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Ankara, Ankara, Tr

Ankara, Turkey

• Participated in six different projects such as BOEING, LEONARDO HELICOPTER DIVISION, ATAK, MELTEM 3, HURKUŞ and TURKISH UTILITY HELICOPTER• Analyzed raw materials requirements according to ERP system, production and delivery schedules.• Worked on Stock Management Procedures to decrease the stock levels and developed solutions for inactive stocks• Determined material procurement strategy by using supply chain tools such as ABC analysis and EOQ• Sent inquiries to vendors and evaluated offers in terms of price, delivery and quality performances• Negotiated purchasing terms for price discounts, lead time, payment, shipment way and issued purchase orders• Followed delivery dates of orders and conducted transportation in a most feasible way• Communicated with other department for custom clearance, receiving and inspection issues of orders• Initiated and conducted the reverse logistic process for non-conforming materials• Implemented supplier meetings and interviewed with new companies• Arranged business visits to the biggest raw material suppliers and meeting with important customers such as AIRBUS and BOEING• Managed procurement risk of the programs by means of delivery times of the purchased materials versus production schedule.• Recommended alternative materials and suitable techniques in case of unsupported schedules• Priced raw metallic materials in stage of preparing offer for new programs • Owned the yearly procurement budget regarding to ERP system, manufacturing schedules etc.• Managed electronic data interchange system with TMX for faster responses to purchase orders• Led long term agreements of procuring steel bars for the BOEING programs• Decreased yearly material procurement costs by 8 percent • Guided ABC analysis implementation in procurement department• Mentored and supervised three new employees• Coordinated all procurement issues of ATAK program with program management and other departments.

Ankara, Turkey

• 3 Months in Enterprise Resource Planning department• Involved in Clean room cost optimization project• Analyzed cost inputs and constraints for optimization model• Planned a new layout in terms of production rates of parts, dimensions and weights of tools and forecasts of following programs• Recommended suitable handling methods such as Catwalks and overhead crane

Kocaeli, Turkey

• Production Control department for one month• Participated in assembly line optimization project for launching of I20 production• Conducted research to produce three different car models instead of two (Accent& Matrix) in two assembly lines• Analyzed production times and rates, assembly length, required parts and work force• Recommended different optimization solutions and layout plans

Graduate, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: ODTÜ-MOST, ODTÜ Türk Halk Bilimi Topluluğu, ODTÜ Eşli Danslar Topluluğu

Supply Chain Management

Mini Mba Program

Foreign Trade Specialist Program

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