What SCAMARK - Mouvement E.LECLERC does

SCAMARK is a wholly-owned subsidiary within the Mouvement E.Leclerc cooperative, one of roughly 40 regional and functional operating entities (alongside ACDLEC, SCAPARF, SCAPAUTO, SCAPMAREE, BANQUE EDEL, INFOMIL, KERMENE, and others) that operate under the central coordination of GALEC (Groupements d'Achats des Centres E.Leclerc), headquartered at 26 Quai Marcel Boyer, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France. The company does not run a standalone commercial product; rather, it posts job openings through the centralized Leclerc Recrutement platform at www.recrutement.leclerc, which serves as the unified hiring front door for the entire E.Leclerc movement.

The Leclerc Recrutement platform is a web-based recruitment portal built on standard HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript and hosted on ALTAYS infrastructure (clicnjob ATS). Its functional scope includes a searchable job listings module (filtered by contract type — CDI, CDD, Alternance, Stage, Saisonnier, VIE — location, and job category), a candidate dashboard (Espace Candidat) for application tracking, a CV database (CVthèque E.Leclerc) for passive candidates, optional behavioral assessments, social-login authentication via Google, LinkedIn, and Indeed, and embedded career-advice and employee-testimonial video content. The platform covers approximately 200 professions across client-facing retail, commercial, IT, logistics, marketing, quality, HR, and finance functions.

The business model is cooperative, not commercial: the platform is provided at no direct cost to job seekers and at no separate subscription cost to the 700+ independent E.Leclerc stores and affiliated entities that post openings. SCAMARK's economic activity is embedded within the broader Mouvement E.Leclerc, which generated €48 billion in revenue excluding fuel in 2023 and €60+ billion excluding fuel in 2025, holds 23.5-24.2% French grocery market share, operates 721-751 stores through 533-598 independent retailer-adherents, and supports 120,000-180,000+ collaborators (figures vary by source and methodology). There is no disclosed ARR, pricing schedule, or SaaS revenue figure for the recruitment platform itself, because it is an internal cooperative service rather than a monetized product.

Name

SCAMARK - Mouvement E.LECLERC

Legal name

S.C. GALEC (Société Coopérative Groupement d'achats des centres E.Leclerc)

Website

https://recrutement.leclerc

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

SCAMARK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mouvement E.Leclerc cooperative that recruits employees through the centralized Leclerc Recrutement portal serving 700+ independent stores and 40+ affiliated entities across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ivry-sur-Seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Platform Services: The GALEC operates the recruitment platform on behalf of E.Leclerc member entities. Individual E.Leclerc centers are responsible for their own hiring processes and post jobs on the platform at no direct cost to job seekers. The platform facilitates candidate matching with member stores.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SCAMARK operates the Leclerc Recrutement portal (www.recrutement.leclerc), a centralized online recruitment platform for the Mouvement E.Leclerc, France's leading retail cooperative. The platform connects job seekers with employment opportunities across 721+ E.Leclerc stores and affiliated entities (covering 200+ professions), offering job listings search, a candidate management portal (Espace Candidat), CVthèque resume database, behavioral assessments, and apprenticeship program placement, operated by GALEC on behalf of member entities and provided free of charge to job seekers.

Product overview

The Leclerc Recrutement portal is a recruitment platform for the E.Leclerc Movement (Mouvement E.LECLERC), France's leading retail cooperative. The platform serves as a unified job board connecting candidates with over 721 E.Leclerc stores and various affiliated entities across France. The core offering consists of the job listings search (Offres d'emploi), a candidate management portal (Espace Candidat) for tracking applications, and an apprenticeship program section (Alternance). Supporting features include career advice resources (Nos conseils pour candidater), job category browsing (Nos métiers), and employee testimonial videos (Nos vidéos métiers). The platform is operated by GALEC (Groupements d'Achats des Centres E.Leclerc) and hosted on the Altays recruitment management system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BANQUE EDEL: The banking entity of the E.Leclerc movement, specializing in monetics, payment solutions, financing, and deposit management.
• Manège à Bijoux
• E.Leclerc Voyages
• Centre Auto
• Brico

