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Istanbul, Turkey

• Hired as Team Leader, to support and expand the business especially for Gap Inc brands & Urban Outfitters brands; implemented Fast Fashion Process for the US brands.
• Managed Internal and External relationships with well-known retailers and top brands including Design, Development, Planning, Production, Costing, Quality Assurance and Logistics Processes.
• Regular current and new customer visits for presentation of new designs/fashion trends and developments and fabric qualities.
• Review tech packs, develop seasonal fabrics and sample line, attend and run fit sessions.
• Maintain ownership of costing process to ensure Customers IMU goals are met.
• Validate, manage time/action calendar and maintain action trigger dates for product placed, ensure on-time delivery.

New York, USA

• Sourcing Manager
• Managed Operating areas include Sourcing, Development, Planning, Production, Costing, Quality Assurance, and Transportation. Reported to Country Manager.
• Established and maintain strong business relationships with worldwide fabric mills and cut and sew factories and allocation through to product delivery; managed development and production processes in Constructed Pants.
• Worked Cross Functionally at all levels with Customers, Designers, Factories, Fabric mills
• Implemented a VMI (Vendor managed Inventory) program for the purchase of products and services among the mill (Asia), garment factory (Middle East) and the customer (USA); VMI program shortened the lead time of the.
• Developed cross cultural relations with international team members, supervised seven-person planning team from Turkey, Egypt and Jordan. Team integrated operations of 2 Liason offices in three countries.

New York, USA

• Product Manager Promoted to manage product development from line concept to warehouse. Oversee execution of product, margins and on time delivery..
• Developed a sourcing Strategy based on country capabilities and customer requirements.
• Managed vendor relationships, including negotiations, capacity, planning and production allocation to factories in Middle East, Near East, North Africa and Asia.
• Maintain ownership of costing process to ensure IMU goals are met.
• Manage Internal and external relationships with stakeholders, including design, merchandising, technical, compliance, quality, logistics, and finance.-Review tech packs, develop seasonal fabrics and sample line, attend.

New York, USA

Import Manager Coordinated the shipments from overseas manufacturers to Customer’s Distribution Center (DC) – Freight bookings, Customs Clearance, and Warehousing Activities. Ensure on-time delivery at a lower cost. Make sure shipments are complied with Customer’s Distribution Center (DC) requirements and keep the Charge back Ratio 1%.

Master Of Business Administration(Mba) International Management

Certificate In Project Management

Bachelor Of Since (Bs) Business Management / Marketing