SciQuest Named to Carolina Parenting Magazine's 'North Carolina Family-Friendly 50' Company List

CARY, N.C., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SciQuest, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand strategic procurement and supplier enablement solutions, was named to Carolina Parenting Magazine's exclusive Family-Friendly 50 Companies list, representing an excellence in SciQuest's internal employee benefit programs.  

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Carolina Parenting Family-Friendly 50 list is in its 12th year of applauding and honoring North Carolina companies for their commitment to family and a healthy work-life balance.

"SciQuest really strives to help our employees maintain a good work-life balance," said Ann Thomas, Vice President of Human Resources for SciQuest.  "We want our employees to enjoy and grow in their careers here with us at SciQuest.  Our employees achieve excellence by being inspired by their peers, our work environment and the flexibility of SciQuest."

Small businesses as well as large corporations highlighted in the list will appear in the September issues of all three Carolina Parenting magazines: Carolina Parent in the Triangle, Piedmont Parent in the Triad and Charlotte Parent.  SciQuest follows in the footsteps of renowned companies from previous years including American Express, Bank of America, Ernst & Young, IBM and many more.

"It's impressive to see so many companies demonstrating true leadership in this economy by placing high priority on their employees' well-being," said Mark Ethridge, Carolina Parenting Inc. President. "These companies understand the value of creating policies and practices that support work/life balance; they understand the value of ensuring their employees have the opportunity to be both outstanding workers and devoted parents."

SciQuest, along with the other companies on the list, were named based on their excellence in the main categories of flexible work options, child care or programs for children, leave options and health care offerings.

"We take great pride in sharing the Carolina Parenting Family-Friendly 50 list with these other well-known local companies," said Steven Wiehe, President and CEO of SciQuest.  "On behalf of SciQuest, I hope this placement shows our gratitude towards our hard-working and devoted employees, and our dedication to making SciQuest thrive through our biggest and best asset: our workforce."

About SciQuest

SciQuest provides a leading on-demand strategic procurement and supplier enablement solution that integrates customers with their suppliers to improve procurement of indirect goods and services.  Our on-demand software enables organizations to realize the benefits of strategic procurement by identifying and establishing contracts with preferred suppliers, driving spend to those contracts and promoting process efficiencies through electronic transactions.  Using our managed SciQuest Supplier Network, our customers do business with more than 30,000 unique suppliers and spend billions of dollars annually.  

Our current target markets are higher education, life sciences, healthcare and state and local governments.  We tailor our solution for each of the vertical markets we serve by offering industry-specific functionality, content and supplier connections.  We serve more than 160 customers operating in 16 countries and offer our solution in five languages and 22 currencies.  

For more information about SciQuest, please visit www.sciQuest.com or call 888-638-7322 in the U.S. or +44 1794 341182 in Europe.

Trademark information: SciQuest is a registered trademark of SciQuest, Inc. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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