Activities
Siplec maintains control over the entire import value chain.
Our industry knowledge and local presence allow us to guarantee E. Leclerc’s complete control over its international purchasing.
Our activities are both broad and diversified. They cover most of the product families within the consumer goods area.
Siplec’s turnover reached 7 billion euro mark in 2009.
Services
Siplec masters the key industry know-how relating to purchasing, transport and distribution within Europe of mass-market consumer goods:
- World-wide prospecting, mainly in Asia
- Supplier evaluation and selection
- Organisation of air, sea and ground logistics
- Ensuring products' compliance to European standards
- European customs regulations
- Stock Management
- Exchange rate risk management
Siplec also develops some E. Leclerc’s own-brand products. Favoured by consumers, these own-brand products have a substantial strategic value for the Leclerc Association.
International Presence
Siplec is currently present in 6 countries: France, Turkey, India, Hong Kong, China, Chile.
Locations | Since | Activities |
|---|---|---|
Paris | 1978 | Headquarters - Central Services |
Ankara | 2000 | Sourcing Southern Europe and Middle-East |
Madras | 1994 | Sourcing Indian Sub-continent |
Hong Kong | 1988 | Sourcing Far East |
Shanghai | 2003 | Sourcing China |
Santiago of Chile | 2008 | Sourcing South America |
Ivry-sur-Seine | 2008 | Sourcing Africa |
Our subsidiary Siplec International Ltd. manages the 5 local offices abroad. A team of around 80 people performs the market watch, supplier evaluations and order processing operations. Relations within Europe, Africa and Oceania are mostly handled from France.
Range of activities
Siplec started trading petroleum products at the end of the 70's.
The company quickly expanded its activities to importing manufactured goods and foodstuffs.
These last two activities represent between them almost all of our 25,000 product references and present a significant competitive and growth advantage, viewed as essential by our clients (these goods cover the highest sales figures in the consumer goods market).
Their contribution to our overall sales figures, however, remains smaller than our considerable petroleum-related activities.
