Ahmed Trabelsi

strong background in operations including material planning, production scheduling, inventory control, and supplier coordination within multinational environments.
Proven experience in strategic sourcing, cost reduction initiatives, and inventory optimization, contributing to improved efficiency and operational performance.

🔹 Leading sourcing, procurement, and purchasing activities in Tunisia.
🔹 Managing a team of 5 buyers, with focus on supplier performance, cost reduction, and strategic sourcing.
🔹 Implementing lean procurement strategies to optimize inventory, cash flow, and supply chain flexibility.
🔹 Coordinating with logistics and customs to streamline imports from China and Europe.
🔹 Driving supplier consolidation initiatives and process improvements aligned with group strategy.
🔹 Supporting cross-functional projects to reduce costs, improve quality, and mitigate supply risks.

key objectives
✔ Reduced procurement lead times through supplier development & better planning.
✔ Initiated process improvements for invoice consolidation & customs handling.
✔ Built stronger reporting & KPI tracking for purchasing and sourcing team.

🔹 Leading sourcing, procurement, and purchasing activities in Tunisia.
🔹 Managing a team of 5 buyers, with focus on supplier performance, cost reduction, and strategic sourcing.
🔹 Implementing lean procurement strategies to optimize inventory, cash flow, and supply chain flexibility.
🔹 Coordinating with logistics and customs to streamline imports from China and Europe.
🔹 Driving supplier consolidation initiatives and process improvements aligned with group strategy.
🔹 Supporting cross-functional projects to reduce costs, improve quality, and mitigate supply risks.

key objectives
✔ Reduced procurement lead times through supplier development & better planning.
✔ Initiated process improvements for invoice consolidation & customs handling.
✔ Built stronger reporting & KPI tracking for purchasing and sourcing team.

Missions:
Ensure the management of the supply chain within the company.
Development and optimization of the procurement policy and process in accordance with Enedo's strategy.
Ensure the availability of the necessary raw material within the expected time frame without generating overstock.
Monitoring of critical components on the market and implementing purchasing actions concerning blocking components.

Share with the sales team the material coverage plan by product in order to anticipate solutions with customers.

Estimate and forecast the extra costs of express/web/catalog deliveries in order to share them with customers.
Optimization of the procurement and call-off process and reduction of logistics costs by implementing cost optimization actions (Supply, Transport, and miscellaneous costs).

Management and planning of the procurement plan for EOL and SOP products.

Participation in the development of the PDP production master plan and the PIC (industrial and commercial plan)
Evaluation of PPL (product & public liability), and participation in the optimization of supplier terms (Incoterm, delivery MOQ, Payments, etc.)
Control variations in purchase prices and MOQs in relation to purchase contracts.
Participate in supplier evaluation.
Ensure stock rotation in accordance with defined objectives (stock rotation rate, stock level) and implement actions on time.
Development and monitoring of KPIs for the Supply department.
- Supplier OTD.
- Stock rotation rate.
- Stock level.

🤝Ordering and Suppliers🤝
Set up Ordering plan, short term, long term Forecast, according to production capacities PDP, time Bucket, Procurement lead time.
Development of forecast follow-up files analysis and prioritize urgent EDI according to FO .
Development of action plans in short-term discrepancies, Force majeure and Line stop risk caused by raw material delivery shortages .
Management of a supplier portfolio and negotiate packaging, delivery, transport, SSR terms and Prototype parts Prices.
Adapt the chosen method of communication to the level of the supplier and adapt the frequency to the situation (preventative, curative, crisis).
🏭🏭 Inventory🏭🏭
I am in charge of the inventory level of raw materials and components.
Follow up the MPS achievement and propose preventives actions regarding material availability to ensure MPS realization.
Setting up, define and lead actions for raw materials inventory levels.
Create follow up files and Monitoring KPI, KRI and supply chain patterns on daily weekly and monthly basis.
Maintain an optimal stock value and ensure the follow-up of commissions and material flows.
Follow up and report daily the inventory level and assure availability to meet the complete customer demand .
🚢Transport control🚢
Follow up daily the material arrivals according to firm orders and make sure suppliers ship parts on time/ quality/packaging/EDI.
coordinate with transport control department suppliers, customs, carriers, forwarders delivery plans terms and cost agreement that meet the company cost effective goals and follow up deliveries status.
📊Evaluation & Continuous improvement📈
Support the implementation with the appropriate departments (APU, Logistics, Purchasing, VPs) tools and methods in order to improve the supply chain organization like Pull flow, Kanban, ED1, Milk run.
ldentity blocking points and plan appropriate quick reactions, Kizen 8D Report.
Attend Logistics/Purchasing meetings and follow up related action plans.

Set up Production director Plan PDP and MPS master production schedules according to ICP industrial and Commercial Planning and customer demand on daily weekly and monthly basis.
Prepare and Monitor the MPS (PDP) routines of UAP .
Launch the OFs daily in the different workshops depending on the availability of materials and the workloads capacity.

Breaks down the aggregated data (product families) of the ICP (Industrial and Commercial Plan) into individual final references.
Plans over a medium-term horizon with finer granularity the real demand and therefore the production of each finished product.
Allows management of the PF, SF and components inventory policy.

Ensure flawless processing of customer orders and ensure delivery
commitments are met accurately and in a timely manner, while
keeping orders prioritized according to customer needs and business
KPIs.
Provide follow-up files, analysis and reporting deviations in order to
prevent issues and assist continuous improvement processes.
Coordinate exceptional measures in case of a break likely to supply
the customer, quality issues and short term deviations.
Coordinating production workflow for one or multiple products.
Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
Determining manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand.

Managed production planning and scheduling in aerospace manufacturing
Ensured material availability aligned with production constraints (CAPA, OEE, OTD)
Adjusted production plans based on operational priorities and constraints