to implement an effective supplier diversity
program.
 ConnXus adds value to well-developed supplier diversity programs by creating an alternate
source of supply not previously identifiable through traditional sources.
 ConnXus provides value to organizations such as the NMSDC and WBENC by identifying and
qualifying new non-certified suppliers who are prompted to become certified in order to do
business with most connXus buyer members.
 ConnXus provides value to the NMSDC and WBENC by recommending these organizations
certifications as standards for those corporations or buying organizations with nonexistent
programs, policy or infrastructure.
ConnXus exists to deliver Supplier Diversity results for companies that are ready to “walk the talk”. If
your company is ready to “walk the talk”, please contact us please contact Josh Francis at
josh@connxus.com or call us at (513) 204-2873.