Purchasing

Our purchasing covers three types of needs:

• production purchasing: materials (metals, plastics, paper and cardboard for packaging, etc.) and components (parts, sub-assemblies, etc.) for manufacturing
• non-production purchasing (transport and logistics, services, IT systems, travel, etc.)
• the purchase of finished products

Purchasing is generally managed at Group level via a panel of suppliers and shared purchasing platforms by product family worldwide. Pooling purchases has a number of advantages:

• optimized negotiations with suppliers through higher volumes
• standardized materials and components for more quality
• flexibility between sites 

Our Purchasing Department is in charge of negotiations with suppliers on prices, quality, punctuality and ethics.

It selects our suppliers based on two criteria:

•  performance: competitiveness on costs, respect of lead times, high standards on quality and innovation

• Social and environmental responsibility : sustainable development policy and respect for human rights 

By developing real partnerships with our suppliers, we can involve them in our progress processes and competitiveness targets.