ALSAFWA CEMENT COMPANY ( ASCC )

needed to happen , but in the end it was worth the effort , and it ’ s been quite positive with results translating to some big savings . Saudi having such a high employee turnover is challenging , so you have to stick with your managers to understand how to overcome the situation and to retain the talent .” Saudisation is being heavily promoted in the country , and involves retaining as much business as possible in the Kingdom itself . The rule in Saudi is that if a foreign company wants to invest , it has to be making a partnership with a local company . It is also required that investors procure obligations depending on the sector – for cement , there has to be a minimum level of Saudisation . “ HR , for example , needs to be Saudi national ,” Bestani says . “ The minimum general Saudisation in our sector needs to be 12 percent , and we have 49 percent