NATONYA HARBISON

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Natonya Harbison is the Director of Supplier Diversity at Papa John’s International.

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In her role, she is responsible for leading the strategy, mission, and vision to ensure that Papa Johns Supplier Diversity program increases awareness, develops and leverage suppliers that are diverse; while sustaining an organizational environment that is inclusive of all suppliers to participate in supplying products and services.

 

Prior to Papa Johns, she worked as the Supplier Diversity/Supply Chain Sustainability Consultant where she successfully helped the organization achieve their enterprise diversity goal for over 3 consecutive years through outreach from Humana’s Corporate Membership with all National Diversity Councils. Natonya was also responsible for the launch of Humana’s first Supplier Sustainability Scorecard, a survey utilized to assess a supplier’s efforts towards achievement of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) targets. Prior to Supplier Diversity, she worked as a Corporate Procurement Analyst for Humana. In that role she supported the medical and pharmacy operations and engagements for all procurement solicitations.

 

Natonya Harbison is a born native of Louisville Kentucky. She attended Kentucky State University where she majored in Business Administration with a focus in Management. Upon completion of graduation, she accepted an offer with a minority business enterprise (MBE) to work in their accounts payable department managing the day-to-day accounting functions and monthly closings. Natonya then went on to lead and create a procurement department that would help the company centralize spend, save money, diversify its supplier base, and leverage their buying power. Natonya managed the procurement/diversity department from 2006 until her departure in 2012.