The Purchasing Management must contribute to the competivity of Legrand, its agencies, various Managements and the Strategic Business Units (SBU). For this purpose it focuses on closeness to its internal customers, flexibility in operation and respect of business ethics..
Efficient and loyal partners for a reciprocally fruitful relationship:international suppliers to satisfy the Group requirements everywhere in the world and local suppliers for the specific needs of each site.
Dynamic businesses in line with our expectations whichrespect the Group’s values in the fields of the environment, , fundamental rights at work and business ethics..
The qualification of suppliers accepts in substance the guidelines defined at Legrand group level.They are valid for all the units forming the BTicino S.p.A. Company in Italy and apply to the suppliers of materials: raw materials,, components, and finished products and to the suppliers of goods or services.
Purchasing is responsible for the selection of suppliers,while the services rendered are evaluated by the activities of various bodies/functions..
BTicino S.p.A. regulates its collaboration relationships with suppliers by adopting a contractual policy consistent with good sales practices, respecting the charter of competition and the rules of compliance..
Purchasing contracts are thus regulated through the framework contract for the supply of raw materials, semi-worked materials, finished products and workings aimed at production operations and the General tendering conditions.
The purchasing process is applied to find the most suitable solutions, so that the associated activities may be carried out in an effective, efficient, transparent and and clear way and above all in full respect of the general directions dictated by the Company, respecting the budget and savings aims and at the same time constituting a reference for the systematic re-evaluation of the purchasing portfolio (products/suppliers).
Firstly. all actors (Purchasing or other Entities) involved in the process must scrupulously respect the principles of the company “ethical code”..