Our Sourcing Organization

Our mission is to select the best products and services, and to manage, support and develop relationships with suppliers in a responsible and sustainable manner.
To achieve this, our purchases within the Group are categorized into 3 types:

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IT and Network icon		 Sports cards
Customer Equipment
& platforms		 Network infrastructure,
IT & technology		 Indirect sourcing


Our sourcing teams are structured on two levels: global and local, depending on the purchasing areas concerned, and follow the Group’s industrial strategies.

Sourcing at Group level

 

 

  • Multi-country sourcing action
  • Steering a strategy by sourcing category
  • Managing global supplier risks
  • Sharing best practices

 

 

Exemple of purchases by : BuyIN, Orange and Orange Business

 

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Sourcing at local level

 

 

  • Taking advantage of group contracts and the local market’s specific characteristics / opportunities
  • Managing local supplier risks
  • Managing the operational contract

 

The joint venture BUYIN logo brings together Orange and Deutsch Telekom’s sourcing for network and customer equipment, home & service platforms and IT. Created in 2011, BuyIn is equally owned by the two operators, who leverage order volume for better negotiations.
BuyIn in a few figures:

 

Some numbers of BUYIN

 

Our sourcing methodology is carried out by our buyers who manage the commercial relationship with our suppliers.
Thus :

  • they cover all required actions necessary for sourcing, in compliance with the principle of equitable treatment,
  • they monitor contracts and relations with suppliers,
  • they are the interface between the supplier and the specifier(s).

Synoptic around the theme: anticipate, act and improve