Nusaned
Driving Local Content and Supplier Capability through SABIC’s NUSANED Initiative
5
Training Batches
40
Saudi Companies
100
Learners
Delivered with MUHAKAT under SABIC’s NUSANED initiative, the Saudi Procurement Capability Development Program was created to strengthen the foundational procurement and supply chain capabilities of Saudi professionals across multiple industrial sectors. The program combined globally recognized standards, practical workshops, local content insights, ethical procurement principles, and simulation-based learning to help participants translate knowledge into stronger procurement practices.
Building Procurement Capability for Saudi Industry
The NUSANED initiative created an opportunity to support Saudi companies with practical procurement knowledge that strengthens supplier capability, compliance awareness, and local content readiness.
MUHAKAT as the Capability Development Partner
MUHAKAT designed and delivered a practical procurement learning journey combining global professional standards with the needs of the Saudi industrial market.
Seizing all the opportunities
The company soon participated in a litany of ASCM educational offerings:
From Fundamentals to Local Content Application
The program covered procurement and supply chain fundamentals, ethics, stakeholder relationships, and local content concepts and mechanisms.
Interactive, Practical, and Simulation-Based
Participants engaged in workshops, case studies, group exercises, and simulations designed to turn theory into applied procurement decision-making.
Connecting Procurement Excellence with Vision 2030
The participation of LCGPA enriched the program with practical insights on local content regulations, compliance, and best practices.
Shaping the Future of Saudi Procurement Capabilities
The program contributed to building a stronger procurement community across Saudi companies and supported the development of local supplier capability.
What Made the Program Effective
Shared Procurement Language
Participants developed a common understanding of procurement and supply chain fundamentals that can be applied across organizations and supplier teams.
Local Content Alignment
The program connected procurement learning with local content priorities, helping learners understand compliance, value creation, and national development goals.
Practical Application
Workshops, exercises, and simulations allowed learners to practice decision-making and translate concepts into workplace-ready actions.
MUHAKAT Training Delivers Results
The APICS CLTD program helped Tamer Group achieve its desired logistics and distribution improvements:
Cold chain
Tamer Group reduced its cold-chain losses after reengineering its cold-chain handling and digitizing and improving its temperature system.
Fleet utilization
Fleet utilization improved after the company implemented a proper fleet utilization structure and a last- mile delivery system that monitors drivers’ activities during their journeys and collaborates with customers.
Warehousing and distribution
The organization achieved a yearly savings of 2 million Saudi riyals (or about $532,000) after converting a warehouse facility to a purely stockless depot leveraging a cross-dock model.
Impact: Strengthening Saudi Procurement Capability.
Award-winning transformation
The NUSANED Procurement Capability Development Program helped create a stronger foundation for procurement professionalism among Saudi supplier organizations. Through five training batches and 100 learners, the initiative contributed to developing a more capable, informed, and locally aligned procurement community.
The program’s impact was not only in knowledge transfer, but also in shaping how participants think about procurement as a strategic enabler of supplier performance, compliance, stakeholder value, and national industrial development.
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