Industrial hardware distributor across France with 45,000+ SKUs
Groupe Trenois operates a regional hardware and building-supplies distribution network across eastern and central France, managing a catalog of 45,000+ references with next-day delivery. The tech stack is legacy-heavy—AS/400 core, Intershop e-commerce, Angular front-end—but pain-point clustering (fulfillment at scale, order automation, daily delivery targets) reveals operational friction that modern tooling could address. Sales hiring dominates the active pipeline, while engineering capacity remains minimal, suggesting growth is distribution-led rather than product-led.
Groupe Trenois is a privately held hardware and building-supply wholesaler based in Wasquehal, France, with over 140 years of operational history. The group operates two main regional entities—Trenois Decamps (eastern France) and Trenois Setin (Île de France)—across 60+ agencies, serving construction, industrial, and facility-management sectors with products spanning locksmithing, access control, hinges, tools, consumables, and personal protective equipment. The company manages 45,000+ SKUs with committed next-day delivery and works with over 800 recognized suppliers. At 1,001–5,000 employees, the organization is actively scaling its sales and logistics footprint.
AS/400 for core systems, Intershop for e-commerce, Angular and NgRx for front-end, Algolia for search, Azure DevOps and GitLab for CI/CD, plus Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite for operations.
Delivering 45,000–50,000 references with next-day SLA, automating order processing, meeting daily delivery targets, and optimizing cost and fleet management across a distributed network.
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