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Manisa, Türkiye

-Lead plant management team as being responsible of two steel truck wheel manufacturing plants with more than 570 employees. -Have full P&L and end-to-end responsibilities of all daily operations of the plant, operational cost management and CAPEX. -Drive all operational processes to maximize performance in the key areas of safety, quality, delivery and costs as being direct responsible for the daily and strategic management and coordination of all plant operations, including production, maintenance, HSE, continuous improvement, investments, engineering, material & production planning, logistics and quality.-Manage, provide guidance and direction for manufacturing operations, ensuring sustainable performance aligned with strategic corporate objectives and delivery of business commitments to maximise production capability of two plants to meet customer expectations with excellent quality as the site takes on increased customer volumes.

Manisa, Turkey

-Lead and manage the operations of the production and operational excellence departments to support plant management as leading department managers, team leader engineers and over 350 shopfloor operators, group leaders to achieve plant goals.-Support greenfield SOP capacity expansion new plant project -Lead Industry 4.0-Digitalization initiatives as plant champion.-Lead production operations and coordinate with hse, engineering, quality, production planning and other functions to achieve plant cost, quality, and service objectives while meeting all safety, health, and environmental requirements.-Demonstrate ability to analyze and evaluate manufacturing performance from a cost, technical, process or organizational standpoint and develop plans and strategies to address new investments and maintenance needs-Assist in the development of an operating plan aligned with division, business, and manufacturing strategies to meet key performance objectives.-Lead execution of operating plan to meet manufacturing and commercial objectives.-Assure manufacturing capability and performance improvement in support of division, business, and manufacturing strategies.-Assure growth in talent and capability of the plant operations staff, build an effective staff and model appropriate leadership behaviors.-Build effective relationships within the business, plant staff groups, and with key customers and suppliers where required.-Being champion and support continuous improvement projects and activities ( lean 6 sigma, TPM-total productive management as 8-pillars approach deployment) (WCM) and projects across the plant such as Lean 6 sigma projects, Kaizens, 5S, TPM (WCM) pillar activities, NWTs, lay-out process changes and other corporate manufacturing initiatives as required.-Achieve targets for plant major KPIs-performance metrics such as OEE, Productivity, Scrap, Rework, IR, supply spend consumables costs, EBITDA, department actual costs vs. FC & AOP etc.

Manisa, Turkey

-Managing the operations of the production department as leading over 300 shopfloor operators, group leaders and team leader employees; also leading Industry 4.0-Digitalization initiatives as plant champion for this role.-Lead production operations and coordinate with hse, engineering, quality, production planning and other functions to achieve plant cost, quality, and service objectives while meeting all safety, health, and environmental requirements.-Demonstrate ability to analyze and evaluate manufacturing performance from a cost, technical, process or organizational standpoint and develop plans and strategies to address new investments.-Assist in the development of an operating plan aligned with division, business, and manufacturing strategies to meet key performance objectives.-Lead execution of operating plan to meet manufacturing and commercial objectives.-Assure manufacturing capability and performance improvement in support of division, business, and manufacturing strategies.-Assure growth in talent and capability of the plant operations staff, build an effective staff and model appropriate leadership behaviors.-Build effective relationships within the business, plant staff groups, and with key customers and suppliers where required.-Being champion and support continuous improvement activities ( lean 6 sigma, TPM-total productive management as 8-pillars approach deployment) (WCM) and projects across the plant such as Lean 6 sigma projects, Kaizens, 5S, TPM (WCM) pillar activities, NWTs, lay-out process changes and other corporate manufacturing initiatives as required.-Autonomous maintenance pillar leader-Achieve targets for plant major KPIs-performance metrics such as OEE, Productivity, Scrap, Rework, IR, supply spend consumables costs, EBITDA, department actual costs vs. FC & AOP etc.

Manisa, Turkey

-Drive and support the Operational Excellence program of at the global level.-Lead and direct plant continuous improvement-operational excellence activities for Turkey (two plants), Italy, Czech and South Africa five aluminum wheel plants as Lean 6 Sigma Master Black Belt.-Supported and managed continuous improvement activities for Thailand aluminum wheel plant.-Identify actions and lead the initiatives for the plants in the region to improve effectiveness, efficiency and financial performance.-Trained and certified Green Belt and Black Belt candidates globally.-Coached and mentored the project leaders of Green Belt and Black Belt projects globally.-Lead continuous improvement Kaizen and lean project workshops.-Responsible for implementation and managing of Production/Manufacturing Management Pillar improvements for the plants in the region incl. standards of standard work, communication, visual management, production planning, maintenance, workforce planning and continuous improvement.-Mentor and coach the plant managers, opex managers and other staff to improve plant performances as focusing on capacity increase, productivity, OEE, scrap, rework and cost reduction activities for conversion cost & EBITDA.-Coordinated best practice sharing at all areas of operational functions.-Responsible for the regional development, implementation and deployment of Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing initiatives-follow up plant continuous improvement savings -Support and develop implementations of lean 6 sigma, TPM-total productive management as 8-pillars approach deployment (WCM) initiatives for the region-Coordinate the continuous improvement projects and prepare necessary top level reports to top management about the progress-Identify and prioritize Six Sigma and Lean projects which are aligned with company strategies related to plant current vs. future state VSM s and cost-benefit analyze-Managed Global Best Practice Teams.

