“ MY TEAM HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT ’ S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE , AND I AM VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE ’ VE DONE SO FAR ”

– Name , Position – Stéphane Masson , Senior VP of Global Procurement at Marriott International

“ Prior to 2001 , Marriott operated procurement in a very US centric way . In 2001 , the company decided to launch Avendra to support multiple companies , including Marriott ’ s procurement and hospitality supplies business in the Central and North American markets . At the same time ,

I was asked to put together and to lead a procurement organisation for the supply chain needs of Marriott outside of the US . So , for a period of time , we ran the two organisations in parallel – one for the US domestic market – Avendra – and one for the rest of the world , which was called

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