The DT Group buying organisation reports to the European Sourcing organisation in Wolseley Europe, which is set up to work across the geographic markets.

Organised under European Sourcing, the buying organisation handles all purchasing, import and private label tasks for Wolseley Europe. The European sourcing organisation has more than 80 employees and is in charge of all supplier contracts and sourcing.

In 2007, Wolseley Europe launched a new sourcing strategy, which focuses on efficient collaboration with a number of strategic and preferred suppliers in Europe. The strategy contributes to significant pan-European cost savings on the buying side, better prices, a higher service level for the Group’s customers and advantages to the suppliers selected by the Group.

At the same time, DT Group’s product range and competitive position is being improved through the increased import of products from the Baltic-rim area and Asia. The Group’s sourcing offices in Skt. Petersburg, Beijing, Taiwan, Brazil and Vilnius know local market conditions and manufacturers well and handle contact with the Group’s suppliers on the remote markets. One of the effects of these efforts is more efficient production of the Group’s private labels.