LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
126 and the upgrading of their skills ,” says Feghali . “ In 2017 , a study indicated that , from 2011 to 2015 , the amount spent on learning or training for employees was in the $ 30 millions figure . It ’ s vital to us .” Looking to the future , Feghali has clear ideas of how procurement at LAU can continue to be successful in the future . “ We have to stay at the top of our game and try to make the best use of the existing technology ,” he says . “ The recruitment of a director of procurement for both campuses is expected to give us a boost in terms of implementing the direction that we want to go in and which consists of laying the groundwork for the future transformation of the procurement function into a more strategic supply management operation . This starts with the implementation of processes for measuring and quantifying the existing situation so as to enable the devising of a departmental strategic plan for the subsequent period .”
JULY 2019