Entrepreneur, manager of an SME/VSE or even head of an association or liberal profession, your company and your employees can benefit from advantages without necessarily requiring a salary increase. If you do not have a Social and Economic Committee (CSE) or a structure dedicated to social works, you can consider going through a purchasing center which can take over this function.
What is a purchasing center for?
A purchasing center is an organization whose goal is to group together the orders of a group of members. It manages the purchases of its retail or wholesale affiliates, that is to say the study of products, the search for suppliers, the negotiationion of purchases and, in some cases, the activities distribution, organization and documentation. The services are reserved for the exclusive use of members of the center, to which they are bound by a contract.‘a limited duration.
Some centers offer sales at reduced prices even in small quantities through platformss online. You therefore have wholesale prices negotiated by the central office and which can be very advantageous for both your employees and your company.
Some advantages of the plant
Save time
First of all, it saves time since it takes care of the selection and then the negotiation with suppliers. If the company has employees in different cities, these operations take time that you cannot necessarily devote to this type of operation. It would become necessary to be able to offer offers throughout France. D‘on the other hand, VSEs/SMEs often do not have the means to haver a CSE or an internal benefits department that takes care of it. To do this, using a service provider makes it possible to delegate these tasks since they take charge of the activities traditionally dedicated to a works council.
Optimize your cash flow and delegate
Optimizing your cash flow and delegating stock management represents a second significant advantage of using a purchasing center. By choosing to use a service provider, you will no longer need to advance cash or purchase large quantities to reduce costs. You can order on demand based on your actual needs.
Retain employee loyalty
It remains a means of retaining employees since these outsourced solutions increase their well-being in the private sphere thanks to the personal services offered (housekeeping, educational support, childcare solutions, subscriptions, etc.). The “good deals” that the purchasing center can offer you thus increase the purchasing power of employees, allowing them to access services otherwise inaccessible.
Of course, the advantage remains above all to obtain better prices. The service provider negotiates the best prices for you on large volumes since it brings together all the orders from the companies that use it. The prices thus obtained could not be negotiated by small companies with lower order volumes.
The central also allows access to a much wider offer and in particular to a choice of services which can be substantial. Digital offers can also be renewed daily. Finally, you get a transfer of risk. Using an external service provider to manage employee benefits is also, for small businesses, a way of transferring risks to a professional without fully assuming the consequences.
