Erhan Mehan Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Türkiye

Istanbul, Turkey

***Working simultaneously as the Chemical Group Sales Manager for the last two years and performing sales activities of chemical products. Managing and overseeing the end-to-end supply chain operations and implementing supply chain strategies to optimize costs, increase efficiency, and ensure timely delivery of products, Providing direction and mentorship to a team of 20, monitoring supply chain performance metrics to improve supply chain performance and directly reporting to the GM and Supply Chain Director in Germany,Ensuring coordination with global plants as well as the coordination between all units in the Supply Chain Management, managing import/export, and customs activities and handling critical logistics deals, Planning and executing raw materials purchasing in line with production requirements, negotiating contracts, and establishing terms and conditions for the procurement of goods,Managing 3rd party relations, administrative purchasing and leasing processes and ensuring full compliance with all regulatory requirements.***Transformed the warehouse operation into an easily traceable system and switched to the barcode system.***Managed the migration to the SAP system for all operational processes as the Key User, integrated the barcode system with SAP, and made it available to track the products until customer delivery.***Boosted the production capacity by 2 times and increased the turnover from 10 million € to 40 million €.***Ensured a 100% growth without causing a significant increase in costs, secured profitable new supplier deals, and achieved tremendous success in the recently initiated chemical sales business.

Istanbul, Turkey

***Worked as the Operations & Finance Manager in the last year of the respective role.Accountable for overseeing all purchasing, production, warehouse, finance, legal, and technical service operations, providing leadership to a large team of 30 (120 indirectly) and directly reporting to GM regarding all matters,Ensuring all coordination between purchasing, warehouse, and logistics units, managing import, export, and customs activities, as well as deals with overseas companies regarding dealership, purchasing, and partnership,Executing the purchase and installation of new machinery and infrastructure investments, keeping close track of operation expenses, and analyzing operational data to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and cost savings,Establishing ISO 9001 and OHSAS quality assurance systems, closely monitoring processes of 6 overseas branches and 4 dealers, and ensuring coordination between the plant, region, and dealers.***Ensured all production processes become controllable and reportable with the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.***Secured the operating expense budget of the company for the 5-year period 20% below compared to the planned budget, ensured a significant cost reduction for purchasing operations, and secured highly profitable new supplier deals. ***Played a leading role in gathering the production sites in 5 different locations at a central location and establishing a new plant in the Hadimkoy location for truck body manufacturing.

Istanbul, Turkey

Managing and coordinating the procurement of respective materials such as wood, metal, aluminum, plastic, fabric, sponge, etc. required for the production and providing leadership to a team of 7 in daily operations,Developing and implementing procurement strategies to optimize costs and ensure timely delivery, monitoring supplier performance to assure compliance with quality standards and delivery objectives, Negotiating contracts and establishing the best terms and conditions and cost reductions for the procurement of goods, periodically meeting with senior management to evaluate monthly/annual purchasing unit reports,Evaluating material needs for investments and projects to decide if bulk purchasing is necessary, handling procurement activities of the administration office, and ensuring full compliance with all related regulations. ***Ensured a significant cost reduction for the purchased materials, expanded the supplier portfolio 2X, and played an important role to secure a profitable deal with a logistics company.

Istanbul, Turkey

Developing and implementing production plans to meet customer demands and optimize production efficiency, overseeing the procurement of raw materials and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and contract manufacturers,Monitoring production processes to ensure that products meet established standards of quality, managing a team of 10 in daily operations, and submitting weekly, monthly, and annual KPI reports to senior management,Managing the production staff, ensuring that they are trained and equipped to perform their duties effectively and monitoring warehouse and logistics activities, Conducting cost and market analysis to determine product prices and following up on budget objectives.***Attended a significant production and purchasing training program in South Africa and successfully implemented related production and reporting system in the organization afterward.*** Integrated various idle production machinery to the Turkey operation, significantly reduced the production waste rate and inaccurate shipping, and ensured quality standardization for the raw materials used in production.

Istanbul, Turkey

Overseeing the daily operations and all departments of the manufacturing facility (yarn production and weaving) to ensure that production runs smoothly and efficiently, Performing the procurement of respective raw materials/equipment domestically and internationally, carrying out contract negotiations with suppliers and customers and managing critical sales processes, Keeping close track of sales performance and budget objectives, conducting cost and market analysis to determine product prices, and conducting purchasing negotiations regarding new investments.***Initiated the export activities of the organization, increased the monthly raw material processing capacity by 100% and production capacity from 30 tons to 120 tons.

Master'S Degree, International Trade

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration

High School Diploma