Building on 25 years of experience in apparel, fashion, retail, and textiles, I share industry insights through my YouTube channel. I create bilingual content in Turkish and English, analyzing global trends and providing actionable insights for professionals. My goal is to support stakeholders in making informed decisions and deliver value through engaging and impactful content.Turkish Channel Link: https://youtube.com/@sedatsezer2023English Channel Link:… Show more Building on 25 years of experience in apparel, fashion, retail, and textiles, I share industry insights through my YouTube channel. I create bilingual content in Turkish and English, analyzing global trends and providing actionable insights for professionals. My goal is to support stakeholders in making informed decisions and deliver value through engaging and impactful content.Turkish Channel Link: https://youtube.com/@sedatsezer2023English Channel Link: https://youtube.com/@gfrsedatsezer?si=ubom6J4m3iTAmgRX Show less

• Full accountability for product technology, quality, sustainability, and ethics.• Managing and leading the Garment Technology teams for entire development process, include maintaining the standards, patterns, tech packs, sample approval etc.• Setting the technical, quality, sustainability, and ethical standards and outlining effective plans to meet targets• Ensuring product development is in accordance quality, performance and margin requirements• Partnering across all levels… Show more • Full accountability for product technology, quality, sustainability, and ethics.• Managing and leading the Garment Technology teams for entire development process, include maintaining the standards, patterns, tech packs, sample approval etc.• Setting the technical, quality, sustainability, and ethical standards and outlining effective plans to meet targets• Ensuring product development is in accordance quality, performance and margin requirements• Partnering across all levels of Product Quality and Global Sourcing leadership to explore, solidify and present new product quality strategies and organizational transformation initiatives that achieve “Right First Time” Quality objective.• Drawing linkages and create opportunities for greater collaboration and organizational alignment across all divisions of the global Product Quality function• Managing the factory self-certification programs, ensuring all production regions have plans in place to shift capable factories over to certified status and achieve yearly targets for volumes shipped from certified “Low Maintenance” Suppliers• Developing and delivering relevant training to internal and external stakeholders to realize/operationalize new strategies, programs.• Using relevant data to support the development of tailored factory improvement plans to elevate factory performance and thus product quality across all locations• Working with relevant business partners in Global Sourcing and Sourcing Operations in maintaining the Vendor Scorecard process• Managing Technical & Social Compliance teams to ensure implementing the right sourcing policy Show less

• Preparing and implementing Overseas Sourcing Strategy in short and long term.• Sourcing and manage/maintain suppliers, to keep a long time and sustainable cooperation relationship.• Continuously improving the supplier performance process and system and evaluating/monitoring supplier performances• Managing supplier capacity and capability, and developing existing suppliers based on capacity and capability needs• Improving and consolidating supply base• Sourcing… Show more • Preparing and implementing Overseas Sourcing Strategy in short and long term.• Sourcing and manage/maintain suppliers, to keep a long time and sustainable cooperation relationship.• Continuously improving the supplier performance process and system and evaluating/monitoring supplier performances• Managing supplier capacity and capability, and developing existing suppliers based on capacity and capability needs• Improving and consolidating supply base• Sourcing new suppliers, identifying opportunities for New markets and building the first relationship• Managing International supply chain projects, Leading Direct Shipment initiatives with the other stakeholders such as Foreign Trade, Global Logistics, International Finance and Local Country teams for International retail business.• Managing and Leading Supply Chain Business Development and Expansion Projects,• Initiating and developing Local Purchasing and production opportunities in many countries.• Entering to the new production countries and regions for maximizing the profitability and shortening the leadtimes• Coaching and Mentoring the Buying Teams and Overseas Country Offices for all kind of end-to end processes. Show less

• Developing a long-term L&D plan aligned to the Company Strategy• Developing and maintaining close working relationships with all key stakeholders, Working closely with Senior Stakeholders to secure appropriate L&D solutions• Working closely with the Talent Management to secure appropriate initiatives to support the Talent Development • Maintaining L&D policies and processes to support business goals• Determining and monitoring KPI goals and training budgets. Monitor and report… Show more • Developing a long-term L&D plan aligned to the Company Strategy• Developing and maintaining close working relationships with all key stakeholders, Working closely with Senior Stakeholders to secure appropriate L&D solutions• Working closely with the Talent Management to secure appropriate initiatives to support the Talent Development • Maintaining L&D policies and processes to support business goals• Determining and monitoring KPI goals and training budgets. Monitor and report on activities, costs, performance, etc.• Identifing training needs, conducting performance gap analysis and developing appropriate L&D initiatives• Planning departmental/functional training budgets, forecasting costs and delegating numbers as required by organisational planning and budgeting systems. • Identifing, selecting and managing internal & external training and accreditation bodies, agencies and providers necessary to deliver required training to appropriate standards securing alignment to Company initiatives• Evaluating the effectiveness of development programs. Ensuring maximum benefit and cost-effectiveness from both internal and external program Show less

