SMART STAGE Working Together: Four Steps to Successful Vendor Relationships
Vendors are engaged to get work done for you. So why do we often feel like we are answering to their list of needs and expectations? This presentation will look at a long-term process that creates a win-win relationship. Start by getting vendors on your team and supporting your needs. We'll then review how to evaluate RFP's and evolve the relationship to meet your ever changing goals. Asking for what you need and setting expectations is a critical component when creating relationships that meet your initiatives and create long-term partnerships for success. Learn how to do it in 4 easy steps in just 18 minutes!
Lori Kleiman
Been there – done that! With 30 years of HR and business experience – Lori has walked in your shoes. A recovered HR Generalist, she built a consulting company that she sold to Arthur J Gallagher after 7 years and then reinvented her current business – HR Topics - training, speaking and developing content for HR professionals. Lori delivers facts, tips, tricks and best practices in a way that appeals to human resource and business leaders: with a sense of humor, a bias toward actions that improve their operations right away, and practical resources and tools to support their progress. As an annual speaker at the National SHRM conference, she has leveraged her masters in HR, SPHR and SHRM-SCP background to elevate the position of all HR professionals!