PARKDEAN RESORTS
Breydon Water Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth
Rather than centralising procurement in a single location, Parkdean has embraced a distributed model with team members spanning Newcastle( where the company’ s central office is based), London and Glasgow. This approach delivers multiple benefits, as Amey explains:“ Having that kind of diverse procurement function, allows us to attract the best talent for the role because we’ re getting the best people no matter where they’ re located. It also means we can support the business face to face.”
This has allowed the procurement team to build stronger relationships with on-site stakeholders and suppliers, allowing them to mitigate and minimise risk closer to the cause of impact. Amey believes this face-to-face engagement provides another crucial insight into operational realities which might be missed in a purely centralised model.
Collaborative innovation through on-site engagement Parkdean’ s approach to innovation centres on bringing suppliers directly to operational locations. Regular supplier meetings on parks facilitate collaborative problem-solving and idea generation. This approach creates what Amey describes as“ a symbiotic relationship and it brings all our stakeholders and categories together on the journey of what we’ re trying to develop.”
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