Rexel strategic roadmap
Rexel announced on February 13, 2017 its updated strategy and the key attributes that will allow the Group to achieve its medium-term ambitions, focusing on profitable growth and value creation.
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Rexel announced on February 13, 2017 its updated strategy and the key attributes that will allow the Group to achieve its medium-term ambitions, focusing on profitable growth and value creation.
“With a strong footprint in key geographies, a broad and valuable base of customers and key partnerships with global manufacturers, Rexel is well positioned to seize opportunities in the fast-changing world of energy.
The strategy that we will implement in the coming years will focus on three priorities: accelerate organic growth to gain market share, increase selectivity in capital allocation and reduce indebtedness and, lastly, improve operational and financial performance.
Together with my new Executive Committee and committed teams, we will make Rexel a more focused, stronger and more profitable company that delivers growth and creates value for all stakeholders.”
Chief Executive Officer of Rexel
In a fast-changing energy world that opens up new growth opportunities, Rexel plays a key role in the value chain between manufacturers and customers and can count on:
A broad and valuable customer base: In 2019, Rexel managed over 650,000 active customer accounts in three end-markets (residential, commercial and industrial);
A strong footprint in key geographies: Rexel holds leading or strategic positions in most markets in which it operates;
Key partnerships with global and leading manufacturers: Rexel manages long-term relationships with its suppliers, notably strong partnerships with the top 26 suppliers representing over 50% of Rexel’s total purchases;
Best-in-class core capabilities: Rexel offers a unique combination of local reach, broad offer of products and solutions, deep expertise, high level of service, robust logistics capabilities and IT backbone;
An increasingly omnichannel customer approach, including a strong digital presence with sales on the webshop already reaching 3.5 billion euros.
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Accelerate organic growth
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Increase selectivity in capital allocation & strengthen financial structure
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Improve operational and financial performance
Rexel’s priority on organic growth is based on two fundamental pillars: More customers & More SKUs. Indeed, Rexel targets both net customer gains and increasing its share of wallet with each customer. Its customer approach will be differentiated, according to three main customer profiles.
Rexel will broaden its footprint and expand its presence in selected areas through branch/counter openings, accelerate its multi-channel approach and constantly improve its service level.
Rexel will industrialize its offer process of products and solutions to customers managing industrial and commercial projects.
Rexel will increase its ability to meet specific requirements for specialized products and solutions.
% of Rexel’s sales in 2021
This “More Customers & More SKUs” strategy will be supported by accelerated digitization of business and operations, including the development and implementation of new tools and applications.
Consistent with this strategy, Rexel has aligned its business KPIs and created new scorecards across the Group, revised its incentive policies and is constantly adapting its human resources strategy to reflect the need for new skills.
Rexel intends to increase selectivity in capital allocation, both in terms of capital expenditure and investment. The Group also intends to strengthen its financial structure and increase its financial flexibility through deleveraging.
Reflecting Rexel’s strategy to increase its focus on geographies and market segments that offer the best profitable growth and value-creation opportunities, Rexel announced a divestment program that will be completed by the end of 2018. Based on full-year 2016 consolidated accounts, total divestments, once achieved, should have the following financial impacts:
– A reduction of c. €800m in the Group’s consolidated sales,
– A positive contribution of c. 25bps to the Group’s consolidated adjusted EBITA margin,
– A slight improvement in the indebtedness ratio.
As regards capital expenditure, Rexel’s investments will be focused on both organic growth enablers and productivity enhancers, through increasing digitization and optimization of its branch network, on the one hand, and automation of logistics and back-office digitization, on the other hand.
Rexel aims also at strengthening its balance-sheet through deleveraging, while maintaining an attractive dividend policy of paying out at least 40% of recurring net income.
Rexel now targets to be structurally at an indebtedness ratio (net debt/EBITDA as calculated according to the Senior Credit Agreement terms) below 2.5x at each year-end as from December 31, 2018.
In the medium-term, Rexel will continue its targeted bolt-on acquisition strategy from 2018 onwards, in line with its deleveraging objective and strict value-creation criteria. This acquisition strategy follows three main objectives: broaden its footprint in the most attractive geographies and segments (with a priority on the US market), expand to adjacent segments in key markets and capture more of the value chain.
Rexel aims at continuously increasing its profitability through gross margin enhancement and strict cost control.
Gross margin improvement will be driven by systematic implementation of pricing initiatives and supplier relationship management. Rexel will also strictly manage its cost base, reducing overhead and improving productivity, while, at the same time, reallocating operating expenses to accelerate sales growth and digitization.
In addition to these Group initiatives, Rexel will enhance its performance in key geographies, mainly the USA, Germany, the UK and Australia, which offer significant turnaround potential.
Rexel will gradually move from a national/banner approach to a regional/multi-banner approach, focusing on seven key regions. Through this approach, Rexel aims at gaining market share and gradually reaching an adjusted EBITA margin at or above Group level.
Through adapted and differentiated actions, Rexel also aims at gaining market share. In Australia, Rexel aims at gradually reaching an adjusted EBITA margin at or above Group level, while in the UK and Germany it aims at posting adjusted EBITA CAGR above the Group’s performance and gradually approaching adjusted EBITA margin at Group level.