Healthcare Digital September 2023 | Page 57

CVS HEALTH
Knapik takes her passions to the highest level , whether as a ‘ dog mom ’ or as Executive Director of Supplier Diversity . Knapik ensures CVS Health ’ s supply chain is sustainable and diverse .
Supplier diversity at CVS Health CVS Health ’ s Supplier Diversity programme is broken down into four pillars :
1 . Supplier Development & Education This pillar represents all the Supplier Diversity initiatives that are based around the organic growth of existing and new diverse suppliers . For example , this pillar includes our CVS Health and Roger Williams University Executive Learning Series , which is a programme that provides business skill development through a course curriculum developed by RWU , executive coaching , supplementary workshops and networking opportunities .
2 . Communication & Programme Branding The purpose of this pillar is to aid the Supplier Diversity team in determining in which ways we can communicate what we are currently doing as part of Supplier Diversity as CVS Health , as well as our future plans .
“ This pillar includes strategies such as our CVS Health Business Building Events , which communicates to all of our 150 + Prime General Contractors the benefits of doing business with diverse suppliers and why it is important to include diverse suppliers in their supply chain ,” says Knapik . “ This pillar also includes our Supplier Diversity campaign , which started in 2020 to help educate our internal
healthcare-digital . com 57