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Reda Ameioud

Procurement & BI Manager · Operations & Supply Chain Automation Specialist

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Procurement and Supply Chain professional who builds the automation rather than just using it. Currently managing €3M+ annual procurement spend at NVision Quantum Technologies GmbH while designing and operating a company-wide Operations Hub: 8 production applications in daily use across departments, built solo. Combines hands-on technical delivery (React, Python, Firebase) with genuine procurement depth: built category structures from zero, led multi-supplier negotiations on CAPEX exceeding €300K per unit, and designed governance frameworks that turned reactive buying into auditable, data-driven operations. Fluent in the language of both boardrooms and codebases.

Career Highlights

  • Procurement Cost Savings: Delivered €217K in procurement cost savings in 2025 and €108K in the first five months of 2026 through supplier renegotiations, volume bundling, and long-term framework agreements.
  • Manage €3M+ annual procurement spend as sole procurement owner across all departments, strategic sourcing, CAPEX negotiations, and supplier governance from scratch.
  • Built & deployed 8 production applications forming a company-wide Operations Hub in daily use across Procurement, Finance, Logistics & Manufacturing. Built solo using AI-assisted development.
  • Led full Odoo ERP rollout including customer-facing PH2 Calculators App, full webshop for order tracking, invoices & open-ended orders, overseeing both technical deployment and change management.
  • Eliminated 400+ hours of annual manual work through custom automation tools. PO creation from 15 min → 3 min, AI invoice logging at 95%+ accuracy, retroactive labelling of 50,000+ archived files.

Professional Experience

Feb. 2025 – Present

NVision Quantum Technologies GmbH

Frankfurt, Germany

Procurement & Business Intelligence Manager Jan. 2026 – Present

  • Sole owner and manager of the entire Procurement function.
  • Managing €3M+ annual spend across all departments, leading end-to-end sourcing and price negotiations for CAPEX and technical equipment exceeding €300K per unit.
  • Generated €108K in cost savings in the first five months of 2026 through continued supplier renegotiations and category consolidation, on track to exceed 2025 performance.
  • Led multi-stakeholder supplier negotiations with global vendors (EU, USA, Asia Pacific), managing CAPEX and long-term supply agreements. Secured cost savings through strategic category consolidation, supplier spend consolidation, and renegotiation of supplier contracts and Framework agreements.
  • Designed procurement data architecture for Odoo ERP implementation, including category taxonomy, master data governance, and workflow standardization. Managed category consolidation and supplier renegotiation strategy.
  • Established supplier performance scoring system integrating on-time delivery, quality metrics, and cost efficiency to guide strategic sourcing decisions and supplier relationship management.
  • Implemented procurement spend analysis dashboards providing near real-time visibility into spending patterns and supplier performance metrics.
  • Shifted procurement from reactive buying to strategic category management, transparent approval workflows (through Wrike & Odoo), supplier performance tracking based on live invoice and delivery data.
  • Designed and deployed the Operations Hub: 8 production applications (React/Firebase) in daily use across Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, and Logistics. Built solo using AI-assisted development, eliminating 400+ hours of annual manual work.
  • Led full Odoo ERP rollout across the organization, including technical deployment of the customer-facing PH2 Calculators App (product configuration & pricing) and a full webshop enabling customers to track orders, access invoices, and manage open-ended orders. Oversaw workflow standardization and data architecture for procurement categories and cost centers.
  • Built executive-facing dashboards (Procurement Analytics, Utility Consumption Metrics) enabling leadership to make data-driven decisions in real time.

