KEOLISAMEY DOCKLANDS
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“ Safety is a word I say a million times a day , because whichever solutions we implement , services we buy or technology we deploy , the safety of our passengers , staff and transport crew is the most important factor ”
NATALIA PICKETT HEAD OF PROCUREMENT , KEOLISAMEY DOCKLANDS living , he joked that she is a “ professional shopper , at an industrial scale ”. To some extent , she says this is true : “ If you imagine your thought process at the DIY shop when you ’ re redecorating the bathroom , there are parallels to the considerations in my professional life : whether the product is good quality , safe , value for money . But there is much more to it than that ."
Pickett describes herself as part matchmaker , part problem solver - the key to both being partnerships . “ Those are really the core of my work , and I ’ m pleased to say that the team and I are very good at it . Procurement is not only about saving money . That is fundamentally not true ; savings will be the natural outcome of procurement processes ,” she says .
“ Partnership is another of those words I repeat a lot , because it is very important to me . With my suppliers , we must learn from one another , bounce ideas between one another and grow together ; it is almost love ,”
52 August 2021