Fareen Mehrzai , Director of Supply Chain , Golden Hippo

and responsiveness that ours has , you have a significant competitive advantage when exploring new opportunities . In terms of our evolution , it will play a significant contribution to our growth in 2020 and beyond .”

On future growth , Mehrzai is a firm believer that a supply chain has no beginning or end and , instead , continues to be an evolutionary process . There is , she confirms , still some distance to go in Golden Hippo ’ s transformational supply chain journey , particularly in terms of improving processes , digitising more of its supply chain and continuing to nurture its key supplier partner relationships . “ We ’ re well on the path to becoming a worldclass supply chain organisation , but we ’ ve many milestones ahead . Some examples include looking to continue building our process for scale , further developing and nurturing key supplier relationships and supporting the organisations objectives by enabling cost competitiveness . There are always opportunities to improve , to learn and to work more effectively . That ’ s what makes the job so rewarding .”

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