Derya Özkan Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

• Managing a Team of 11 Business Analysts and Domain Experts in 6 different IT Process/Project Domains: Capacity Allocation Planning, Sales Budget Planning, Stock Mix Planning, Collection and Range Planning (LCW Suit).
• Multiple Assortment Project
• Personal Responsibility Metrics Information System Project
• System Usability Scale Measurement
• Improvement of System SLA durations
• Domain-specific Technical Documentation of Procedures (Wiki)

Istanbul, Turkey

• Operational Excellence Manager for Merchandising & Planning
• Leading 4 Operational Excellence Experts in different domains and many company-wide projects, including digital transformation
• Project Manager for company-wide Knime Adoption (approximately 1000 users)
• GMROII improvement project with decision tree algorithm for markdown, transfer, and returns
• Leader for 5 important Company Strategic Initiatives-Areas: Store Clustering, Optimal Capacity Distribution (Brands&Categories&Stores&E-Commerce Virtual Capacities)

Istanbul, Turkey

• Conceptualization, standardization and implementation of the recruitment, orientation, training and mentoring processes of the store merchandisers
• Development of “Problem Solving” and "Data Science and Visualization" skills of store merchandising teams, by coaching and mentoring (teams of approx. 300 people for the local and 400 for the international market)
• Determining the KPI’s for store merchandising and measuring, monitoring and improving the performance of the teams
• Improving the daily process efficiency and managing the seamless integration of the new processes into the daily work portfolio
• Process improvement projects for availability, product mix, pricing, and discount optimization
• Member of the company-wide Problem Solving A3 certification jury

Istanbul, Turkey

• Leading and coaching the Operational Excellence projects (Lean, 6 Sigma, Kaizen, PDCA) originating from the company strategy execution (balanced scorecard)
• Development of a conditional/iterative problem detection, prioritization, and solving methodology infrastructure for different kinds of improvement potentials in harmony with the company culture
• Cultural transformation (waste elimination, improving added value, continuous improvement)
• Mentoring company-wide >25 Hoshin/Strategic A3’s & >100 Problem-Solving A3’s, Kaizens, WSM’s, 5S

Bursa, Turkey

• 6 Sigma Black Belt Project on „Capacity Optimization of Finishing Lines via Creation of Priority Based Arrangement Matrix of Work Orders“ (Microsoft Dynamics AX - Excel VBA)
• Production planning and optimization of the SRM (Stretch Reducing Mill) lines including raw material, capacity, delivery date and finishing lines capacity optimization)
• Planning of the consumable supplies (stoppers, clamps, etc.)
• Improvement of periodical executive reports via Excel VBA programming

Bursa, Turkey

• Lean 6 Sigma DMAIC Black Belt Project for setting up of all process infrastructure for Renewal and Hydraulic Center for Borusan Makine Güç Sistemleri (Caterpillar)
• 2 consecutive Lean 6 Sigma DMAIC Black Belt Projects for 10% cost reduction in purchasing and production costs for the years 2013 & 2014 (Total Savings: USD 260,000/year)
• Lean 6 Sigma DMAIC Black Belt Project for setting up the system infrastructure of KPI’s for all processes of the company and their monthly reporting
• Improvement and implementation of the company-wide Improvement Suggestion System
• Lean 6 Sigma DMAIC Black Belt Project on Market Analysis with USD 5 million external turnover goal for 2013 for Borusan Engineering Gemlik Facility

Bursa, Turkey

• Building and follow-up of the Company Quality System
• Setup of the Quality System in the QDMS software environment.
• Monitoring of the Corrective and Preventive Actions and Continuous Improvement System
• Creating the flow diagrams of the company processes and determination of the RACI matrix and VA/NVA parameters for each process step.
• Determination of the KPIs for the company processes
• Follow up of the projects in terms of costs and time and weekly presentation of the project reports to the top management.

Bursa, Turkey

• Leading 1 technician in Change Management, 3 technicians in Methods Management and coordinating 6 engineers in New Product Start-up Coordination
• Design, implementation and coordination of the Change Management Process / Design and project management of New Product Start-up Process
• Project leader of time and work study, MTM analysis, line and method improvements
• Leading and reporting of efficiency improvement processes

Bursa, Turkey

• Leading of 4 assembly and 2 logistics operators in the tractor pump assembly line and 14 assembly operators in the hydraulic pump and motors line and leading all the processes thereof.
• Much lower level of direct customer and field reclamations of quality rejects and late delivery even in the first year of operation (119 and 0 ppm respectively). These figures are even below the level of the lead plant.
• Increase in efficiency by 4% through technical improvements and 24% through learning effect.
• Because of the success of the transfer in general and the quality performance afterwards, the Bosch Rexroth Quality Price for the year 2007 has been awarded to me in Hamburg on 21.02.2008. Also among all Bosch Rexroth.
• Project Manager for the Transfer of Assembly and Test Lines
• Coordination of 4 engineers in logistics and purchasing, 2 engineers in maintenance and 2 engineers and 6 operators in production in the Bursa plant as part of the project.

Bursa, Turkey

• Project for physical and system setup of the raw material and shipment warehouse
• SAP storage locations / production confirmation points / material flow concept
• In the scope of SAP-MRP, leading the project of planning the assembly parts requirements and procurement of the Mobile Control product
• Project leader of inventory control of utility and machinery spare parts (EOQ model)
• Modeling of the process flow of the whole company and design of the process cards for ISO 9001

Bursa, Turkey

• Leading of 2 technicians in time & work study process and 4 technicians in production planning and control process.
• Time & work study for various processes and development of work methodology.
• Statistical analysis and reporting of motion and time study data, monitoring the results and work efficiency of processes, including periodical reporting on efficiency
• Project with IT department on production system, ERP development and MRP. Design, development, and programming of an inventory control system according to the basic EOQ model and for optimum utilization of.
• Design, programming and implementation of prod. planning tool for the embroidery using VBA
• Optimization of the yarn inventory according to EOQ utilizing normal curve and OR

3.27 / 4.00, Mba - Department Of Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Astronomy Club

Bs, Department Of Industrial Engineering

Minor in Production Planning and Control

Bachelor’S Degree, Food Engineering, 3.57 / 4.00

2nd rank among 67 students in CGPA.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics And Science, 4.94 / 5.00

Activities and Societies: Chess ClubBest CGPA among the graduates of 1994