Procurement never sleeps
MIDDLE EAST ensuring all elements of the project were compliant to their timelines , from authority approvals to contractors meeting their milestones , to the equipment being delivered on the right time and all the way down to the carpet and furniture for the studios .
The deadline – four months , to be exact – meant that the procurement team had to be a highly effective conduit to bring together all stakeholders working on the project . “ There was a lot of back and forth ; and a lot of input from the procurement department ,” Farid continues . “ As a team we were at the centre of a lot of conflict resolution , so we had to be skilled at providing solutions for the site . It took all of our expertise to make the project a cohesive one , pulling everybody together , making sure that all of the elements and all of the pieces of the puzzle actually fell down at the right time , in the right location .”
The procurement department ’ s established relationships with suppliers that have been developed and nourished over the years were critical to the project ’ s overall success . “ The budgets were very tight , with minimum contingency ,” says Farid . “ So , despite of the fact that we had contracted system integrator and contractors , we went to each manufacturer , we have built relationships with and negotiated with them directly , which helped
the contractor bring down costs and hit the budget target . We spoke to hundreds of parties , leveraging the relationships we have built over the years , both within the company and with external partners , and were able to bring them together to agree on really important issues for the good of the project .”
Procurement never sleeps
The business of round-the-clock television means MBC ’ s procure-
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