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We wish to express our conviction that the use of our Sourcing Portal strongly enhances trade between our suppliers and Leroy Merlin as it allows our organization new and adapted capabilities and such, new opportunities to offer and consider your products easily.

In order to make sure that our organization and yours will work efficiently, we wish to inform our supplier base that Leroy Merlin International Purchasing Department only considers product offers sent exclusively through our Portal.  

Please take notice that new suppliers can join our Portal at minimum cost. This will allow suppliers to market their products to Leroy Merlin and build a business relationship with the International Purchasing Department right from the desktop which will save our suppliers considerable time on sending catalogs, visiting our buying offices and/or trade shows. In the event suppliers successfully win business with Leroy Merlin, they will become a full supplier member of our Portal.

We suggest our suppliers do what is necessary to join the Leroy Merlin Sourcing Portal.

Please note that our Portal is not like the public market places such as Global Sources. Information in our site is strictly private and confidential.

We are looking forward to seeing you on our Portal to build a profitable and successful relationship with all our existing and prospective suppliers.

Thank you,

Director of International Purchasing Department, Leroy Merlin Group

The Portal Workflow

 The image below depicts the 3 phases of a product life cycle within our Portal

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In Phase 1, new suppliers present their product information to the Leroy Merlin International buyers for consideration.  Buyers can request product information, search, compare, negotiate and make pre-selections.

In Phase 2, pre-selected products from both new and existing suppliers are presented to the 13 individual business units around the world for their buying consideration.  This is also where existing suppliers maintain current product information via the Portal.

In Phase 3, products selected are automatically uploaded into our back office system for ordering and issuing of purchase orders.