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1/75">Contract Strategy</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-handshake h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m11 17 2 2a1 1 0 1 0 3-3"></path><path d="m14 14 2.5 2.5a1 1 0 1 0 3-3l-3.88-3.88a3 3 0 0 0-4.24 0l-.88.88a1 1 0 1 1-3-3l2.81-2.81a5.79 5.79 0 0 1 7.06-.87l.47.28a2 2 0 0 0 1.42.25L21 4"></path><path d="m21 3 1 11h-2"></path><path d="M3 3 2 14l6.5 6.5a1 1 0 1 0 3-3"></path><path d="M3 4h8"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Vendor Management</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-users h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M16 21v-2a4 4 0 0 0-4-4H6a4 4 0 0 0-4 4v2"></path><path d="M16 3.128a4 4 0 0 1 0 7.744"></path><path d="M22 21v-2a4 4 0 0 0-3-3.87"></path><circle cx="9" cy="7" r="4"></circle></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Supplier Readiness</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-crown h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M11.562 3.266a.5.5 0 0 1 .876 0L15.39 8.87a1 1 0 0 0 1.516.294L21.183 5.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .798.519l-2.834 10.246a1 1 0 0 1-.956.734H5.81a1 1 0 0 1-.957-.734L2.02 6.02a.5.5 0 0 1 .798-.519l4.276 3.664a1 1 0 0 0 1.516-.294z"></path><path d="M5 21h14"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Fractional CPO</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-trending-up h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M16 7h6v6"></path><path d="m22 7-8.5 8.5-5-5L2 17"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Business Growth</p></div></div></div><div class="order-1 lg:order-2"><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.4em] text-[var(--gold)]">The Executive</p><h2 class="mt-4 text-3xl leading-tight sm:text-4xl lg:text-5xl">About Sharon Manker, the <em class="font-medium text-[var(--gold)]">Award-Winning Supply Chain Professional</em></h2><div class="mt-6 space-y-5 text-primary-foreground/80"><p>Sharon Manker is an award-winning supply chain and procurement leader with more than two decades of experience helping organizations strengthen vendor relationships, improve supplier performance, support supplier engagement, and build procurement strategies that create long-term business value. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain Management at Temple University's Fox School of Business, teaching SCM 3596: Sourcing & Procurement within the Department of Statistics & Data Science.</p><p>Her career has been shaped by the traditional principles of strong procurement leadership: accountability, trust, operational discipline, relationship management, and measurable results. From corporate boardrooms to business-building conversations with entrepreneurs, Sharon brings a practical, people-centered approach to
1supply chain strategy.</p><p>Through <span class="font-medium text-[var(--gold)]">SourceWorthyâ¢</span>, her Fractional Chief Procurement Officer practice, Sharon helps founders, small businesses, and organizations gain executive-level procurement insight without the commitment of a full-time CPO. Her work focuses on helping businesses become more procurement-ready, contract-worthy, operationally aligned, and positioned for sustainable growth.</p></div><p class="mt-8 text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-[var(--gold)]">Sharon's Supply Chain Expertise</p><ul class="mt-4 grid grid-cols-1 gap-2 sm:grid-cols-2"><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Procurement strategy</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Supplier readiness</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Contract readiness</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Vendor management</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Supplier engagement</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Supplier diversity & economic inclusion</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Operational improvement</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Supply chain leadership</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Founder education</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Business growth strategy</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Adjunct Professor â Temple University, Fox School of Business (SCM 3596: Sourcing & Procurement)</li></ul><blockquote class="mt-8 border-l-2 border-[var(--gold)] pl-5 text-lg italic text-primary-foreground/90">"Procurement is more than purchasing. It is strategy, stewardship, relationships, risk management, and readiness working together."