In line with Oryx GTL’s commitment to sustainable development and actively pursuing stakeholder satisfaction, the company’s Contracts and Materials Department held its ‘3rd Annual Contractors/Suppliers Forum’ at the Sharq Village recently.
The forum was chaired by Oryx GTL’s chief commercial officer (CCO), Mohamed Sharif Ibrahim al-Mushiri, supported by Mohamed Faraj Ezran, contracts manager and Johannes Van Der Merwe, acting/materials manager. The forum was also attended by the executive management, managers and staff members of Oryx GTL’s Commercial Group as well as the company’s contractors and suppliers.
The theme of the forum was ‘Connect, Exchange, Cooperate’, which was aimed at facilitating interaction between Oryx GTL and the participating companies towards improvement in compliance, practices and business relationship, with emphasis on the 2015 shutdown. Al-Mushiri expressed his happiness and gratitude to all attendees for their presence.
In keeping with Oryx GTL’s values and safety culture, the first presentation by Gideon Jankowitz, security supervisor was titled ‘HSE Safety Moment’ on ‘Vehicle Access to Site.’
Other presenters during this event were Dana al-Dafaa, contracts specialist, who presented ‘Vision and Values Moment’ on ‘Create a Winning Team’; Philip Thorpe-Willett, head (contracts) provided an update on outstanding actions from last year’s forum; Gerardus Toet, process optimisation specialist, spoke on ‘Business Continuity’ and Lakhdar Barka, head (contract services) presented ‘2015 shutdown cost control’.
Nawaf al-Amri, materials buyer, provided an input on procurement and warehouse issues with regards to 2015 shutdown and Michael Lineses, contracts specialist, provided a presentation on this year’s improvements.
Yasser Habib, head (procurement) presented answers to questions raised in advance by the attendees and thereafter the master of ceremony. Ahmad Alsheeb hosted the Q&A open session, where all attendees had the opportunity to freely express their views, ask questions, discuss issues and areas of improvement as well as share their expectations on various business issues and practices such as clarity of specifications, bid submission and evaluation, amongst others.