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Celebrating Partnership and Excellence: SWM’s Inaugural Vendor Awards

Vendor Partner Awards

At Suna Workforce Management, our mission is rooted in cultivating strong, impactful partnerships. This ethos extends to every relationship we build, including with our vendors, who are essential to the success of our MSP programs. To honor their contributions and celebrate the exceptional work they do, today we release our first annual Vendor Awards, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to partnership excellence.

The “Why” Behind the Awards

The Vendor Awards embody one of SWM’s core tenets: the value of investing in long-term, meaningful relationships. While others may focus solely on transactional engagements, we view our vendors as partners in our mutual success. This philosophy has been integral to our growth and is evident in our vendor Net Promoter Score (NPS) of +56%, a testament to the trust and respect we’ve cultivated.

Each of our award categories—Stewardship Star, High Impact Partner, Empowerment in Excellence, and Peak Performance—reflects the dimensions we prioritize in our partnerships: collaboration, excellence, diversity, and shared success.

Recognizing Excellence Across Categories

Let’s spotlight the remarkable vendors who took home the awards this year.

  1. Peak Performance Award

    This award celebrates top quality performance, balancing metrics like fill ratio, conversions, and worker quality. Congratulations to ERSG, whose unwavering professionalism and seamless processes have set a standard for operational excellence. Their team emphasized how “working alongside SWM is a true pleasure,” citing our ability to address challenges proactively and cohesively.

About ERSG: ERSG specializes in renewable energy staffing solutions, providing skilled professionals to support the growing demand for clean energy initiatives worldwide.

ERSG shared their appreciation for our cohesive processes, stating that “there are no loose ends, even when we are faced with unexpected challenges.”

Melanie - SUNA Award

  1. Empowerment in Excellence Award

    Reserved for diversity-certified companies, this award highlights the power of inclusion and quality. AIT Global, a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), earned this recognition for their strong performance and alignment with client goals. Their team has described our relationship as a “strategic partnership” that has enriched their approach to service delivery.

About AIT Global: AIT Global, Inc. is a certified diversity staffing vendor offering tailored IT and engineering workforce solutions for a wide range of industries.

AIT Global described SWM’s services as “highly professional, responsive, and customized.” Their CEO remarked that our collaborative approach “exceeded expectations and addressed every detail with care.”

  1. High Impact Partner Award

    Given to the vendor with the highest revenue across all SWM MSP programs, this award celebrates sustained excellence. The Planet Group stood out for their innovative solutions and collaborative approach. As they aptly put it, “SWM has redefined excellence by treating their vendors with the same care and respect they show their clients, setting a new gold standard in the workforce management industry.”

About The Planet Group: The Planet Group delivers comprehensive staffing services across multiple sectors, focusing on connecting top talent with leading organizations to drive innovation and success.

The Planet Group emphasized that SWM treats vendors with the same care as clients. They noted, “they care about their relationships with customers and vendors.”

TPG Team - 2024 Suna Award

  1. Stewardship Star Award (Tied)

    This award celebrates thoughtful partnerships and values of stewardship. Both Solomon Page and TekWissen embody these qualities:

Solomon Page highlighted how our partnership was developed around “unique business challenges and goals” and together we “crafted solutions specifically designed to meet needs.”

About Solomon Page: Solomon Page is a staffing and executive search firm providing personalized workforce solutions across a variety of industries, including finance, legal, and creative services.

Solomon Page praised SWM’s approach to building MSP program teams, noting that SWM are “not just solving issues, they’re actively helping to drive business success and innovation. This focus on hiring people who understand both technology and business sets them apart from traditional MSPs and is a big reason why working with them feels like a true partnership rather than a vendor relationship.”

TekWissen emphasized the “collaborative partnership between two companies”, aligning to accomplish a shared client goal, which we achieving by “combining our unique strengths and expertise to achieve shared goals, driving mutual innovation and success.”

About TekWissen: TekWissen offers innovative workforce management solutions, specializing in IT and technical staffing to help companies achieve operational excellence.

TekWissen reflected on the benefits of partnering with a smaller, consultative organization like SWM, highlighting the personalized and collaborative approach we bring.

Our Commitment to Partnership

As we reflect on the success of our inaugural awards, we’re reminded of why these partnerships matter. In an industry where transactional relationships often prevail, SWM chooses a different path. By building connections grounded in trust, respect, and mutual benefit, we empower both our clients and vendors to thrive.

This commitment to partnership drives our innovation, informs our award categories, and inspires us to continue raising the bar for what’s possible in workforce management.

Looking Ahead

We’re excited to continue this tradition of celebrating excellence and fostering strong relationships. To our award winners and all our vendors: thank you for your unwavering commitment and collaboration. Together, we’re shaping the future of workforce management.

Stay tuned for updates on next year’s awards and the incredible stories that will undoubtedly emerge from our ongoing partnerships.