Mümün Kasapoglu

Competent Supply Chain and Logistics Engineer with 17 years of experience. Extended knowledge and experience on supply chain management, supplier management, project management and ensuring excellent business outcomes for achieving critical organizational goals. Adept at system and process improvement, designing stock and cost reduction strategies and delivering superior results under extreme pressure.

A keen eye for detail and accuracy, result, and success-oriented mindset, excellent communication, coordination, and time management skills. In addition, interested in extreme sports, sensitive to environmental and animal rights issues and leading a Project about renewable energy at Bosch. Has a working permit in EU.

Supply Chain and Logistics Engineer at Bosch Rexroth (2011-07 – Present)

• Executing respective material planning and supply chain operations by effectively coordinating 25+ local and foreign suppliers and directly reporting to the Logistics Manager in the process.
• Driving efforts to ensure constant process improvement by tracking related metrics and KPI targets including SAP adjustments on time, stock transfers, optimizing shipment frequency etc.
• Coordinating with other departments, ensuring that the materials are delivered on the requested date, in the requested quantity and in the desired packaging and shipping conditions.
• Checking import and export process for all project transfer suppliers, optimizing new transport type for suppliers which they are not capable of send goods abroad, completing project transfers without any line stop in customer side.
• Checking stock level of raw materials and finished goods daily in order to manage production orders and to keep them on targeted level.
• Organizing delivery activities based on MRP data, closely monitoring daily deliveries afterward to prevent potential disruptions in the final assembly lines.
• Managing various stock and cost reduction and production transfer projects, using Milk Run and Kanban tools, also responsible for outsourcing and extended work bench project managements for over capacity orders.
• Executing source changes, supplier phase out and supplier startups according to Engineering Change requests.
• Worked as a Logistics Responsible of project transfer from Germany to Bursa plant. A product group was transferred between plants within 1 year without stopping the production line.

Logistics Engineer at YAZAKI Turkey (2007-11 – 2011-07)

• Responsible for material planning, logistics operations, transportation management, supplier management and purchasing processes for Toyota and Honda production lines.
• Reviewing and designing logistics operations to improve company's operational efficiency and reduce costs, reporting directly to the Logistics Manager along the way.
• Determining the required materials to initiate the procurement of materials from various suppliers, keeping close track of stock status to ensure efficient usage of inventory and acting as a communication bridge between warehouse and Toyota, Honda production units.
• Played an active role in the stock level reduction projects in Slovakia and Ukraine plants.
• Was a key member of SAP support team built for plants in Europe where SAP is newly implemented.

Project Purchasing Engineer at Askar Makina AŞ (2005-06 – 2007-11)

• Carrying out respective procurement activities for projects within the organization and ensuring that materials/components are consistent with production schedules and needs, reporting to the Plant Manager.
• Conducting cost estimates before projects, evaluating prices and ensuring the procurement of products cost-efficient and high quality in line with defined requirements.
• Researching and evaluating new and alternative suppliers by prioritizing quality and cost-efficiency; keeping close track of market trends and Dynamics.
• Updating quality documentation for project steps such as sample production, trial production and kick off, also taking an active role in procedure formation process for ISO9001 quality certificate.

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering – Eskisehir Osmangazi University (1998 – 2004)