Manisa, Turkey

-Support and lead plant process quality and continuous improvement-operational excellence activities as lean 6 sigma, TPM-total productive management as 8-pillars approach deployment (WCM) of two aluminum wheel plants in Turkey.-Coordinate the resources necessary to improve quality and operational excellence strategies to improve plant performances by generating strategy roadmaps.-Mentor and coach the plant production, quality, maintenance and engineering management teams and shopfloor employees to improve plant performances as focusing on developing lean flow, capacity increase, production # actual vs. planned, productivity, OEE, process downtime & losses, utilities cost, scrap, rework reduction and cost reduction activities for supply spend, conversion cost & EBITDA.-Support and lead plant-capacity increase flow & lay-out establishment and lean activities.-Follow up and report plant performance KPIs in order to reach operational excellence targets regarding customer satisfaction, low cost manufacturer and best people.-Managing the project savings and cost budgets according to the financial forecasts and AOP-Support and lead global quality improvement projects as managing global teams from different international locations

Manisa, Turkey

-Coordinated and managed plant quality improvement and continuous improvement-operational excellence activities as lean 6 sigma, TPM-total productive management as 8-pillars approach deployment (WCM) for Turkey, India and Thailand plants.-Coordinated resources necessary to improve quality and operational excellence strategies to improve global plant performances.-Responsible for the development, implementation and administration of Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing, with special emphasis on supporting the Europe, Asia, Africa and Turkey wheel manufacturing plants/International Team.-Train Green Belts and Black Belts globally.-Coach Green Belt and Black Belt projects.-Managing Global Maintenance Excellence Program.-Support customer quality improvement and supplier development activities-Managing Global Best Practice Teams--Mentor and coach the plant management teams and employees to improve plant performances as focusing on capacity increase, productivity, OEE, scrap, rework and cost reduction activities for conversion cost & EBITDA-Lead new plant establishment activities & strategies-Follow up and report plant performance KPIs in order to reach operational excellence targets regarding customer satisfaction, low cost manufacturer and best people.--Managed Global Best Practice Teams.

Manisa, Turkey

-Managing process improvement projects and cost reduction activities to increase competitiveness of the plant.-Mentor the management team and employees to improve plant performance as focusing on productivity, OEE, scrap, rework and cost reduction activities.-Follow up and report plant performance KPIs in order to reach operational excellence targets regarding customer satisfaction, low cost manufacturer and best people.-Coordination and follow up of continuous improvement projects and activities of the plant-mentoring the plant staff.-As 6 sigma Master Blackbelt to coach and to follow up lean/6 sigma and continuous improvement projects and new greenbelt/blackbelt candidates.-Project leader, coordinator and trainer of continuous improvement-problem solving tools (6 sigma, Lean, VSM(value stream mapping),Kaizen, 5S, TPM (WCM), PRA(process risk assessment), SMED(quick tool changeover), HSE) regarding lean 6 sigma, and TPM-total productive management as 8-pillars approach deployment (WCM).-OPEX/QA Liaison for HL Turkey Operations.-Serves on Opex/QA Steering Committee to represent Turkey region, attending annual meetings.-Intl training support in other regions & training material development / update support.-Regional KPI progress reporting of Turkey region.-Manages the Opex Project Database, PD and other tools utilized in Opex/QA.-Single point of contact on communication for QA/Opex into/from all sites in Turkey region.-Coordination of OPEX issues with Hayes Lemmerz International-best practice sharing.-Communication bridge between Turkey operations and HL International plants.

Manisa, Turkey

-Deployment of Operational Excellence system through the plants to achieve corporate targets-managing operational excellence responsibles and staff of the plants.-Support HL Turkey Operations plants in order to reach operational excellence targets regarding customer satisfaction, low cost manufacturer and best people.-Follow up and reporting of Policy Deployment process (plant performances by KPIs) and improvement of the plants.-Preparation, reporting and tracking of plant KPIs (key performance indicators).-Coordination and follow up of continuous improvement projects and activities of three plants-mentoring the plant staff.-6 sigma programme coordinator of HL Turkey Ops.-As Master Black Belt to coach and to follow up lean/6 sigma and continuous improvement projects and new greenbelt/blackbelt candidates.-Project leader and trainer of continuous improvement-problem solving tools (6 sigma, Lean, VSM(value stream mapping),Kaizen, 5S, TPM (total productive maintenance), PRA(process risk assessment), SMED(quick tool changeover), HSE).-Coordination of OPEX issues with Hayes Lemmerz International-best practice sharing.-Communication bridge between Turkey operations and HL International plants.

Manisa, Turkey

-To follow up process quality concerns and customer complaints as leading 21 quality technicians.-To support ISO/TS 16949:2002 Quality Management System activities within plant; internal QA system audits and process improvements.-To assist OPEX activities and reporting.-Preparation and reporting of plant KPIs.-As Blackbelt: To lead 6 Sigma & Kaizen projects in order to add value for company as continuous improvement and increasing savings-improve processes.-As Greenbelt trainer for Hayes Lemmerz Turkey Operations: to train new Greenbelt candidates.

Sakarya, Turkey

-To follow up and to improve process quality of local & European suppliers regarding vehicle & part quality; main reponsibility area: electrical/electronic parts as e.g. wire harnesses,controlling units, sensors, chassis assembly parts & vehicle fire hazard inspection-Supplier improvement audits-Quality improvement activities regarding supplier production process and vehicle assembly process, technical documentation for standardization of vehicle & part quality and supplier production process, follow up & solve mass production quality concerns and new project evaluation and management activities

Derby, United Kingdom

-To coordinate quality & supplier improvement activities in European suppliers with Toyota Motor Manufacturing United Kingdom and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey -Supplier quality & process improvement

Izmir, Turkey

-Research areas:Quality Control techniques, statistical process control and monitoring, mechatronics laboratory-pneumatics&servopneumatic systems-Master of Science Thesis: Investigation and Development of the Quality Control of Aluminum Alloy Wheel Rim Production Process

Msc, Mechanical Engineering-Quality Control

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) (English), 3.69

Bsc, Mechanical Engineering

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