There are many benefits to becoming a Supply Partner to the Institute.
Our endorsement
Supply Partners enjoy public recognition as being a business partner of the Institute so that they can demonstrate in a tangible way their commitment to our vision of discovery, prevention and curing childhood disease. Having the Institute’s endorsement enables our partners to show their customers, shareholders and stakeholders that they are committed to making a difference and doing community good.
Promotion as a Supply Partner
Our brand has very strong community recognition and is well held in the hearts and minds of the people of Western Australia. Supply Partners are able to use exclusive branding to identify themselves as our partner to their current and prospective customers, thereby leveraging the goodwill associated with The Kids Research Institute Australia identity. (All use of our branding must be in line with the Institute’s Style Guide and requires sign-off by our Communications Team.)
Creating a genuine business partnership
One that is founded on shared goals, mutual respect, trust and support for each other’s business objectives.
Providing competitive advantage
Providing a framework that allows our Supply Partners to deliver the full potential of their expertise in developing the Institute’s business strategy in whatever category of goods and/or services they have been appointed to.
Effective relationship management
Our Procurement Team and Senior Management engage directly and regularly with our Supply Partners through a model which supports effective business to business relationships. This ensures that planning, communication, negotiation and dispute resolution are well managed and effective.
Fostering innovation
Our approach is to provide a collaborative working relationship that promotes innovative thinking and the creation of optimal solutions.
Leveraging capabilities
We enable our Supply Partners to engage at the earliest stages of project definition and initiation, providing greater capacity to understand our detailed requirements and constraints and to advise on the best solutions.
Employee engagement
We facilitate opportunities for employees from our Supply Partners to engage with the Institute’s team of researchers and professional staff. This may include special presentations on interesting research topics, invitations to attend our community forums or joining us in supporting good causes such as Telethon or the HBF Run for a Reason.
Streamlined procurement
Delivering a faster and easier procurement process for goods and/or services that frees up the internal resources of our suppliers and results in tangible cost and time savings.
Operational process mapping
Which provides our Supply Partners with all the details they need to be able
to perform and match their operational capacity and people to the Institute’s requirements.
Standardised terms and conditions
High quality standard terms and conditions that are established upfront under a Framework Agreement for doing business with the Institute. This simplifies and streamlines the subsequent purchasing of goods and/or services and leads to administrative efficiencies and cost reductions.