Alper Özkan

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Procurement & Supply Chain Director
Alper Özkan's Location
Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye, Turkey
About Alper Özkan

Experienced Supply Chain Director. Skilled in Negotiation, Team Building, Management and System Setup. Strong operation, procurement and logistics professional with a Master of Business Administration.

Alper Özkan's Current Company Details

Procurement & Supply Chain Director
Alper Özkan Work Experience Details
  • Özsüt
    Procurement & Supply Chain Director
    Özsüt Sep 2017 - Oct 2018
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Reporting to General Manager2017 October – 2018 SeptemberCompany Turnover : --- M TL Number of Employees 450Purchasing Budget Managed : --- M TLNumber of Team Managed : 8 Direct Reports – 19 Indirect ReportsResponsibilities• Managing five different functions under Supply Chain Department o Procurement - Determination of purchasing strategies of the company in line with company objectives. - Establish strong relationship with vendors and work to ensure production and delivery targets are met. - Leads a team of procurement executives and assistants, responsible for ensuring that the portfolio of materials and services. - Responsible from keeping the raw material cost at the targeted level. - Ensuring strong relationship with the other departments to provide continuous development, especially with Production and R&D Departments. o Planning - Collaborate with Sales and Production Department to ensure accurate forecasting and inventory planning. - Provide timely information on potential shortages or price variations that may have an impact on profitability of the organization. o Logistics - Strategically plan and manage logistics operation of the products. - Managing the outsourced logistics operation of the organization. - Monitoring logistics cost of the company and keeping the costs in line with the targeted level. o Warehousing - Managing Inventory levels - Providing recipe preparation service for Production Department. o Order Management - Managing a team of customer representatives responsible from collection of orders from Frenchises.
  • Sodexo
    Procurement & Supply Chain Director
    Sodexo Feb 2013 - Sep 2017
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Reporting to General ManagerThe Company Turnover : --- M TLNumber of Employees : 2.750Purchasing Budget Managed: --- M TLNumber of Team Managed : 6 Responsibilitieso Managing the procurement activities of the company and leading a team of buyers in direct and indirect materials and services.o Providing administrative and strategic support to Procurement teams in the Eastern Europe Region. o Responsible from keeping the raw material cost and rebate ratio of company at the targeted level; directly related with P&L objective of the company.o Managing outsource companies on behalf of Sodexo clients.o Responsible from creating monthly reports, such as “Internal Inflation, Purchasing Income, Compliance, Future Price Projection”.o Providing full compliance with Sodexo Group Procurement Policies at local level. o Ensure correct application of Sodexo Group Purchasing Strategies and Targets.Achievementso Restructured Department Organisation (SC) and reduced the number of employees from 10 to 6.o Changed Regional Procurement approach to a Centralised Category Management Strategy.o Achieved cost saving around 7-10 % on major raw material categories.o Changed logistics and delivery method on selected items and achieved 5% cost reduction.o Increased purchasing income by 6%.o Redesigned product codes in ERP system and made compatible with the Planning Software.o Designed a model to track internal inflation and compare it with the related official inflation index.o Reviewed all main contracts with the clients and verified the adequacy of packaging with both contractual and operational needs.o Created a supplier contract tracking system.
  • Sofra/Compass Group Türkiye
    Purchasing And Logistics Manager
    Sofra/Compass Group Türkiye May 2009 - Oct 2012
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Reporting to Assistant General ManagerThe Company Turnover : --- M TL Number of Employees : 17.500 Purchasing Budget Managed : --- M TL Number of Team Managed : 21 Responsibilitieso Managing the purchasing team in direct and indirect materials and services. o Managing the logistics team in different warehouses located in 6 major cities.o Projecting stock levels and delivery performance of the warehouses.o Determination of purchasing strategies for the categories.o Continuous development of Purchasing and Logistics procedures.o Analysing Global Compass contracts and provide correct application locally.o Share Turkish market conditons with Global Sourcing to create opportunities for global purchasing.o Reporting saving projects and realisation of the savings to Management Team quarterly.o Preparation of monthly management reports about direct and indirect cost changes and the effects. o Continuously monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance.Achievementso Created workflow and responsibilities for each purchasing category.o Established contract management system.o Created a model for reporting savings and tracking the realisation of the savings.o Achieved significant cost savings in direct materials. o Implemented Global Contract Terms for Equipments and reduced the related costs below local market conditions. o Implemented the purchasing module of the new ERP program (SAP).
  • Henkel Cee
    Purchasing Manager (Indirect Materials And Services - Ims)
    Henkel Cee Aug 2008 - May 2009
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Purchasing Manager, IMS (Indirect Materials and Services)Reporting to Head of Purchasing in TurkeyReporting dotted line to Purchasing Director CEE (Central Eastern Europe) in AustriaThe Company Turnover : --- M TL Number of Employees : 1.500 Purchasing Budget Managed : --- M TL Number of Team Managed : 2 Responsibilitieso Managing purchasing activities for Indirect Materials and Services.o Reporting of IMS spend to headquarters in monthly and quarterly basis.o Analysing Global Sourcing projects and assure practible and feasable application locally. o Reporting saving projects in line with annual targets.o Maintaining awareness of IMS processes and methodoligies within the company.Achievementso Analysed company’s past purchasing activities and established SOP for Promotion activities. o Achieved an average of 16% cost saving in Health Insurance, Mobile Communication, Transportation, Printing, Fuel Oil, Pallets and Customs areas.
  • Organon
    Purchasing Manager
    Organon Nov 2003 - Aug 2008
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Purchasing Manager Reporting to Financial DirectorThe Company Turnover : --- M TL Number of Employees : 175 Purchasing Budget Managed : --- M TL Number of Team Managed : 2Responsibilitieso Managing procurement activities of the company. o Providing reports (PO list, Contracts list, Congress Cost Analysis, Payment Forcast, Cost Planner) to related departments.o Member of SOX team. Provides SOX compliance of procurement process within the company.o Contract Management.o Maintaining awareness of procurement, travel and congress policies within the companyAchievementso Analysed company’s past purchasing activities and established SOP for Purchasing in line with company needs.o Developed and implemented contract management system.o Achieved 30% cost saving on comparable volume in the first year versus previous year.o Developed databases to prepare user friendly reports to internal customers; Marketing, Sales and Finance departments.o Transitioned the travel and congress activity from a decentralized departmental function to a centralised purchasing function through hiring a team, trained the organisation.
  • Turkish Airlines
    Purchasing Specialist
    Turkish Airlines Apr 2000 - Oct 2003
    Purchasing Specialist Reporting to Purchasing Managero Market research, searching alternative suppliers and bargains. o Logistic planning of the purchased materials.o Payment planning. o Attended major meetings and agreements with the companies like Boeing, General Electronics and Sony (USA).o E-business solutions with the major suppliers. ( GE, CFMI, Airbus )o Member of the team which worked on providing compatibility of procurement process with the Tender Law.

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Alper Özkan attended Doğuş Üniversitesi, Istanbul University, Kabataş Erkek Lisesi.

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