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Dilovası, Kocaeli, Turkey

• Lead a team of project engineers and specialists, overseeing their work on multiple projects and ensuring alignment with company objectives.
• Direct and manage project-specific budgets, ensuring financial efficiency and adherence to cost targets throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and enforce project management policies and procedures, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across all projects.
• Conduct regular performance reviews for direct reports, identifying areas for development and providing guidance to enhance team performance.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and AS 9100 standards, leading process audits and addressing any quality-related issues in collaboration with team members.

Dilovası, Kocaeli, Turkey

• In addition to the roles and responsibilities specified in the New Product Project Manager position below;
• Prepare annual- and 5-years investment budget
• Create short-, medium- and long-term machine and equipment investment plans by following the technological developments in the forging and machining sectors.
• Review and approve specifications and acceptance criteria for machines/equipment to be invested.
• Perform technical evaluations of the supplier quotes.
• Contribute to the design of non-standard machinery and equipment.

Dilovası, Kocaeli, Turkey

• Define the scope, objectives, and deliverables of new product projects in line with company and customer needs, in collaboration with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders
• Delegate Project Leaders to new or existing projects.
• Review and approve project specific budgets.
• Sign-off on customer specific phase reviews, if applicable.
• Continuously monitor the status of on-going projects to ensure they are executed on time, within budget and according to criteria specifications. Will initiate corrective actions for any project development related.
• Annual project-based budgeting and reporting of new project investments. Follow-up of investment costs, engineering development costs and part unit costs

Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey

• Lead a cross functional team, overseeing their work on multiple projects and ensuring alignment with company objectives.
• Direct and manage project-specific budgets, ensuring financial efficiency and adherence to cost targets throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and enforce project management policies and procedures, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across all projects.
• Conduct regular performance reviews for direct reports, identifying areas for development and providing guidance to enhance team performance.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and AS 9100 standards, overseeing process audits and addressing any quality-related issues in collaboration with team members.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Champion the quoting process for prototype and production quotes & timing.
• Develop and maintain program budgets (costing).
• Collects /reviews and understands program information from customers and MSM.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a program time line.
• Champion of ‘design for manufacturing’ & Provides on going design input for conducting manufacturing feasibility and Customer requirements.
• Manages and follows up on all new program testing (internal & external)

Concord, ON, Canada

• Responsible for assisting the customer in all aspects of program management for specific program including prototypes, engineering changes, pre-production samples and production startup etc.
• Champion the quoting process for prototype and production quotes & timing.
• Manage RFQ kick off meeting & assign tasks to relevant team members for all global programs.
• Follow-up with relevant divisions / team members to receive inputs (including Q2A / Q2C).
• Manage OIL till program transfer to division; raise flag for items with “Red” & “Yellow” status
• Provide information for input into the preliminary bill of materials.

Orhangazi, Bursa, Türkiye

• Responsible for Continuous Casting Machine and semi-finished products which are prepared for various industries.
• Execution of optimization and rationalization projects to improve production methods and processes ensuring maximum feasibility against lowest costs.
• Planning optimum production and maintenance program by organizing meltshop machines, equipment, and manpower.
• Monitor and evaluate together with Process & Quality Departments findings during sampling process and decide together about eventual necessary actions.
• Handle technical meetings and reviews with international steel technology and equipment supplier in the new ongoing CCM building project.
• Elaborate simple, clear and conclusive technical reports.

Executive Mba

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering

High School