Sourcing and assessment of suppliers

Sourcing and assessment of new suppliers is necessary:

• To benchmark your suppliers
• To increase the proportion of international purchases
• In the case of new international implantations, to upgrade the local content

Through its deep knowledge of companies in many markets and network of global offices, SNECI is able to facilitate your research in selecting, auditing and evaluating suppliers capable of meeting all of your needs.

After selection, SNECI can coach, if necessary, the selected supplier to explain to him your expectations and show him your methodologies. This coaching enables us to minimize risks at the start of the relationship.

SNECI is thus capable of bringing a flexible and efficient service during the selection phase as well as during the product development phase to allow your internal teams focus their energy on your core business.

Example of missions in sourcing and assessment of suppliers

• Sourcing and assessment of textile suppliers in the U.S.
• Sourcing and assessment of stamping suppliers in France
• Sourcing and assessment of cutting and stamping, decoration parts (PVC) and painted plastic parts suppliers in Romania, Morocco and Turkey
• Sourcing and assessment of stamping and tooling suppliers in Eastern Europe and Turkey
• Sourcing and assessment of plastic parts suppliers in the U.S. and Korea
• Sourcing and assessment of foundry parts suppliers in Eastern Europe
• Sourcing of founders in Turkey, Spain and Iran for a production transfer from France

A detailed example of sourcing and assessment of suppliers, until the selection

• Customer: SITA-SUEZ
• Goal: Select a supplier in Central and Eastern Europe (4,000 parts/year during five years)
• Process:
  • Analyze the specificity of the current supplier as well as the product
  • Reception of the drawings, specification, target
  • Search of a short-list of suppliers within the CEE (Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary) by sending a RFQ package to the selected suppliers in their native language  (drawing, spec, volume, …)
  • Manage the negotiation with three pre-selected suppliers
  • Industrial, quality and logistics assessment
  • Selection of the supplier
  • Assist SITA – SUEZ legal and purchasing departments to finalize the LOI
  • Monitor the supplier during the project to insure a smooth production
• Deliverables: RFQ files in native languages of the potential suppliers, short listed selected suppliers with recommendations, and project review
• Results: A supplier selected and in production 18 months after starting the mission

 
Research of Partnerships
The increase in global projects and partnerships between manufacturers on different projects requires more and more input from different suppliers on a given subject. Through its knowledge of a global industrial network, SNECI specializes in bringing an adapted solution to each specific need, whether it be on a single project or part of a more global partnership.

As we do across the entire Supplier Sourcing category, SNECI adds it financial and legal expertise to enable the final agreements between the different partners involved.
 
Experience in research of partnerships:

• Research of French partners for U.S. electric vehicles producers
• Research of strategic partnerships between France and India in the aluminum foundry sector
• Research of partner in Russia to assemble locally
• Research of partner in Morocco to produce under the technology of a Spanish supplier
• Research of partnerships between Chinese and Thai suppliers
• Research of partnerships between Spanish and Italian suppliers