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Sydney, NSW, AU

Contributing to the development and implementation of the strategic and operational sourcing in the IT category. Procurement, contracting and supply management strategies, and operations processes to ensure the organization attains the best value in the goods and services required to enable achievement of its goals. Managing the Cloud sub-category in-line.

Melbourne, AU

• Global supply replenishment planning and execution, (Supplier-3PL Warehouse-...(Amazon...), forecasting of new and active products, planning the cross warehouse transfers to meet immediate demands, continuous.
• Integrated (80%) a new planning software (StockIQ) resulting in increased process efficiency.
• Collating input from sales, forecasted for hundreds of SKUs on an ongoing basis.
• Kept Amazon warehouse fulfilment levels over 90% for active products throughout the year.
• Forecasted and made supply plans for major campaigns globally such as Black Friday, 11/11.

Ormeau, QLD, AU

• Supply chain analysis, small appliances product and category management, maintaining B2B relations.
• Streamlined operational efficiencies by developing a new forecast methodology with 95% safety stocks reliability which decreased the stock levels by %16, improving P&L by $450.000.
• SWOT & Porter's 5 analysis on appliances industry to choose products to enter Australia market.
• Conducted market research and customer workshops, successfully launched the Beko small appliances category in the Australia market for the first time.
• Analysed & reported monthly on Sales Forecast Accuracy to support executive decision making.
• Negotiated product prices with the main customer to achieve an average of 4% increase.

İstanbul, Sütlüce/Beyoğlu, TR

• Team management of 8 engineers/specialists, SDA new projects category management, sourcing new technology partners, supplier performance evaluation, budgeting.
• Implemented customer-oriented approach into the design stage by cross-functional collaboration.
• Drove collaboration among suppliers to merge new technologies and achieved 10% cost efficiency.
• Developed the technological road-map for small appliances category through collaboration, early supplier involvement (ESI) and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
• Planned and executed a new supplier evaluation process for a balanced scorecard, which resulted in 20% leaner supplier base.
• Successfully finished a 6-Sigma project to have a leaner spare part base by ABC analysis and standardisation of spare parts resulting in 65% removal of unused SKU’s from warehouse.

İstanbul, Sütlüce/Beyoğlu, TR

• Product development and component design, sourcing activities, project management.
• Co-developed the working algorithm and designed the cup heater of the first commercial-grade Turkish coffee machine.
• Established relations between Tier 1 & Tier 2 suppliers to shorten project timeline and save 10%.
• Tested and procured critical components of new products in 6 months (%12 increase in performance).
• Negotiated with supplier base to achieve a 3% better cost-to-sale ratio.

İstanbul, Sütlüce/Beyoğlu, TR

• Floor care category management, improving procurement processes and supplier relationships, single point of contact internally for product management decisions in flood care category.
• Sourced and launched over 30 VC products in 10+ countries.
• Drafted and re-negotiated commercial contracts with all Tier 1 suppliers for Beko China introduction.
• Locally sourced, standardized and e-commercialized dust-bags for $100.000 annual savings.
• Sourced new vendors and local partners to contribute to the company cost saving strategy.

İstanbul, Maltepe/İstanbul, TR

• Follow up and report quality issues
• Product improvement study
• Supporting export distributors and local dealers
• Following technical documentations

Kocaeli, TR

• Production planning infrastructure readiness responsible for the new facility projects.
• Planned and executed the relocation plan of Transit Connect line warehouse and materials handling areas (21.000 sqm) to clear the space for a new product line of V362 Transit vehicle.
• Successfully analyzed, planned, executed, and reported the material flow strategy of new product lines including feeding route and indoor traffic.
• Procured high-bay shelves and MRP system to store parts to feed the production line just-in-time.
• Finished a Six-Sigma project regarding vehicle transport fixtures, saving 80.000 USD on investment.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Technology Management

Mcips, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Mechatronics