CROWN RESORTS
Crown Resorts is a much larger business than it first appears . Crown Melbourne , a feature of the city since its opening in 1997 , is a massive gaming and entertainment complex boasting more than 45 bars and restaurant spreading across multiple city blocks . It ’ s become a major destination for Victoria and a magnet for tourists from around the world . Far from being just the best and largest place for gambling in the entire Southern Hemisphere , it offers its visitors cinemas , retail complexes , luxury accommodation and global food experiences from outlets such as Dinner by Heston Blumenthal , which can be found at Crown Towers , one of three hotels on the site . Though city-based , Crown Melbourne is aptly called a resort since it delivers everything a visitor could need , all on one site .
Whilst the Melbourne property is more of an urban resort , Crown Perth has a traditional resort feel . Though it first opened in 1985 , it has been renewed and hugely expanded since Crown acquired it in 2007 . Situated a little further out , it is a major destination for the fast expanding city of Perth and is now the largest single-site private sector employer in Western Australia with approximately 5,800 people on its books . It too has a Crown Towers hotel , which opened in December 2016 and features 500 luxury hotel rooms and suites , villas , private gaming salons , restaurants , bars , a grand ballroom , convention centre , luxury retail outlets , resort pool and spa facilities . The success of the business over the last couple of decades is going to be replicated in years to come , and Crown ’ s energetic chairman James Packer has announced his determination that Crown Sydney , to be built on the waterfront at Barangaroo , will be the best hotel in the world .
Food and beverage requirements for a business of this size form a major part of the supply chain across a very diverse range of categories . Making sense of the complexity of this procurement challenge is the job of Procurement Systems and Compliance Manager Justin Purss , who reports to Ben Briggs , the Group General Manager of Procurement
178 March 2018