EASA SALEH AL GURG GROUP LLC
212 our team , the competitive advantage we will have in the future .
“ We have to invest in our people in order to enable them to change as fast as the markets are continually changing .”
With this in mind , the business has placed significant investment in developing a robust team who have a deep understanding of the company and its long-term goals .
Investing in the development of its own training centre , ESAG delivers over 780 hours of training to its 3,000 employees in a number of areas , from supply chain , governance , and legislation , to soft skills , such as managing conflict . The company also delivers a number of women ’ s empowerment initiatives . “ We also cover SAP software utilisation and VAT training , which was introduced this year . I also manage supply chain-related training , where every quarter we gather our supply chain community and teach them the principles of procurement , what ’ s happening in the supply chain industry , how the logistic system works , our process flows and how to negotiate ,
and of course , our internal policies and processes ” observes Kapadia .
“ We have heavily invested into supply chain digitisation , so we have ongoing training which is always happening , making sure procurement executives know how to create purchase exercitations , how to create sourcing requests and how to collect it with suppliers . All of this happens at the training centre .”
AUGUST 2018