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Istanbul, Turkey

· Reporting to Group Quality Director.· Managing Advanced Quality Team of 7 Managers, 18 Specialist and 8 Technicians from 6 Plants located in Turkey, Romania, Italy, Slovakia and Morocco.· Managing Advanced Quality activities for 16 Seat Projects and 24 Headrest & Armrest Projects for Audi, Ford, Renault, Skoda, Stellantis, Volkswagen and TOGG.· Completed Seat Projects: Fiat 500 BEV, Dacia Duster, Renault Austral, TOGG C-SUV, Ford Transit Custom and Ford Transit Courier.· Completed Headrest Projects: Toyota Yaris, Audi eQ5/eQ6, VW ID Buzz.· Completed Armrest Projects: Audi Q5/E6, Skoda Kodiaq

Istanbul, Turkey

· Reported to Quality Director.· Worked with Plant Quality Managers (All Plants) to improve problem solving activities.· Worked as temporary Plant Quality Manager during Italy Plant Construction where Fiat 500 BEV seats are being manufactured.

Ankara, Turkey

· Özben Savunma is one of the key suppliers for Aselsan, TAI, Havelsan and Roketsan who are the key players in Turkey’s Defense Industry.· I have joined Özben Savunma as part of my personal target to produce a “Strategical Product” by getting Government Incentive. The amount of incentive that we received was much less than we expected and since it was not possible for me to afford the remaining budget, I decided to turn back to the Automotive Industry.

Sakarya, Turkey

· Corolla Facelift Project Quality Leader (Jan’17-Feb’18): - Reported to Project Quality Engineering Manager.- Performed design review activities before production drawing release, managed quality preparation activities at Supplier and in-house processes.- Managed problems detected during vehicle build and inspection activities with other departments.- Reported Project Status to Top Management at monthly Sterring Committee meetings.· CHR Project Quality Leader (Jan’15-Dec’16): - Reported to Project Quality Engineering Manager.- Quality window person for Project Management, Design, Production Engineering and Production groups.- Managed Problems detected during Vehicle Built Trials with Design, Body, Paint and Assembly Divisions.- Reported Project Status to Top Management at monthly Steering Committee meetings.

Toyota, Aichi, Japan

· Worked in Global Support Group in Tsutsumi Plant located in Toyota City.· Supported CHR project by participating in regular design meetings during development stage, performing design reviews for quality lessons learnt items and NEVQS (New Vehicle Quality Survey) items.

Ankara, Turkey

· Responsible for Interior and Exterior teams of 7 Engineers and 4 Technicians.· Followed supplied part quality, supported suppliers to solve problems to secure Toyota production line. Achieved zero line stop due to supplied part problem during assignment.· Investigated recovered parts from aftersales issues, prepared technical reports, gave direction to aftersales group for cost sharing ratio with suppliers.· Performed Supplier Quality Improvement activities with selected strategical suppliers for Glass, Headlamp and Weatherstrip commodities.

Sakarya, Turkey

· Worked in Verso project as European Parts Responsible.· Worked in Auris project as Side Exterior Responsible.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

· Worked in Verso project as European Parts Responsible.· Followed project preparation activities of European suppliers by performing regular project review meetings, documentation checks and process audits.· Deep dived into production processes for Laminated/Tempered Glass, Headlamp/Combilamp/Fog Lamp, Outer Mirrors, Weatherstrip, Airbag, Outer Handle commodities

Sakarya, Turkey

· Worked as Exterior Parts Quality Engineer.· Prepared Inspection Standards for Headlamp and Front Bumper.· My outstanding performance was recognized by management, and I was offered to be expat in Toyota Motor Europe for Verso Project.

Kocaeli, Turkey

· Responsible for supplied parts and Incoming Inspection Team in Quality Department.· Reported Supplier Quality status to Plant Management during Monthly Meetings.· Checked and approved ISIRs (Initial Sample Inspection Reports) prepared for localized parts.· Participated in problem solving activities for concerns detected in mass production.· Performed Quality System and Process Audits at local suppliers.· Visited dealers to understand aftersales problems better and develop countermeasures.

Ankara, Türkiye

· Worked as Mechanical Production Engineer responsible from Plastic Injection process.· After completing Military Obligation, worked as an Electronical Production Engineer responsible for Printed Circuit Board assembly lines where wave soldering and re-flow soldering methods were used.

Şabanözü, Çankırı

· Worked as Production Engineer in Plastic Shop and Assembly Shop.· Learnt Plastic Injection process and found the opportunity to improve assembly process by balancing cycle time at each operation.