FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2015
HHCI Earns Supplier of the Year Nomination!!
Riverside, CA – July 15, 2015–HHCI earned nomination for the 2015 Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council Supplier of the Year (SOTY) award for its outstanding performance and service to Southern California Edison. Southern California Edison nominated HHCI for the Class IV category encompassing firms earning greater than $50 million in revenue.
“It’s a tremendous honor to be singled out by corporate members. While there can only be one winner in each of the four categories, merely being nominated is a symbol of excellence,” said Bonnie Nijst, Chair of SCMSDC’s Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee (MBEIC), a committee composed of MBE owners.
Local winners receive business scholarships and special recognition and compete in the regional and national competition for the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) Supplier of the Year award.
Established by NMSDC, corporate members nominate certified MBEs in good standing with the council for an award. Nominees are judged by a Supplier of the Year award selection committee, which is comprised of SCMSDC corporate members, and evaluated on their:
- Demonstrated growth and development
- Employment and job creation
- Consistent high quality operations, products/services and business performance
- Procurement/purchasing spend with MBEs
- Mentoring and other forms of assistance to MBEs
- Regional council involvement, and more
HHCI would like to thank the corporate members who served on the award selection committee:
- Charles Harmon, American Honda
- Karen Blackwell, Nestle
- Michelle Smith-Ballard, Turner
- Rodney Potts, SoCalGas
- Nancy Johnson, Toyota
- Vicky Harper-Hall, Northrop Grumman
- Johnny Elias, IBM
Congrats Team HHCI!