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Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Becel/Flora Spreads (NAMETRUB)• Won the Smart Spending award with my team for our contribution to Business by saving 1m€/year by Project Cape Town• Led the de-merge process of Spreads Category for NAMETRUB region after the global sales decision of the category

Istanbul, Turkey

Becel/Flora Spreads , Calve/Hellmans Dressings and Carte d'Or Desserts Products• Led the Project Teams of Spreads & Dressings and Desserts for the projects especially in Turkey with €72m turnover• Defined yearly budget for R&D and conducted budget control• Organized capability building matrix and defined the capabilities required for R&D department in the region• Managed saving projects for Spreads & Dressings and Desserts categories result in €0.5m saving• Managed the supply security of Ukrainian Dressings Products with €1.3min in the middle of Russian Military Invention in Ukraine by auditing third party producers in Ukraine• Executed SAP PLM implementation project by leading the team of the categories• Led the Research and Development Center Application Process for the approval of €1m Turkish government incentive and awarded by Unilever Turkey with “Well-Done Job for R&D Center Approval”• Improved R&D capability of Spreads & Dressings and Desserts categories and built the Consumer Technical Insight Capability of Desserts category• Conducted complexity reduction process under Core Formulation Design with approximately 10% ingredient reduction in the region

Bangalore, India

Knorr Soup/Savory• Designed Core Pilot Plant for India – aligned with South Africa and Turkey• Led dry noodle project – in order to enhance the competitiveness of Knorr Brand in South East Asia• Execute the cost & quality benchmarking of products of NAMET with India

Istanbul, Turkey

Knorr Soup/Savory• Led the regional (Israel, Morocco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Dubai) innovation projects, result in approx. €2.5m turnover• Led the local innovation and rejuvenation projects• Improved the raw materials quality and search for and support (if required) the alternative suppliers, going to result in annual savings of €750k in 2011 • Led 4 weeks long consumer test in Saudi Arabia for bouillon products to decide launching a new product with €1.2m turnover

Istanbul, Turkey

Knorr Soup and Lipton Tea• Led the herbal tea project in order to increase the product range, including green tea variants.• Conducted the sterilization process of spices from radiation to steam, in order to make all products clean label.• Led the penetration project of entire savory category of Knorr Brand to Iran with €8.3m incremental turnover, estimated for the first 5 years of penetration• Conducted the import of Global Unilever Brands (savory and tea) to Turkey, collaborating with Import Department in order to ensure the projects to be on time in full• Oversaw the legal regulations for the new products and support the products to be launched in the responsible region• Led the legal applications for the products in Turkey and Middle East countries• Conducted Quality Benchmarks for Knorr & Lipton products in order to increase the market share and competitiveness of the brands

Arad, Israel / Istanbul, Turkey

Breakfast Cereals• Initiated collaborative projects with international research centers (New Vitality Platform/Netherlands & Global Extrusion Center/Israel), fostering relationships between development scientists and marketing groups•Directed the commission of the Indian extrusion factory, including facility training and quality assurance, ensuring on time nationwide launch, collaborating with the Global Extrusion Center/ Israel• Conducted the development of low cost cereal products for India, resulted in 5% increase of gross margin• Led the pilot plant team in the development of more than 10 different products globally, incorporating local marketing input and supply chain requirements in Turkey, South Africa and India. • Presented technological innovations and benefits of developed products to local leaders in different countries/regions, securing investments to initiate projects• Was awarded "Unilever's Global Research and Development Oscar Prize 2007" as recognition for rapid development and delivery of new products, resulting in enlarged brand shelf volume internationally

Istanbul, Turkey

Breakfast Cereals• Led the project of new production facility building for the extrusion technology in Tuzla Factory with the budget of 8m€ for the Brain Food Production (construction, equipment installation, process set-up, systems creation) to launch new Global Brand in the pilot country, Turkey• Designed the equipment according to the requirements of the products and the innovations• Conducted the production trials for the extrusion technology and share the improvements with global production factories worldwide• Built team for production and trained the operators about the extrusion technology, resulted in 92% operational efficiency at first production

Istanbul, Turkey

Knorr Soup/Savory and Lipton Tea• Led the pre-blending project in order to increase the blending capacity of tea production• Managed the capacity increase project of loose tea production, resulted 85% increase in loose tea production • Conducted the production trials with the cooperation of R&D department• Oversaw the efficiency of the production, e.g. Operational Efficiency, Overall Equipment Efficiency, Operational Reliability etc.• Led the TPM applications in the production, resulted in improved flexibility of the production process and elimination of 1,5% wastage

Denizli, Turkey

Feed-mill & Poultry Products• Examined the market, competitors and the strategies of the products in the market and proposed new strategies against them, resulted in 10% increase on market share• Coordinated with the Production, Quality Assurance, Sales and Purchasing Departments to meet the customers’ expectations, turned out 8% decrease of consumer complaints• Led the marketing strategies, checked the strategies’ applications and coordinated the marketing activities• Conducted the annual budget and kept it under control• Determined the sales objectives with the cooperation of Sales Department

Tekirdag, Turkey

Algida Ice-cream Production• Led the Process Control Applications, Supplier Evaluation, Cold Chain, Quality System Management’s (ISO and HACCP) applications and Ergonomic Studies• Coordinated the trainings for the employees about GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and Quality Strategy of Unilever

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Exchange Student

Bachelor'S Degree, Food Engineering

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Food Science And Technology