Reporting directly to the Board, leading plant's operations + construction of a new plant of a national company (previous Tekel) in premium hand made & machine made cigar industry, with a team of around 200 people.Responsible for safety, quality, delivery, cost and people.

Main Role : Leading 2 plant’s operations of an international company in personal care and home care industries, with a team of around 500 peopleMain Responsibility : Ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost and people (SQDCP) targetsBudget Responsibility : CapEx (Investments: New product projects, equipments, building) and OpEx (Maintenance, Wages, Technical Purchasing, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~500 professional within a range of manager… Show more Main Role : Leading 2 plant’s operations of an international company in personal care and home care industries, with a team of around 500 peopleMain Responsibility : Ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost and people (SQDCP) targetsBudget Responsibility : CapEx (Investments: New product projects, equipments, building) and OpEx (Maintenance, Wages, Technical Purchasing, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~500 professional within a range of manager, supervisor, engineer, technician and operatorFunctions Managed : Site Safety, Product Quality, Production, Technical Services, Project, Planning, Warehouse, HR AdministrationReporting Responsibility : General Manager, Group OpEx DirectorMain Achievements :- Decreasing LTA by 90% and establishing a safety first culture- Eliminating major customer complaints and implementing RFT awareness with technical, organizational and cultural aspects- 99% delivery success rate (OTIF) and point of contact for customers’ 3PM and supply chain managers- Supporting growth of increasing volume 60% by launching more than 20 new products, improving OEE by ~10%, eliminating bottlenecks, installing 15 new production equipment (line, mixers) and completing several CapEx projects- Delivering top rated gross margin by ~30% increasing productivity, ~35% decreasing losses, reduction of several expenses (general, contracted, maintenance etc)- Coaching 11 leaders (manager and supervisor), ~20 technician and operators- Implementing group operational excellence activities and delivering best practices- Delivering technical and cultural trainings- Improving social climate and also ensuring customers’ social compliance demands Show less

Main Role : Leading Operational Excellence, EHS, Production and HR functions for the plant of a Swedish - Turkish joint venture company in personal care and baby diaper industriesMain Responsibility : Ensuring safety, manufacturing performance and people targetsBudget Responsibility : OpEx (Wages, Provided Services, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~80 professional within a range of supervisor, engineer, technician and operatorFunctions Managed : Site… Show more Main Role : Leading Operational Excellence, EHS, Production and HR functions for the plant of a Swedish - Turkish joint venture company in personal care and baby diaper industriesMain Responsibility : Ensuring safety, manufacturing performance and people targetsBudget Responsibility : OpEx (Wages, Provided Services, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~80 professional within a range of supervisor, engineer, technician and operatorFunctions Managed : Site Safety, Production, Operational Excellence, HRReporting Responsibility : General Manager, Group OpEx Director, Group HR DirectorMain Achievements :- Implementing a GOAL 21 strategic roadmap for the company with 0 deviation plans to achieve 2021 targets of all functions, including developing leaders and teams to achieve those targets, winning culturefor those leaders and teams, workshops for the winning culture- Cascading the strategic roadmap to the teams and leaders, defining targets, KPIs, achievables and tools- Establishing a safety culture program of 16 pillars at group level for 5 plants and decreasing work accidents by 60%- Establishing a performance culture program “winning teams” with 10 cross-functional-teams, sponsoring all teams and coaching 5 of them- Implementing an industrial relations program (which later is applied to 4 group companies), signing the first collective labor agreement, ensuring business continuity in an environment of a union strike followed by a lock-out just before my arrival to the company- Balanced communication with shop floor and the union, maintaining motivation of shop floor whilst getting high performance- Reduction of employee turnover from 34% to 7%- Fast recruitment of critical positions with an awarded talent program (2nd position in overall and 1st position in manager cluster)- Coaching 7 team leaders of which 3 are promoted to managerial level Show less

Main Role : Leading Operational Excellence, EHS, Production and HR functions of an international company in the cosmetics industry.Main Responsibility : Ensuring safety, operational performance and people targetsBudget Responsibility : CapEx (Investments: New equipments) and OpEx (Wages, Maintenance, Technical Purchasing, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~10 professional within a range of supervisor, engineer and technicianFunctions Managed : Site… Show more Main Role : Leading Operational Excellence, EHS, Production and HR functions of an international company in the cosmetics industry.Main Responsibility : Ensuring safety, operational performance and people targetsBudget Responsibility : CapEx (Investments: New equipments) and OpEx (Wages, Maintenance, Technical Purchasing, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~10 professional within a range of supervisor, engineer and technicianFunctions Managed : Site Safety, Production, Technical Services, Operational Excellence, Product Quality, HRReporting Responsibility : Plant Director, Group OpEx Director, Group EHS Director, Country HR DirectorMain Achievements :- Establishing a safety program including technical and cultural aspects which achieved >700 days without work accident- Establishing performance improvement activities with more than 10 cross functional performance teams implementing group operational excellence practices- Increasing productivity and OEE, exceeding saving targets- Installation of new blowing (bottle production) line, transfer of a filling line, reevaluating obsolete lines by either developing machines and spares for the filling lines or selling & write-off- Reorganization of the plant organization structure after acquisition, with no social issues- Restoring work-peace with shop floor without any union activities- Coaching 4 managers and 8 team leaders of which 6 are promoted- Implementing a career planning best practice, PATH program for all levels of employment which later is applied in South Africa- Managing corporate social responsibility programs- Supporting expatriate Plant Director position in plant’s strategic roadmap preparations, communication with the local team, orientation for the country Show less

Main Role : Leading Human Resources (for 2 plants), EHS (for the country) and TPM (for 1 plant) of an international company in the dairy industryMain Responsibility : Ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost and people targetsBudget Responsibility : OpEx (Wages, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~10 professional within a range of supervisor, technician and operatorFunctions Managed : Country Safety, Plants’ HRReporting Responsibility : Plant… Show more Main Role : Leading Human Resources (for 2 plants), EHS (for the country) and TPM (for 1 plant) of an international company in the dairy industryMain Responsibility : Ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost and people targetsBudget Responsibility : OpEx (Wages, Overall General Expenses)Team Responsibility : ~10 professional within a range of supervisor, technician and operatorFunctions Managed : Country Safety, Plants’ HRReporting Responsibility : Plant Manager, Country HR Director, Group EHS DirectorMain Achievements :- Leading DuPont based safety pillars at country level for plants, distribution centers and sales teams- Performing coordination for Damaway (Danone TPM) awarded as world wide best progress in training pillar by employee passport (skill matrix) mplementation- Resolving social compliance issues with the 2 biggest customer- Deploying CODE leadership program including training, coaching and culture workshops which is awarded at company level- Signing 2 collective labor agreements and maintaining work-peace for business continuity while downsizing ~40% in plants’ headcount- Acting as employer representative for Lüleburgaz and Balıkesir regions during social media crisis Show less