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procurement with a light touch , while keeping stronger governance for our high-risk and high-value actions .”
Today the function is split between Procurement Services , which is comprised of 50 staff members , and Supply Chain , which has 75 staff members . Together they facilitate the smooth running of day-to-day operations .
“ We are handling a medical centre , an advanced ICT infrastructure , thousands of houses and so on . It ’ s like running the procurement function of a university with a town council bolted on , and to do that effectively , we ’ ve had to develop our staff ,” says Magthum . “ Procurement is perhaps not as advanced here as it is elsewhere , so development is really important . We have implemented a development programme , that to date we believe is best-in-class .” Currently , 14 have graduated with MCIPS , which bolsters the number of qualified professionals to 60 %, with a new cohort kicking off the journey in 2018 .
The Supply Chain and Procurement
212 May 2018