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Lausanne, Vd, Ch

Helping scale-up startups to reach their full potentials by getting them funded from VCs around the world

• Co-founded and managed one of the most innovative proptech startups in Turkey - Aidy and Yuvako• Designed and implemented sales structure including compensations, go to market strategies and KPIs• Hired, trained and led a team of 15 sales agents

• Led directly 8 area managers and responsible of a team of 55 people and increased overall country sales performance by 34%• Increased sales in pharmacies by %65 in 2,5 years• Increased sales in large retail clients by %35 in national supermarket chains• Successfully managed P&L and cash flow of the company

Morges, Vaud, İsviçre

Senior Manager for High Speed Powered ToolsLife cycle management in a sature market with highly established product range• Obtained double digit growth in a sature industry by developing new market segments and launching new products• Increased market share of power tools in spine market by 12% by targeting key entry points and developing KOLs• Increased service revenue by 32% by revising pricing strategy and introducing new marketing activitiesSenior Manager for Nerve Monitoring DevicesLife cycle management in an unestablished market with a new innovative technology• Increased revenue by more than 30% by successfully executing market creation strategies• Significantly improved product delivery time by revising supply chain and restricting inventory management

Lüksemburg, Lüksemburg

• Defined and drived strategy and tactics for European Ebook Market• Successfully created and managed promotions to increase the overall market segment share of Kindle• Lead cross-functional technical teams and operations to sustain competitive brand strategy of ebooks

• Led directly a field sales team of 8 people for hospitals and pharmacies and increased sales performance by 24%• Created the most cost efficient sales team in the firm reducing the average cost per employee by 8% by directly recruiting, training and supervising the outbound call center of 5 employees (currently reaching to 18 employees)• Managed large retail clients such as Tesco, Carrefour and Migros by negotiating annual agreements and supervising their ongoing activities which further broadened the portfolio of retailers

Istanbul, Turkey

• Improved the domestic sales in pharmacies in the given area by 68% through persistent visits to pharmacies and effective communication with pharmacists• Increased the number of written prescriptions of anti-colic bottles by 32% through direct doctor visits• Selected as the top sales representative among 45 salesman with a monthly turnover of 35.000$

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Graduate Degree, Political Science And Government, 1St In Class Ranking

International Relations, 1St In Class Ranking

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