</blockquote><div class="mt-8 flex flex-wrap gap-3"><a href="/fractional-cpo-services" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)] px-5 py-2.5 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-primary shadow transition hover:bg-[var(--gold-bright)]">Explore Fractional CPO Services</a><a href="https://topmate.io/sharonmanker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)] px-5 py-2.5 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-[var(--gold)] transition hover:bg-[var(--gold)] hover:text-primary">Book a Strategy Call</a></div></div></div></section><section class="px-6 py-20 lg:py-28"><div class="mx-auto grid max-w-6xl gap-12 lg:grid-cols-[1.2fr_1fr] lg:items-start"><div><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.4em] text-[var(--gold)]">The Voice</p><h2 class="mt-4 text-3xl leading-tight sm:text-4xl lg:text-5xl">About Sharon, the <em class="font-medium text-[var(--gold)]">Keynote Speaker and TEDx Speaker</em></h2><div class="mt-6 space-y-5 text-primary-foreground/80"><p>Sharon Manker is a keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, author, and transformational voice known for turning lived experience, leadership lessons, and business insight into messages that move audiences from reflection to action.</p><p>Her speaking style blends executive presence, honest storytelling, practical strategy, and the kind of wisdom that makes audiences sit up, lean in, and take notes. Sharon does not simply motivate people for the moment. She equips them with language, frameworks, and next steps they can carry back into their careers, businesses, teams, and communities.</p><p>As a speaker, Sharon addresses topics at the intersection of leadership, resilience, procurement readiness, professional identity, self
1-advocacy, supplier engagement, and business growth. Her message is especially powerful for professionals navigating change, founders preparing for growth, women in leadership, supplier communities, and organizations committed to meaningful impact.</p><p>Sharon has spoken for universities, business organizations, supplier development programs, corporate events, industry panels, and community leadership platforms. As a TEDx speaker, she continues expanding her mission to help people stop shrinking, start shaping, and lead with purpose.</p><p>Her voice is bold, grounded, and memorable â because the goal is not just applause. The goal is application.</p></div><p class="mt-8 text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-[var(--gold)]">Signature Keynote Themes</p><ul class="mt-4 space-y-2"><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>The Professional Chameleon</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>From Survival Mode to Purpose-Driven Power</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>How to RESET Your Worth and Stop Shrinking</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>From Boardrooms to Business Builders</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Procurement-Ready, Contract-Worthy, Powerfully Positioned</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Resilience, Readiness, and Reinvention</li><li class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-primary-foreground/85"><span class="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 flex-none rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)]"></span>Leadership Is Layered</li></ul><blockquote class="mt-8 border-l-2 border-[var(--gold)] pl-5 text-lg italic text-primary-foreground/90">"A powerful keynote should not just inspire the room. It should shift what people do after they leave it."</blockquote><div class="mt-8 flex flex-wrap gap-3"><a href="/speaking" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)] px-5 py-2.5 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-primary shadow transition hover:bg-[var(--gold-bright)]">Book Sharon as Speaker</a><a href="/speaking" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)] px-5 py-2.5 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-[var(--gold)] transition hover:bg-[var(--gold)] hover:text-primary">Watch Sharon Speak</a><a href="/contact" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-primary-foreground/30 px-5 py-2.5 text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-primary-foreground/80 transition hover:border-[var(--gold)] hover:text-[var(--gold)]">Download Speaker Kit</a></div></div><div class="relative"><img src="/assets/sharon-headshot-yellow-nl0-19Pu.jpg" alt="Sharon Manker speaking on stage as a keynote and TEDx speaker" class="relative rounded-2xl object-cover shadow-2xl"/><div class="mt-8 grid grid-cols-4 gap-4"><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-mic h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 19v3"></path><path d="M19 10v2a7 7 0 0 1-14 0v-2"></path><rect x="9" y="2" width="6" height="13" rx="3"></rect></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Keynotes</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-graduation-cap h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M21.42 10.922a1 1 0 0 0-.019-1.838L12.83 5.18a2 2 0 0 0-1.66 0L2.6 9.08a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.832l8.57 3.908a2 2 0 0 0 1.66 0z"></path><path d="M22 10v6"></path><path d="M6 12.5V16a6 3 0 0 0 12 0v-3.5"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground
