Company History

Nov 25th 2007


Corporate Express, A Staples Company (July 2008 – Current)

Corporate Express was acquired by Staples (Staples, the world’s largest office products company, is committed to making it easy for customers to buy a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. With $27 billion in sales, Staples serves businesses of all sizes and consumers in 27 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. In July 2008, Staples acquired Corporate Express, one of the world’s leading suppliers of office products to businesses and institutions. Staples invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and is headquartered outside Boston. More information about Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) is available at www.staples.com.

Corporate Express (1999 – July 2008)
Corporate Express (formerly known as Buhrmann) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of office products to businesses and institutions. The Company has its head office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and generates annual sales of 5.5 billion euros with close to 18,000 employees in 18 countries.

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Corporate Express is one of the world’s leading suppliers of office products to businesses and institutions. With our office products activities operating world-wide under the brand name Corporate Express, we have a widespread global proprietary distribution network spanning North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand.

Over 70% of Corporate Express’ global office products and computer supply sales are conducted via eCommerce systems, including customized internet sites. The graphic systems distribution companies are the largest re-sellers of industry-leading Heidelberg equipment in six European countries. Corporate Express NV shares are listed on the stock exchanges of Amsterdam (Euronext: CEXP), and as ADRs in New York (NYSE: CXP). Holding Headquarters

Amsterdam, The Netherlands CEXP Group Holding and Division Corporate Express Europe Denver, Colorado, US Corporate Express North America HQ  

My place in the organization

Currently I work in the Corporate Express US Headquarters in Broomfield, CO in the Finance – Planning and Analysis Business Intelligence Team as Business Intelligence Analyst.
Responsible mostly for reporting on Operations as well as the new Customer and Vendor Online Reporting Flash Dashboards and Global Strategic KPI indicators.

Previously I worked as Project Manager and Business Analyst in the US Data Warehouse team. Before that I have worked at the Headquarters of the CEXP Group in Amsterdam for the Division Corporate Express Europe as European staff member, mostly in the IT organization, reporting directly to the IT Director Europe. CEXP (Buhrmann) acquired over 100 companies in Europe which required integration into one European organization.
I contributed in the strategy to implement standard software applications on central level to streamline business processes in all the operating companies in the different European countries.

More information, visit the following websites:

Staples – www.Staples.com
Corporate Express NV – www.CexpGroup.com
Corporate Express Europe – www.CorporateExpress.info
Corporate Express North America – www.CorporateExpress.com
  

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