Mercadona reorganizes its purchasing department

2023-09-08 12:55:47

Mercadona has decided to reorganize its purchasing department, which from now on will manage the relationship with its inter-suppliers and specialist suppliers from two general directorates. Consequently, Paco Espert, to date responsible for Prescription Secoswill lead the general direction of Dry Purchasing and Prescription, while Rafael Berrocal, At the head of Purchasing Sea, Fruit, Vegetables and Fresh Bread, he will assume the general direction of Purchasing Sea, Fruit, Vegetables, Oven and Ready to Eat.

This movement, “once the strategies have been designed to advance on the path towards Totaler, is framed in the purpose of continuing to strengthen, from the unity of action, the relationship with the suppliers with which Mercadona collaborates and thus contribute to consolidating a competitive advantage unique based on specialization, shared leadership and trust. To this end, the company has made a significant investment effort since 2018 in the creation and training of a team made up of 1,200 people between purchases and prescription“, as reported today in a statement.

Rafael Berrocal. Levante-EMV

Mercadona “would like to thank the general directors who are now joining the new departments, as well as Josemi Fernandez who has conveyed his decision to leave the company, his effort, involvement and work during these five years.

All of them have contributed to promoting this new product specialization model which began in 2018 with the double objective of taking the leap in quality that Mercadona’s model demands and continuing to advance towards an agile, efficient and sustainable supply chain that suppliers and customers demand.

Growth

Mercadona establishes with its suppliers “a relationship based on transparency and trust, in which the commitment to quality and specialization is unquestionable. This relationship pursues shared growth and guarantees maximum quality, an unbeatable price and excellent service in each product with, in addition, ethical production criteria in relation to sustainable production,” says the Valencian chain in the statement.

At the end of 2022, the company collaborated with 3,000 specialist product suppliers to which it made a total volume of purchases of 23,112 million euros, 22,323 in Spain and 789 in Portugal.