1/75">Workshops</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-sparkles h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M11.017 2.814a1 1 0 0 1 1.966 0l1.051 5.558a2 2 0 0 0 1.594 1.594l5.558 1.051a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.966l-5.558 1.051a2 2 0 0 0-1.594 1.594l-1.051 5.558a1 1 0 0 1-1.966 0l-1.051-5.558a2 2 0 0 0-1.594-1.594l-5.558-1.051a1 1 0 0 1 0-1.966l5.558-1.051a2 2 0 0 0 1.594-1.594z"></path><path d="M20 2v4"></path><path d="M22 4h-4"></path><circle cx="4" cy="20" r="2"></circle></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">TEDx</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-award h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m15.477 12.89 1.515 8.526a.5.5 0 0 1-.81.47l-3.58-2.687a1 1 0 0 0-1.197 0l-3.586 2.686a.5.5 0 0 1-.81-.469l1.514-8.526"></path><circle cx="12" cy="8" r="6"></circle></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Leadership</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-heart-handshake h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M19.414 14.414C21 12.828 22 11.5 22 9.5a5.5 5.5 0 0 0-9.591-3.676.6.6 0 0 1-.818.001A5.5 5.5 0 0 0 2 9.5c0 2.3 1.5 4 3 5.5l5.535 5.362a2 2 0 0 0 2.879.052 2.12 2.12 0 0 0-.004-3 2.124 2.124 0 1 0 3-3 2.124 2.124 0 0 0 3.004 0 2 2 0 0 0 0-2.828l-1.881-1.882a2.41 2.41 0 0 0-3.409 0l-1.71 1.71a2 2 0 0 1-2.828 0 2 2 0 0 1 0-2.828l2.823-2.762"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Resilience</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-book-open h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 7v14"></path><path d="M3 18a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h5a4 4 0 0 1 4 4 4 4 0 0 1 4-4h5a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v13a1 1 0 0 1-1 1h-6a3 3 0 0 0-3 3 3 3 0 0 0-3-3z"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Books</p></div><div class="flex flex-col items-center text-center"><div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)]/60 text-[var(--gold)]"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-lightbulb h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M15 14c.2-1 .7-1.7 1.5-2.5 1-.9 1.5-2.2 1.5-3.5A6 6 0 0 0 6 8c0 1 .2 2.2 1.5 3.5.7.7 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.5"></path><path d="M9 18h6"></path><path d="M10 22h4"></path></svg></div><p class="mt-2 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-primary-foreground/75">Business Storytelling</p></div></div></div></div></section><section class="border-t border-[var(--gold)]/20 bg-[var(--navy-deep)] px-6 py-20 text-center lg:py-24"><div class="mx-auto max-w-3xl"><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.4em] text-[var(--gold)]">Partner With Sharon</p><h2 class="mt-4 text-3xl sm:text-4xl lg:text-5xl">Ready to <em class="font-medium text-[var(--gold)]">Partner With Sharon?</em></h2>
1<p class="mx-auto mt-6 max-w-2xl text-primary-foreground/75">Whether you need strategic procurement leadership or a speaker who can move your audience from inspiration to implementation, Sharon brings experience, energy, and executable insight to the table.</p><div class="mt-8 flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-3"><a href="https://topmate.io/sharonmanker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full bg-[var(--gold)] px-6 py-3 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-primary shadow-lg transition hover:bg-[var(--gold-bright)]">Partner With Sharon <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-right h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M5 12h14"></path><path d="m12 5 7 7-7 7"></path></svg></a><a href="/speaking" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-[var(--gold)] px-6 py-3 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-[var(--gold)] transition hover:bg-[var(--gold)] hover:text-primary">Book Sharon as Speaker</a><a href="/fractional-cpo-services" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-primary-foreground/30 px-6 py-3 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-primary-foreground/80 transition hover:border-[var(--gold)] hover:text-[var(--gold)]">Explore Fractional CPO Services</a></div></div></section></main>
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