Procurement & Sourcing Specialist Feb. 2025 – Dec. 2025

  • Built the procurement department from scratch, establishing purchasing rules, approval workflows, supplier governance using Wrike, and foundational data structures for €3M+ annual spend.
  • Delivered €217K in procurement cost savings in 2025 through supplier renegotiations, volume bundling, and long-term framework agreements, and secured critical Chemicals & Reagents supply during global shortages.
  • Negotiated critical supply agreements for Chemicals & Reagents during global shortage period, ensuring uninterrupted supply and favorable pricing despite market constraints.
  • Led complete overhaul of procurement data strategy ahead of ERP implementation: vendor master database, PO archive with standardized naming & searchability, category taxonomy, and supplier performance scoring system.
  • Developed the first iteration of the Operations Hub: Location Tracker, PO Automator, Purchase Order Dashboard, Manufacturing Orders, AI-powered OCR processing tools, and Automatic Document renaming & saving system, eliminating 400+ hours of annual manual work.
Jan. 2023 – Dec. 2024

Merck KGaA

Darmstadt, Germany

Strategic Sourcing Intern, Marketing & Sales Jun. 2024 – Dec. 2024

  • Delivered €100K+ in cost reductions across multiple contract negotiations through structured supplier evaluation.
  • Built 2 Power BI dashboards consolidating all current and historical Marketing & Sales procurement data enabling real-time spend visibility.
  • Developed a Power App and Python-based local application for automated RfP evaluation integrating data entry, scoring, and visualization through SharePoint and Power BI.

Working Student, Substance Volume Tracking Jan. 2023 – Jun. 2024

  • Engineered 25+ KNIME workflows automating complex data processing across SAP, IUCLID, and REACH datasets replacing hours of manual analysis.
  • Reduced data retrieval times by over 50% by implementing 2 centralized SharePoint databases with automated labelling, migrating 100,000+ historical files.
  • Developed a Palantir Foundry proof-of-concept consolidating data from 3 separate SAP MM systems into a unified architecture demonstrating a viable alternative to legacy SAP workflows.
Dec. 2021 – Jan. 2023

Working Student, Logistics & Warehousing

AsphaltGold GmbH Darmstadt, Germany

  • Redesigned inventory placement strategy for high-velocity SKUs, increasing warehouse space utilization by 10% and improving order picking times.
  • Implemented inventory control best practices reducing stock level errors and improving overall accuracy across the warehouse.
Nov. 2021 – Jan. 2022

Software Internship, Facility Locations

Siemens

Network optimization, XCargo modules, As-Is analysis, transport & warehouse cost modeling, and location planning case study.

Apr. 2022 – Jul. 2022

SAP Case Study, Supply Chain Management

EY

Master data management in ERP/SCM systems, Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS).

Aug. 2018 – Aug. 2020

Junior Operations Manager

Decathlon Morocco

  • Reduced in-store order delivery and processing times by 15%, improving product availability by 8% through optimized coordination with suppliers and logistics partners.
  • Cut online order processing time by 12%, increasing on-time deliveries and improving customer satisfaction by 10%+.

Key Projects

Operations Hub: Company-Wide Internal Automation Platform

React · Firebase (GCP) · JavaScript · Python · AI-Assisted Development

Designed and deployed solo a suite of 8 production applications used daily across Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Manufacturing, and Facility Management at NVision Quantum Technologies.

  • PO Automator: End-to-end AI-powered Purchase Order tool: AI autofills supplier data from received offers, generates PO PDFs, uploads to Google Drive, tracks and logs all POs, adapts the form dynamically to the offer received.
  • Invoice Processor: AI-powered invoice logging app used by Procurement, Finance & Logistics, automatically extracts and logs invoice data to Google Sheets with near-perfect accuracy.
  • Location Tracker: AirTag-based real-time tracking app for high-value Polaris systems deployed globally. Location updates live whenever a nearby iPhone is detected, enabling pinpoint global asset tracking.
  • Manufacturing Orders: Full management of manufacturing orders, spare parts inventory, and stock levels, enabling real-time production visibility and inventory control.
  • Logistics Automator: Mirrors the PO Automator for outbound logistics: generates Packing Lists and Proforma Invoices, auto-logs to Google Sheets for complete shipment traceability.
  • File Organizer: AI-powered app that reads documents, standardizes file names, and auto-uploads to the correct supplier folder. Used retroactively to label, rename, and categorize 50,000+ archived files across the company's entire document history.
  • Inbound Control App: Controls every received shipment, AI extracts all relevant delivery note data and auto-logs to Google Sheets, giving the team a precise, searchable record of every inbound delivery.
  • Utility Metrics App: Consumption tracking app monitoring Water, Electricity, Heating & Cooling. Auto-generated PDF and Google Slides reports relied upon daily by the Facility Management team. IoT integration currently in development.

