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Istanbul, Turkey

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Responsible for performance management of the systems, ensuring that all systems are resilient 7/24 and up to date with continuous version upgrades, identifying and developing plans to improve performance to be incorporated enterprise wide,Managing resilience programs, projects and initiatives for core SAP ERP (SAP ECC, BW, APO and SNC), contributing to the identification and recommendations to mitigate business and system disruption risks before they occur,Identifying opportunities for improvement, developing and implementing best practice and continuous improvement initiatives for the company,Leading various projects including Performance Improvement, Continuous Improvement and Direct & Indirect Cost Saving Initiatives projects, and also coordinating the Critical Incident resolution to minimize business impacts,Managing a team of 10 including both inhouse and outsourced employees, keeping close track of their performance, and ensuring employees are motivated and productive by prioritizing their recommendations and feedback,Managing department’s budget, reporting directly to Platform Director. *** In addition to current role, also worked as a Program Manager in SAP BW to SAP BW/4HANA Migration Project for 3 Platforms.*** MEC duration is reduced by %30 because of reviewing the complete MEC processes and doing simplification and automation with BW Broadcasting functionalities.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Managing a portfolio of platform projects worth more than €8M, ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within the scope, and budget,Understanding of the needs and changing priorities of the company and focusing on technical business solutions to address internal customer issues and informational needs, deploying changes with Waterfall and Agile project methodologies,Leading the team of 90+ employees including all application and project management teams, maintaining a collaborative and constructive working environment within the department, reporting directly to Platform Director,Developing demand and resource planning across various platforms, ensuring all plans and projects are compliant with Unilever standards and processes, Responsible for vendor management for resource planning, monitoring the performance of the vendors and assuring the compliance to the contract.*** Had a serious team management experience. Managed Core SAP Functional Teams (SAP ABAP, FI, CO, SD, SC, APO, SNC and BW) which consist of 90+ senior consultants.*** PGLS incidents are reduced by %62, as a result, delivery quality is improved. *** Provided 29% budget saving up to €8M annually by efficient team management.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Developing and executing strategies for one platform (responsible for 45+ countries) ensuring alignment to the company’s strategy and technical roadmaps, leading resilience programs, projects and initiatives for SAP APO and SNC, Effectively delivering system solutions to address business problems in line with the needs of the allocated business area, implementing Continuous Improvement projects, identifying non-efficient problems and implanting a new SAP solution if available,Working closely with performance and delivery teams, planning and implementing Performance Improvement projects, reviewing the design of critical changes, making risk analysis and giving feedback to delivery team for potential risks,Providing effective consultancy and delivering solutions to other countries’ respected teams about their change requests, reporting of all activities directly to Platform Director.*** Managed global SAP projects worth over €100K.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Designing and implementing the best strategy for the development and enhancement of business processes based on requirements of stakeholders regarding SAP functionality, which in turn benefits the company in terms of better inventory management, production planning and supply planning areas,Planning and managing the design and integration of new business processes, identifying continuous improvement opportunities, analyzing business risks and opportunities to support recommendations on process change,Defining project milestones, project planning, staffing and project reporting activities, establishing KPIs to measure ongoing performance of all processes and sub processes in the assigned module, Analyzing performance results to assess the impacts of global projects across the landscapes, reviewing the gaps in the existing APO solution and recommending the enhancements if necessary.

Istanbul, Ataşehi̇r , Tr

Responsible for full cycle implementation of SAP APO projects, taking an active role in all steps such as designing, building, integration and user acceptance testing, cutover, go-live and post go-live supporting,Collaborating with business units to identify technical needs and requirements, identifying problematic areas and implementing strategic solutions in time accordingly,Establishing SAP software settings to support specific business rules validations, and default values, ensuring successful delivery of larger engagements with high complexity based on best practices,Providing support of SAP infrastructure, technologies, and functionality, including services to upgrade system configuration and functionality due to an SAP system or release upgrade.*** Worked as an SAP APO Team Lead in U2K2 Implementation project of Unilever Turkey. Promoted as a Team Leader after 2 releases due to high performance. *** Played a key role as an SAP APO Application Consultant in Coca Cola version upgrade project from SCM 4.1 to SCM 7.0.

Carrying out respective purchasing activities within the organization, ensuring that raw materials (substitutions) are consistent with production schedules and needs, and generating purchasing related reports along the way,Controlling and improving suppliers’ activities by prioritizing quality and cost-efficiency; conducting cost analysis, preparing budget for purchasing activities and developing material planning for imported raw materials.