Products and services

• Espace Candidat (Candidate Portal) Candidate management portal on the Leclerc Recrutement website that allows job seekers to track application status, modify personal information, upload CVs and cover letters, and consent to having their data retained in the CVthèque E.Leclerc for future opportunities across all member entities of the E.Leclerc movement.
• Offres d'emploi (Job Listings Portal) Searchable job listings portal on the Leclerc Recrutement website that allows candidates to filter openings by contract type (CDI, CDD, Alternance, Stage, Saisonnier, VIE), location, and job category across all E.Leclerc stores and affiliated entities in France.
• Alternance (Apprenticeship Program) Apprenticeship and work-study program placement service connecting candidates with E.Leclerc stores offering alternating training contracts across approximately 200 different professions, welcoming 5,300+ alternants in 2023 (10% increase over prior year) and including a partnership with Agefiph for inclusion of people with disabilities (3% of alternates).
• Nos métiers (Job Categories) Job category browsing section covering seven job families across the E.Leclerc movement: customer-facing roles, commercial functions, IT and networking, logistics, marketing and communication, quality and safety, and HR/finance/administration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96.08% RGAA accessibility compliance achieved
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ALTAYScoreTechnology or IntegrationALTAYS is the hosting provider for the E.Leclerc recruitment platform. Located at 3 cité de Hauteville, 75010 Paris, ALTAYS is a SAS with capital of 400,000€ (R.C.S PARIS B 420 039 059).
• Ethic FirstminorOthersEthic First conducted the RGAA 4.1.2 accessibility compliance audit for the E.Leclerc recruitment website, achieving 96.08% compliance.
• AgefiphcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Agefiph to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce. E.Leclerc tracks 3% of alternates in situations of disability and works to develop more inclusive hiring practices.
• GALEC Member EntitiescoreOthersThe recruitment platform serves all entities of the E.Leclerc movement including: ACDLEC, AQUAMARK, BANQUE EDEL, BBJ NORD, BBJ SUD OUEST, BTLEC EST, BTLEC OUEST, CONSO REGIE, DEVINLEC, GALEC, INFOMIL, KERMENE, L TELECOM, L-COMMERCE, LECLERC VOYAGES, LOGILEC, MASCAREIGNE, SAVELEC GIE, and numerous regional entities (SCAMARK, SCAPARF, SCAPAUTO, etc.).

Scale indicators33 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global job aggregator integrating directly with the Leclerc Recrutement platform via social login. A direct channel competitor in candidate sourcing for the same French retail labor pool.
• LinkedIn: Professional network with integrated job listings and recruiter tools. A direct comparison for talent attraction strategy, also used as both a marketing channel and authentication method on the Leclerc platform.

Regional players

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): French national employment agency operating the dominant public job board. A structural competitor for entry-level and operational retail roles advertised on Leclerc Recrutement.
• Apec (Association Pour l'Emploi des Cadres): France's leading executive and managerial recruitment agency. Comparable as a French-market employment placement entity competing for the same experienced retail management talent pool.

Direct peers

• Welcome to the Jungle: French-focused employer branding and job board platform targeting Gen Z and young professionals. Directly comparable to the Leclerc Recrutement portal given overlap in audience, content-driven employer brand approach, and French market focus.
• JobTeaser: European recruitment platform focused on students, apprentices, and young graduates. Directly comparable to the apprenticeship and alternance-heavy positioning of Leclerc Recrutement.
• Auchan Recrutement: Recruitment portal of another major French retailer with a similar hypermarket-driven footprint and multi-format hiring needs. Comparable in target audience and candidate experience design.
• Carrefour Recrutement: Direct French retail competitor's recruitment portal. Most natural comparison for hiring volumes, role mix, and employer branding approach within French grocery retail.

Emerging players

• SmartRecruiters: Enterprise recruitment platform offering job board, candidate tracking, and CRM functionality. Comparable as a technology stack alternative to the ALTAYS-hosted clicnjob platform behind Leclerc Recrutement.
• Greenhouse: Recruitment automation platform widely adopted by large employers. Comparable as an applicant tracking and hiring workflow backbone alternative for enterprise retail hiring at scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Leclerc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfake
• Facebookfacebook.com/E.Leclerc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scamark
• TikToktiktok.com/@leclerc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries47 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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