View the full Operations Hub in Projects →

Impact: 400+ annual hours of manual work eliminated · PO creation time reduced from 15 min → 3 min · 50,000+ files retroactively organized · Real-time asset tracking across 3+ continents · Daily executive reporting automated end-to-end.

Odoo ERP Implementation: Company-Wide ERP Rollout

Odoo · Google Sheets · DotCompliance · EUDAMED · GUDID

Led end-to-end implementation of Odoo ERP across NVision Quantum Technologies GmbH as sole Project Manager, overseeing a team of 2 and managing all 11 workstreams across 6 project phases.

  • Modules & Scope: Deployed core ERP modules across Finance, Procurement, Logistics, Inventory, Field Service, and Operations — covering purchase orders, invoicing, inventory management, manufacturing orders, and field service workflows.
  • Customer-Facing Applications: Designed and deployed the PH2 Calculators App (product configuration and pricing) and a full customer webshop integrated with Odoo for automatic Sales Order creation, enabling customers to track orders, access invoices, and manage open-ended orders.
  • Integrations: Managed system integrations including DotCompliance, EUDAMED, GUDID, bank feeds, and label printing.
  • Regulatory Groundwork: Mapped all regulatory requirements to ERP capability ahead of CSV validation and EUDAMED compliance readiness.
  • Project Governance: Built and maintained a full project command center (Google Sheets) tracking module coverage, data migration status, UAT test cases, training plans, risk register, and issues log across all workstreams.
  • Timeline: Phase 1 core modules rollout completed in 9 to 10 months.

Impact: Unified operations across 6 departments on a single ERP platform · Eliminated siloed manual processes across Procurement and Logistics · Created a direct customer-facing digital channel through webshop and Sales Order automation.

Education

Oct. 2024

M.Sc. Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) Germany

Thesis: Systematic Review on European Electricity Mix: Analysis of Electricity Markets and Energy Security.

Sep. 2020

Masters in Financial & Accounting Management

Ibn-Zohr University (UIZ / ENCG) Morocco

Thesis: Restructuring Moroccan Financial Institutions: A Strategic Diagnostic Framework for Consulting-Led Transformation.

Technical Skills & Tools

Development & Automation

  • Python
  • JavaScript / React
  • Firebase (GCP)
  • Power Automate
  • Power Apps
  • REST APIs

AI & Data Tools

  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • GPT / Codex (OpenAI)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • KNIME Analytics
  • Power BI
  • Google Looker Studio
  • Palantir Foundry

ERP & Procurement Systems

  • SAP MM
  • Odoo
  • Microsoft Dynamics BC
  • SharePoint
  • JIRA & Confluence
  • Wrike

Operating Systems

  • Windows 10/11
  • Linux (CachyOS / Arch-based)

Languages

  • Berber (Native)
  • Arabic (Native)
  • French (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • German, B1 in progress (A2 certified)

Leadership & Extracurricular

  • RIU Club: 1× President, 2× Vice President, 1× Honorary Council Member. Led event management raising €20,000+ for charity across Haunted House, Sakura Day, and Geexpo events.
  • Founding member of Student Association and Treasurer of Entrepreneurship Club. Organized 3× ENCG Enterprises Forum and 1× Entrepreneurship Club Open Days.

Editorial Articles

A selection of recent articles by Reda Ameioud. Full archive at /archive.