Shelley Pierre

WORK HISTORY

ABOUT SHELLEY PIERRE

Pooling Partners is Europe’s #1 integrated full-service pooler and producer of pallets and boxes. With a history dating back to 1891, this Dutch family business provides pallet and box pooling services across Europe and is also one of Europe’s largest producers of wooden pallets. It operates three pooling networks in demanding supply chains: IPP Logipal, PAKi Logistics, and PRS Return System. The IPP Logipal pool is a leading rental provider of pallets and boxes in fast moving consumer goods and industrial supply chains across Europe. Via an extensive service centre network customers rent IPP pool pallets to store and deliver their brands. By deploying its pooling expertise in recovery and refurbishment, IPP Logipal provides its customers with pool pallets when and wherever they need them. The European PAKi network is the market leader in pool management of exchangeable and standardised load carriers such as euro pallets and box pallets. Customers receive pallets at the right quality where and when they need them and return them wherever and whenever; via a network of more than pooling stations across Europe. PRS Return System is an efficient and reliable pooling system for users of CP-type pallets in the demanding polymer and chemical sectors across Europe and Turkey. For nearly twenty years it has contributed to sustainability by strongly growing pallet re-use and reducing packaging waste. Pooling Partners is a long standing and leading exponent of circular economy models, promoting recovery and continual re-use of durable standard pallets and boxes in efficient and sustainable pooling systems. Its production activity sources from sustainably managed forestry and produce and repair over 20 million pallets and boxes per annum from wood that is PEFC™ or FSC® certified. The company has an annual turnover of ca. € 300 million and employs around 800 people.