Planning and Purchasing Manager - Orzax İlaç Kimya San. Tic. A.Ş.
(2024-12 - 2025-11)
Pharmaceuticals | Supply Management
- Led general capacity planning and rolling forecasting.
- Managed requirements planning and production planning activities.
- Developed production and inventory strategies using sales forecasts and raw material requirements.
- Coordinated S&OP meetings across Marketing, Sales and Production to balance supply and demand.
- Determined equipment, production-line and workforce capacity requirements and supported investment timing.
- Improved planning-system usage and identified additional IT system requirements.
- Monitored GMP-based SOP development and revision.
- Prepared departmental reports, budget-versus-actual analyses and annual reports.
- Monitored CMO production and supplier performance.
- Developed purchasing strategies, negotiated agreements, managed suppliers and implemented cost-reduction actions.
- Reviewed supplier and vendor contracts, evaluated suppliers and researched new product sources.
- Created, monitored and reported purchasing budgets and supplier performance KPIs.
- SAP HANA Project: MM / PP / WMS / SD
- TURQUALITY Project: preparation and presentation of unit processes
Stock Control Director - Özen Group Shopping Services Inc. (ONUR)
(2024-03 - 2024-12)
Retail | Supply Chain Management
- Managed inventory control and monthly inventory planning for 163 markets and 3 warehouses in Istanbul, Bursa and the Thrace Region.
- Controlled warehouse material entries and exits and ensured inventory traceability.
- Planned and supervised inventory-control activities, periodic counts and reporting.
- Analyzed warehouse inventory discrepancies and recommended corrective improvements.
- Led SAP adaptation and supply chain management improvements across logistics and purchasing.
- Established warehouse optimization practices focused on stock accuracy, visibility, traceability, operating-cost reduction and labor allocation.
- Audited markets monthly and prepared findings and improvement reports.
Supply Chain Coordinator - Emko Educational Materials & Whiteboards Inc.
(2023-07 - 2024-02)
Education | Supply Chain Management
- Consulted on Supply Chain Management improvement and SAP Business One adaptation.
- Developed purchasing strategies, negotiated agreements and managed suppliers.
- Monitored purchasing metrics, budgets, supplier performance, market trends and price changes.
- Evaluated suppliers and product sources based on quality, price, reliability, technical support and availability.
- Planned actions to minimize supply risks and improve purchasing efficiency.
- Improved stock statistics, stock visibility and traceability.
- Supported operational optimization, customer service improvement and operating-cost reduction.
Planning and Logistics Manager - Boyut Plastics Folio & PVC Edge Bands
(2022-12 - 2023-06)
Packaging | Supply Chain Management
- Managed capacity planning, material requirements planning and production planning.
- Developed production and inventory strategies based on sales forecasts and raw material requirements.
- Coordinated S&OP meetings across Marketing, Domestic and International Sales and Production.
- Optimized customer service level, inventory and production costs through KPI monitoring.
- Monitored forecast accuracy/variance, inventory levels and production-plan compliance.
- Determined equipment, line and workforce capacity needs and supported investment planning.
- Improved IT planning tools and identified system requirements.
- Prepared departmental reports and budget-versus-actual analyses.
- Project leader and key user for WM-MM-PP-SD module revision and implementation in Uyum Soft.
- Implemented capacity planning, production cost analysis based on BOMs, MRP/ERP and system training.
- Established systematic inventory management, costing and stock-transfer processes.
Export Regional Sales Manager - Mayapack
(2021-10 - 2022-12)
Printing & Publishing | Sales & Marketing
- Managed customer portfolios and monitored processes through CRM and Micro/ERP systems.
- Analyzed customer demands and orders and prepared monthly and annual reports.
- Managed sales planning from customer order through delivery and payment.
- Prepared cost tables, price quotations, proposals and proforma invoices.
- Coordinated artwork controls and production-order preparation.
- Monitored production, shipment and delivery dates with Logistics and Operations.
