BME hosts successful Supplier Summit

Fostering strategic collaboration with sanitary and tiles suppliers

BME recently convened its Supplier Summit, bringing together its preferred partners in sanitary and tiles for an exclusive event aimed at fostering strategic exchanges to strengthen and deepen our partnerships.

The summit underscored BME’s commitment to closely aligning with its suppliers to capitalize on market trends and enhance the value across the chain, ultimately ensuring superior service delivery to customers. As one of the leading business-to-business distributors of building materials, the event emphasized the importance of collaborative efforts in driving innovation to secure mutual profitable growth.

Key topics at the summit included advancements in digital solutions, showroom strategies, data management, and the growing significance of ESG criteria among stakeholders across the value chain. These discussions were instrumental in exploring initiatives to reduce carbon footprint and water usage, enhance digital engagement through showroom upgrades, and develop solutions to increase installer efficiency and productivity.

Participants universally praised the summit for its insightful exchanges and constructive dialogues, foreseeing tangible benefits for ongoing collaborations. Looking ahead, BME anticipates leveraging the outcomes of this year’s summit to further advance innovation and operational efficiency in its partnerships.

“I want to thank all suppliers who participated in our summit. This day was about integrating our ambitions with those of our suppliers to collectively enhance our businesses. We remain steadfast in our commitment to delivering exceptional service to our customers.”

John Tros, Group SVP Operations

“The success of the Supplier Summit reaffirms BME’s dedication to fostering strategic alliances that drive industry-leading practices and customer satisfaction to push the boundaries of innovation in partnership strategies. Our strong relationships with our strategic suppliers are absolutely essential to secure long term success of our Group.”

Remco Teulings, Group CEO

Supplier Summit 2024