Food Magazine December 2018 | Page 162

VERANDA LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
162 process of involving our partners in our decisions is one of our success factors in our relationships .”
A key factor to developing these relationships is transparency and data capture through e-procurement . As the procurement sector becomes more agile and embraces technology further , Stéphane can assess its processes and share this information with VLH ’ s stakeholders . This he feels

“ In procurement , each journey is a success only when you have a great team working with you and have great external stakeholders helping you to improve at every turn ”

— Stéphane Lacoste , Group Procurement Manager , VLH

60,000 Clients per year

1982

Year founded

2,000 Approximate number of employees

makes sense in order to foster relationships but also improve and enable growth as a business .
“ E-procurement allows greater speed in the way we can do business and the easiness in which we can obtain information and make decisions based on that information ,” says Stéphane . “ Combine that with VLH ’ s international standard policies regarding good governance and how
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