•Responsible for Buying, Merchandising and Sourcing departments process and system improvements •Setting the department strategy and constantly review.•Monitoring performance of related team in all aspect of production such as leadtimes, ontime delivery, quality etc. and ensuring the teams are aware of current performance.•Strategic Supplier Management & Evaluation•Monitor and review department performance for weekly review meetings, and discuss with teams•Generating… Show more •Responsible for Buying, Merchandising and Sourcing departments process and system improvements •Setting the department strategy and constantly review.•Monitoring performance of related team in all aspect of production such as leadtimes, ontime delivery, quality etc. and ensuring the teams are aware of current performance.•Strategic Supplier Management & Evaluation•Monitor and review department performance for weekly review meetings, and discuss with teams•Generating, analysing and review overall and departmental reporting e.g delivery, leadtime, quality, order placements etc•Responsible for the Internal Trainings and Orientations•Constantly review working practices and propose change when required to improve systems and procedures.•Making analisys on ERP, PLM process Show less

• Monitoring performance of sourcing team in all aspect of production such as delivery, quality etc. and ensuring the teams are aware of current performance.• Monitor and review departmental performance for weekly review meetings, and discuss with teams• Generating, analysing and review overall and departmental reporting e.g. delivery, leadtime, quality, order placements etc.

• Responsible for Ladies and Men’s Jerseywear (circular knitwear) for all domestic and overseas production.• Identifies suppliers suitable for styles handed in and target buying prices; starts sampling and costing with these suppliers.• Requests the necessary supplier capacity from the Sourcing Department according to the sourcing budget at the beginning of the season and/or updates this capacity; asks for new suppliers if needed.• Follows through the costing process; makes final… Show more • Responsible for Ladies and Men’s Jerseywear (circular knitwear) for all domestic and overseas production.• Identifies suppliers suitable for styles handed in and target buying prices; starts sampling and costing with these suppliers.• Requests the necessary supplier capacity from the Sourcing Department according to the sourcing budget at the beginning of the season and/or updates this capacity; asks for new suppliers if needed.• Follows through the costing process; makes final negotiations and takes order placement decisions.• Checks all approvals in collection and production processes including fit approvals; makes sure that products are supplied with target quality and price on target delivery dates.• Ensures that the Critical Path process is managed correctly, and products are delivered to the retail warehouse on time; follows through the inspection and repair processes; ensures that style budgets are updated in case products are delayed, and initiates claim processes with suppliers.• Ensures products are tested according to company regulations and comply with ecological standards.• Provides coaching and mentoring assistance in line with his reports’ needs, and ensures they develop their competencies and perform their tasks effectively. Show less

• Responsible for Ladies Jerseywear (circular knitwear) of BIB, Mama and LOGG Brands.• Taking full responsibility from the time an order is received from the quotation team to the order having been shipped• Analysing the order upon receipt together with the Senior Merchandiser. Checking if all details are correct• Following up the order by using the Order Follow-up System and using deadlines as a help to keep track of order status• Cooperating with the other teams such as… Show more • Responsible for Ladies Jerseywear (circular knitwear) of BIB, Mama and LOGG Brands.• Taking full responsibility from the time an order is received from the quotation team to the order having been shipped• Analysing the order upon receipt together with the Senior Merchandiser. Checking if all details are correct• Following up the order by using the Order Follow-up System and using deadlines as a help to keep track of order status• Cooperating with the other teams such as Quotation team, Researcher and Developer (R&D), Technicians and Quality Assurance team• Understand supplier capability and monitoring supplier performance in terms of price, quality, capacity and lead time Show less

• Responsible for jerseywear (circular knitwear) development and production of Puma, Adidas, Nike Global Sports brands.• Dealing directly with clients and suppliers to create right collection,• Capable managing sampling, and the costing process with the suppliers,• Full responsibility from order stage till the shipment

Working as an quality controller in Artwork Int. Sourcing Agency Office.Making inline and final inspections of the knitted and denim products.The main brands were Polo Raulph Lauren, Pepe Jeans, Calvin Klein etc...