Why Work With Us
Reasons to Join Sonepar
At Sonepar, we know that our strength comes from the passion and skills of our 46,000 associates.
Find out why we're the right choice for your next career move.
We are Powered by Difference
As a family-owned business, we have a growth mindset that takes a long-term view while making a clear impact today. People are essential to our business. Over-the-counter, online and side-by-side, we value relationships with customers, suppliers and every one of our Sonepar associates.
We are a global leader empowered by local business
By joining Sonepar, you’ll join the world leader in the B2B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services. In 2024, Sonepar achieved sales of €32.5 billion.
To make our customers' lives easier, we are leading an ambitious transformation and reimagining our business for a digital age. We are investing more than €2.5Bn in automating our supply chain and a further €1Bn in our global digital platform in order to deliver perfect orders to our customers, day after day, while reducing our environmental impact.
With a dense network of brands spread across 40 countries, we offer a wide range of opportunities in our branches, warehouses, and offices worldwide. We have the means and ambition to develop as a Group and accompany our associates to grow in their career path at Sonepar.
In Sonepar’s new "Behind the Counter" series, we are travelling around the world to meet the passionate teams in our branches who are at the heart of our business:
We grow your career
At Sonepar, every associate contributes to our success. Whatever your responsibility, you have the opportunity to lead, grow, and make an impact.
Our leadership mindset - Adapt, Dare, Learn - guides the way we work and perform across every role:
- Adapt to new situations and people by choosing the right approach and skill set.
- Dare to appropriately challenge the status quo as needed.
- Learn from everyone, everywhere. By 2028, Sonepar intends to provide annual sustainability training for all associates. Our salesforce will be the best-trained in the electrical distribution industry to promote sustainable solutions.
Sonepar Leadership Program (SLP)
To implement this leadership mindset within the Group we offer a high-level program for the development of Sonepar's leaders called the Sonepar Leadership Program (SLP). Conducted in partnership with INSEAD, one of the world's most prestigious business schools in the world, with a strong international presence and partnerships, it aims to strengthen SLP members’ managerial skills, develop their network within the Group, but also to improve their strategic thinking and performance management. Since its creation in 2011, the SLP has welcomed over 300 members.
Sonepar Junior Committee (SJC)
The Sonepar Junior Committee (SJC) is a young talent development program created in 1991 by Sonepar Board Chairman Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette. For over 30 years, the SJC has gathered young Sonepar associates from various functions all around the world, to accelerate their professional development and prepare the leaders of tomorrow. During an 18-month program, SJC members develop ideas and think outside the box on strategic topics, drawing on Sonepar’s cultural and business diversity. Since its creation, more than 350 associates have participated in the program.
We celebrate our differences and promote a safe work environment
Our inclusion strategy has been developed with guidance from dedicated experts, sponsorship from our Executive Committee, and input from associates. The resulting roadmap is a key vehicle for raising awareness among associates and managers, as well as consolidating and communicating inclusion initiatives across all countries where we operate.
We are united through a shared Purpose
By joining Sonepar, you will join a purpose-driven company where all associates share a common responsibility: Powering Progress for Future Generations.
Humankind is facing giant collective challenges, and our purpose is a way to channel all our energy towards these challenges. This is how we will serve the planet and its people for decades to come. Sonepar’s Purpose is rooted into its core activities through six impactful, group-wide bold commitments, engaging associates and stakeholders around common initiatives and goals.
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