About Ahmed
Arabic
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Experience
- Merck GroupSenior sourcing manager - France & SwitzerlandMarch 2019 - August 2023 (4 years and 5 months)Paris, France
- Responsible for Merck France nine (9) sites and Merck Switzerland (6) sites in multi sector activity (pharmaceutical, life science and electronics).
- Responsable of a 113 millions d'euro spend envelop for 920 suppliers.
- Implemented purchasing strategies that impacts the business top and bottom line.
- Cover professional services purchasing (management consulting, technical assistance, law firms, consulting firms, insurance, interim, training, recruitment, HR services)
- Designed and managed three (3) outsourced purchases (temp, consulting and training) via MSP and VMS.
- Negotiate framework contracts on an international and national scale.
- Pilote the delivery of an external MSP "managed service provider" team of ten (10) people in two countries.
- Merck GroupProcurement manager - North & West Africa,Turkey and EgyptJune 2016 - March 2019 (2 years and 9 months)
- Responsible for Merck's Tier2 purchasing scope in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Turkey, i.e. nine (9) countries and more than twenty (20) legal entities in multi- sector activity (pharmaceutical and life science).
- Responsible for all indirect categories covering 41 million euros with more than 2000 suppliers.
- Implemented purchasing strategy and SOPs starting from point "0" for some entities.
- Piloted two (2) purchasing ERP implementations (SAP by design and EAR)
- Negotiated framework contracts at the international and national level.
- Piloted internal audits with a task of reduction (-60%) of findings.
- GSKProcurement SpecialistDecember 2012 - June 2016 (3 years and 6 months)Tunisia+ Designed procurement strategy for 3 years in GSK Tunisia. + Implemented, adapted, enforced and refined procurement SOP's + Drove the transition from paper functioning operations to a digital by implementing an IS. + Designed and implemented a supplier performance management program. + Accompanied Auditors & prepared the department for several audits. + Managed 100 + Suppliers with 2 M$ annual spend. + Managed to drive 75% of payables from 15 days to 60 days in 12 months. + Designed several RFQ, RFP and RFI's in different sourcing categories. + Achieved 100% of cost saving objectives after 12 months of operations. + Trained strategic third parties on Anti-bribery and corruption seminars. + Managed various project on a regional level (North Africa). + Positioned procurement as a strategic ally and a trusted adviser for the LOC stakeholders.
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Education
- Master of BusinessSMU - South Mediterranean University (MSB- MedTech-LCI)2014Executive Master of Business Administration (E-MBA)
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