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“ I think I know the route to the summit , but before I tackle that I want to get the business to base camp one ”
– Adrian Lorenzin , Director of Procurement
21 is on things that do not require local flexibility ; 20 % may be on things that really need to be locally sourced . Take wines for example : “ We run bars in airports across Australia and we always need to have local wines represented . Often we ’ d look to the nearest winery – but the largest wine supplier that we work with owns 96 Australian wineries ! We are working with a strategic national partner that can satisfy local needs but operations don ’ t know that because they don ’ t have the bird ’ s eye view . Procurement ’ s job is to create a commercial framework for the management on the ground to satisfy their local requirements with our national partner .”
There are of course occasions when nothing beats a local supplier . For instance , El Questro offers barramundi , a popular fish caught in northwest WA at Wyndham . Lorenzin knows he will never replace that with a less expensive frozen alternative , despite the potential cost savings . “ We must always empower operations to support local industries .
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