ASMO Expands Aramco Partnership with Major Supply Chain Overhaul

Editorial Team

Last updated 29-10-2025

3 min

ASMO and Aramco have expanded their partnership, managing 120 more procurement agreements.

In less than a year, they've scaled up from a pilot project, enhancing supplier engagement.

By 2027, procurement will extend to maintenance, drilling, and project materials.

ASMO launched new warehouses in Riyadh and Jazan, boosting supply chain efficiency.

By 2030, ASMO plans to manage 8 million square metres of logistics space.

ASMO, the joint venture between Saudi Aramco Development Company and DHL, has stepped up its partnership with Aramco by taking on the management of 120 more procurement agreements, mainly covering general supply materials. Quite the leap, considering this expansion builds on a pilot wrapped up just last July — a tenfold jump in supplier engagement, by the sound of it.

From what I’ve seen in this space, going from pilot to full swing in less than a year is no small feat. Many ventures spend ages ironing out wrinkles in their supply chain – it can be a bit of a faff, honestly – but ASMO seems to have hit the ground running. The new agreements will add thousands of line items across key general supply categories, giving the company serious footing to scale further in the coming years.

The roadmap stretches into 2027, with ASMO planning to expand procurement to areas such as maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), drilling and chemicals, and large-scale project materials. This will sit on top of a growing, more integrated supplier network. I reckon that’s where the real magic will happen – integration tends to separate average logistics setups from great ones.

All this ties neatly into the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 push, which is keen on localising supply chains and beefing up logistics infrastructure. Earlier this year, ASMO launched warehousing operations in Riyadh and Jazan, clearly signalling a transition to scaled operations aimed at tightening supply chain efficiency across Saudi Arabia’s industrial and energy sectors.

Sulaiman M. Al Rubaian, Senior VP of Procurement & Supply Chain Management at Aramco, said Aramco helped set up ASMO “to create a fit-for-purpose supply chain platform that drives resilience, scale, and long-term value in the Kingdom and the broader region.” He added that the results were becoming tangible as ASMO rolled out scalable procurement systems and took charge of major Aramco sites nationwide.

Craig Roberts, ASMO’s CEO, echoed that energy, saying the team has moved “from vision to execution” in under a year — two Aramco-owned warehouses now under management, procurement already live, and new potential clients circling. For him, ASMO’s mandate is clear: to redefine how goods are procured, stored, and moved across Saudi Arabia and, in time, the wider MENA region.

And believe it or not, that’s just the beginning. By 2030, ASMO aims to run six cutting-edge logistics and warehousing hubs with over 8 million square metres of space, handling procurement activity surpassing USD 8 billion. That’s a huge figure — spot on if they can pull it off — and it would secure their ambition to become the leading supply chain player in Saudi Arabia and beyond.

At Arageek, we’ve often chatted with founders chasing scale, but this kind of transformation reminds us why logistics is the backbone of any thriving startup or economy. Walking through a warehouse buzzing with goods ready to ship always gives me a thrill — maybe it’s the sheer sense of system and possibility. ASMO’s journey, though still young, has all the markings of a story worth keeping an eye on.

(And yes, I’m definately curious to see how far they take this.)

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