Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC
The Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC multiplies by 10 their number of suppliers per panel with Silex
In order to respond in a more relevant way to the demands of all departments, The department of Performance Budget Purchasing of the Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC was looking for a solution that could help them identify suppliers more easily across the various territories in which they operates. They called upon Silex to help them develop an efficient, local and exhaustive sourcing.
About Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC
The Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC, a leading bank in the Mediterranean region and the French overseas territories, is a cooperative bank and a member of Groupe BPCE. It has 3,150 employees, 250 branches and covers 6 départements in mainland France and 8 in overseas France. It operates on 3 continents and 6 time zones.
Its department of Performance Budget Purchasing is made up of multi-domain buyers who respond to the demands of all business units and all purchasing categories.
Crucial issues
Identify local and relevant suppliers across multiple territories
The buyers of the Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC operate in a wide range of purchasing categories and respond to requests from very remote areas. As part of its CSR approach, a local criteria is expected, and buyers must then identify suppliers located in the same geographical area. In overseas departments, providers can be particularly difficult to find due to the lack of visibility on the local offer.
Business departments can call on them for recurring purchases as well as for one-time or urgent needs. In addition, buyers are sometimes required to source from very specific markets in which they have little knowledge.
The buyers carry out a sourcing for each request by completing the list of potential suppliers sent by the prescribing management. In the absence of a dedicated sourcing tool, buyers conduct their research online and call on other buyers in the group to verify that other suppliers have not already been identified.
The challenge
Improve market knowledge to strengthen procurement performance
Results
The expansion of sourcing allows Procurement to more easily challenge the suppliers proposed by the prescriber and to propose more effective solutions.
In addition, Silex’s enriched data has also allowed buyers to identify companies in the adapted and protected sector to promote responsible procurement without sacrificing economic performance.