- Tracked commercial invoices and payments.
Logistics Manager - Sinbo Household Appliances
(2018-06 - 2019-05)
Household Electrical Goods | Supply Chain Management
- Consulted on Supply Chain Management improvement and SAP system adaptation.
- Led a 38-person team in developing efficient routing for materials and equipment.
- Managed transportation operations, quality controls, shipping, routing, tracking and delivery.
- Ensured logistics activities complied with contractual, local and national regulatory requirements.
- Developed domestic and international logistics strategies, policies and plans.
- Managed carrier performance meetings, service-level criteria, inventory management and storage-capacity planning.
- Prepared logistics KPIs and SOPs and delivered training on tracking procedures.
- Helped create an automated asset-tracking method for high-capacity warehouses holding 100,000 pallets.
- Established a warehouse optimization system focused on stock accuracy, visibility, cost reduction, service and labor allocation.
Logistics & CMO Coordinator - Recordati Pharmaceuticals
(2016-09 - 2018-06)
Pharmaceuticals | Supply Chain Management
- Managed CMO capacity planning, material requirements planning and production planning.
- Developed domestic and international logistics strategies and plans within quality-system workflows.
- Prepared logistics budgets, route pricing and departmental budget-versus-actual reports.
- Managed order, shipment and invoicing processes.
- Led cost-reduction and process-improvement activities.
- Managed carrier service-level benchmarks and performance reviews.
- Coordinated customer and supplier visits and related system improvements.
- Managed warehousing resources, inventory counts, storage conditions and employee development.
- Prepared KPI metrics and departmental SOPs.
- Turkey-side project leader for SAP implementation; key user for WM-MM-PP-SD modules.
- Implemented WMS, 2D Barcode, E-Invoice and Cross-Dock processes.
Production Planning and Logistics Coordinator - Recordati Pharmaceuticals
(2011-09 - 2017-10)
Pharmaceuticals | Supply Chain Management
- Managed capacity planning, material requirements planning and production planning.
- Developed production and inventory strategies based on sales forecasts and raw material requirements.
- Coordinated S&OP meetings across Marketing, Sales and Production.
- Optimized customer service level, inventory and production costs using forecast accuracy, inventory and production-plan KPIs.
- Determined equipment, line and workforce capacity requirements.
- Improved planning-system usage and additional system requirements.
- Monitored GMP-based SOP development and revision.
- Prepared departmental and annual reports and monitored CMO production.
- Turkey-side project leader for SAP implementation; key user for WM-MM-PP-SD modules.
Production Planning and Logistics Responsible - Kervan Gıda
(2011-03 - 2011-08)
Food & Beverage | Supply Chain Management
- Managed capacity planning, material requirements planning and production planning.
- Developed production and inventory strategies based on sales forecasts and raw material requirements.
- Coordinated S&OP meetings across Marketing, Sales and Production.
- Monitored forecast accuracy, inventory levels, production-plan compliance and customer service KPIs.
- Determined equipment, line and workforce capacity requirements.
- Improved planning-system usage and monitored GMP-based SOP processes.
- Managed storage conditions, shipments, invoicing, inventory control and storage-capacity planning.
Production Planning Chief - Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals
(2000-08 - 2010-08)
Pharmaceuticals | Supply Chain Management
- Managed capacity planning, material requirements planning and production planning.
- Developed production and inventory strategies using sales forecasts and raw material requirements.
- Coordinated S&OP meetings across Marketing, Sales and Production.
- Optimized customer service, inventory and production costs through planning KPIs.
- Determined capacity requirements for equipment, lines and workforce.
- Improved planning tools and supported additional system requirements.
- Monitored GMP-based SOP development and prepared departmental and annual reports.
- Monitored CMO production and customer order, forecast and demand requirements.
- Project leader for SAP implementation; key user for PP/MM/WM.
- Established warehouse optimization, WMS and 2D Barcode systems.
