SodexolSocat is a facilities management company in Oman that specializes in outsourced life support and facilities management services. It has over 30 years of experience operating in Oman and employs over 2,200 staff across 100 locations. Outsourcing non-core services allows clients to focus on their main business while benefitting from cost reductions and quality services. SodexolSocat is well positioned to deliver a wide range of integrated services due to its experience and ability to leverage expertise from its large global network.

1. SPECIAL FEATURE - OGWA 2016
WHY OUTSOURGE?
Sodexo I Socat
specialises in
providing high quality,
sustainable and cost
reducing IFM solutions
uring the last decade,
outsourcing life support and
FM services to contractors
has significantly evolved,
from an original perception of low
value services to what we have today,
sophisticated and effective integrated
portfolios, encompassing all of the
non-core activities of clients from
multi-nationals to boutique business
operations. Organisations and institutions
can now confidently recognize and
appreciate the multitude of benefits
derived from outsourcing.
SodexolSocat specialises in providing
high quality, sustainable and cost
reducing IFM solutions. The primary
initial reason for outsourcing is generally
identified as financial. however.
increasing numbers of organisations and
institutions are turning to SodexolSocat
to provide best practise global
solutions, in order to respond to the
complex array of extraneous business
activities. For an example, the variety
of specific mandatory requirements
such as the currency and renewals of
individual employee, and institutional,
qualifi cations, certifi cations, industry
training and performance related quality
criteria such as the ISO standards. Within
the current challenging global climate,
there is a growing need for specialist
service providers, such as Sodexolsocat,
who have an intimate understanding of
both the key pedormance drivers, and
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client costs. while still delivering
maximum quality and performance to
end users and consumers.
Established in the Sultanate in 1985,
SodexolSocat understands the unique
operating conditions of Oman, with over
30 years developing capability, experience
and reputation.ISO and HACCP certified,
SodexolSocat employs over 2,200 staff,
delivering services at more than one
hundred locations, from Mussandam in
the North, to Salalah in the South, and
including many of the major oil & gas
operations in the interior. Recognition of
the unique requirements of remote site
servicing, has resulted in the development
of a sophisticated logistics supply chain
capability including a modern fleet of
ambient, refrigerated and freezer trucks,
and central warehousing operations based
in the capital of Muscat, indicative of
SodexolSocat's ability to provide a strong
local identity, local knowledge, and to
respond effectively to the idiosyncratic
demands of clients.
SodexolSocat's Omani clientele is
supported, and enhanced, as part of
one of the largest global providers of
Life Support Services. The managing
company operates globally in more
than 80 countries. and is the l8th
largest employer in the world, with
consolidated annual revenues of € I 8
billion. Serving 75 million consumers
globally, on a daily basis, across 32,700
sites, provides considerable data and
information, helping to better appreciate
and understand the needs of clients
and customers. It is this scale of daily
service and sharing of knowledge within
the group that gives SodexolSocat the
competitive edge in providing quality
solutions, ensuring continuous quality
improvement, and leading innovation.
SodexolSocat provides a distinctive
array of integrated services across
limitless industry sectors including
oil & gas, defence, education, energy
& resource, and to govemment. quasi
non-govemment, and corporate clients.
SodexolSocat is uniquely positioned
therefore. to deliver service provision
that will effectively serve the interests
of all Oman-based employers, with
services ranging from catering and
housekeeping in camps, to complete IFM
& Life Support Services management. A
significant recent innovative development
for SodexolSocat has been that of
energy management on behalf of clients
increasingly conscious of rising utility
costs, and ongoing global pressure
for greater sustainability. In doing so,
SodexolSocat and their clients are able to
demonstrate enhanced corporate social
responsibility. and community awareness
It is self-evident that Sodexolsocat
is committed to the Omani national
policies and objectives, the continued
development of the local economy,
and indeed the Omani people through
progressive employment opportun ities,
staff training, ICV activities and an
array of employer initiatives. These,
along with a doctrinal focus on quality
assurance and health and safety, provide
a sustainable basis for Sodexolsocat's
continued long term growth and
development.
Only through demonstrating long
term vision, integrity, and an authentic
approach to doing business in the
Sultanate, can we continue to retain
and develop opportunities, providi ng
long term career prospects for our
national and expatriate work-force,
and deliver desirable contributions
for the greater good of Oman
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"Only through demonstrating long
term vision, integrity, and an authentic
approach to doing business in the
Sultanate, can we continue to retain and
develop opportunities, providing long
term career prospects for our national
and expatriate work-force, and deliver
desirable contributions for the greater
good of Oman," said Geoff Murray,
General Manager of SodexolSocat.
He added "It's about working smarter.
Our clients are the foremost industrial.
organizational and institutional
leaders in their own right, many
of them globally so. As innovators
themselves, they expect more than
what has been delivered to them in
the past. They understand the proven
relationship between superior Quality
of Life Services and better workforce
productivity. Higher quality carering,
better accommodation provision, and
effi ciently maintained services, translate
to happier, healthier, motivated work-
forces. This is what we, at Sodexolsocat.
do best. This is what we pride ourselves
on being able to deliver effectively, and
professionally. SodexolSocat's clients
don't need to be told what we do, as they
can see it daily, and measure it weekly,
monthly, and yearly in their performance.
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