The expectation is that suppliers need to determine where these large corporations are headed in their sourcing and operations, devising solutions to serve them.
For VDart Group — the point is well taken. VDart Group is a diverse supplier providing talent management through parent company VDart Inc. and digital transformation solutions and system integration services through Dimiour, a VDart Group Company. It is intentional about anticipating and addressing its customers’ needs in at least two focused areas: global markets, where many of its corporate partners compete, and emerging corporate initiatives such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance.
Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, VDart Group has moved rapidly in recent years to solidify its global presence – with operations and facilities that now includes markets in Malaysia, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 2007, VDart’s global expansion further bolsters its traditional service regions in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and India.
“One of our customers is based out of the United States. It has a large presence in Australia and wants us to help it ramp up further in Australia,” said VDart founder and CEO Sidd Ahmed.
He characterizes new global markets for his company’s offerings as having “incredible potential for digitalization” to serve industries that include automotive and mobility, banking and finance, health care and life sciences, and energy and utilities.
While one of the key components of VDart’s business is providing workforce solutions to its corporate clients, Mohamed Irfan Peeran, Dimiour’s managing director for growth, including mergers and acquisitions, said VDart also focuses on enhancing the expertise of its own global workforce — such as in digital transformation services — by recruiting executives, engineers and technologists with experience working for large conglomerates and technology organizations.
VDart Group employs more than 4,000 people globally and has grown to be among the 50 largest workforce staffing companies based in the United States.
Having such expertise in its own workforce allows VDart to provide its clients with timely market intelligence about new global service regions, Peeran said.
“It showcases how well-equipped we are,” he said. “We are brainstorming all the time within our internal teams to say, ‘What are those gaps that exist and what emerging technologies can solve the problems?’” Peeran said. “We are also continuing to build solutions leveraging blockchain and cloud computing.”
In addition, as part of its approach to global business, VDart Group sets up local advisory boards to help its clients navigate regulations and customs in those global regions, Peeran said.
Ahmed added that acquiring top talent within the organization is key to the company positioning itself to scale globally.
“We need to have leaders who are able to give thought leadership and drive functions in the organization. We’ve been able to create good C-suite leaders within the organization,” he said.
Ahmed said VDart Group also has positioned itself to assist its corporate clients with ESG compliance — emerging corporate governance guidelines that publicly traded corporations increasingly are adopting to attract socially responsible investors.
In 2021, for instance, VDart successfully graduated from Accenture PLC’s Diverse Supplier Development Program on Sustainability, a five-year pilot that focuses on the adoption of five major United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The Accenture program helped the company develop a sustainability roadmap to facilitate corporate clients in reaching their ESG objectives.
VDart was chosen as the first diverse supplier to participate in Accenture’s Pilot Diverse Supplier Development Program on Sustainability, Ahmed noted.
“Coming out of the program, we put together our ESG goals,” he said. “Now we are thinking about ESG in every solution that we deliver for our customers. It is something hugely welcomed by our customers.”
