Ashraf Abdullah, cluster director of purchasing, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts - Jordan

Ashraf Abdullah has implemented the “online procurement system” resulting in 90% paperless transactions, including five additional contracts with mega-certified eco-friendly suppliers. This allowed Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in Jordan to attain Green Globe certification. He also achieved noticeable savings upon implementing logistic strategies through proper procurement planning. Teaming up with two other non-Mövenpick operators and falling under the same owner’s umbrella, he signed new food and consumable local contracts, enhancing the purchasing power and yielding further savings by merging the consumptions of seven entities instead of five.

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