The Sourcing Division’s objective is to contribute to the Group’s operational efficiency and the control of its operational risks. Its supplier relationship management is based on the Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility approach (CSR).
- act in collaboration with the Group entities representatives, far ahead of the negotiation process to standardize and consolidate our requirements
- consolidate and globalize volumes on the largest baseline, including in international locations
- ensure the operational implementation and performance management of contracts
- and therefore contribute to the Group’s operational efficiency.
Operational risks are either linked to weaknesses in internal processes or to external events that may affect:
- the quality of a product or service purchased
- the supplier’s capability to ensure proper execution of a contract.
Through this initiative, based on the ongoing dynamic mobilization of its supplier base, the Sourcing Division asserts its ambition: contribute, together with and through the suppliers, to controlling the Group’s operational risks by including CSR considerations in the daily routine of its sourcing practices.
