Supplier Lists use Categories to organise and group Suppliers on that list. Suppliers can manage their selected Categories on any Public Marketplace lists they are registered on. For each list that they are registered on, they should select the Categories that are most aligned with their areas of service. They may also need to adjust their Categories to access a specific Public Tender (see here for more information: How Suppliers View & Access a Public Tender)
To provide this information to a Supplier, please use this link to the same article in the VendorPanel Supplier's Help Centre: https://vendorpanelsuppliers.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/900002557483-Managing-your-Categories-on-Supplier-Lists
For Preferred Supplier Lists, the Super Admin and Panel Administrators determine in the list settings if Suppliers can manage their own categories or not. If Suppliers cannot manage their own Categories then when they view the Categories on the list, they will not have the option to select additional categories. If they need to change the Categories they are on for the list then they will need to contact the List Owner (the administrator who is set to own the Supplier List) to request changes. They can find their contact details by clicking the organisation’s name.
Vendor Admins and Colleagues can manage their own Categories and Regions of Services for the lists they are on from their own accounts. Due to this, there are occasions when a Colleague does not have access to a Request/Tender that their Vendor Admin is invited to (and vice versa). This is because that user does not match the Request/Tender’s Category or Region of Service selections.
Managing their Categories
Suppliers can manage the Categories selected for each list they are registered on by selecting Manage categories under Supplier Lists on the homepage.
Here they will see all of the Supplier Lists they are registered on. They can click on the blue numbered button ( 'x' of 'y' ) to the right of the relevant list to view/manage their categories on that list.
For lists where they cannot manage their own Categories, they will see a single number in the blue numbered button.
On the next page, they will see a list of all Categories on the list and they can check the boxes for the Categories that best align with their areas of service. They will need to click on Update to save their changes.