Mehmet Irmak

Supply Chain Executive at doremusic
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(386) 825-5501
Location
İzmir, Turkey, TR
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • German Professional working proficiency

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Experience

    • Türkiye
    • Music
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Supply Chain Executive
      • Aug 2015 - Present
    • Managing Partner
      • Oct 2012 - Jul 2015
    • Türkiye
    • Retail
    • Supply Chain Director
      • Mar 2011 - May 2012

      Turkish Small Domestic Appliances Brand operating in 4 countries (Turkey, Hong Kong, Germany, Macedonia), Market Leader in Unit, #4 in Value in the Turkish SDA Market. Supply Chain Director Responsible from Logistics, Purchasing and Quality Assurance Direct Reports: Logistics Manager, Purchasing Manager – Turkey & Europe, Purchasing Manager Far East , Quality Assurance Manager  Logistics  Management of demand planning & supply planning.  Organization of Customs Clearance, Import & Export Operations.  Management & Organization of inbound & outbound logistics  Planned & implemented distribution project to achieve a % 17 saving with minimum negative effect on service level  Implemented new KPI’s & reporting procedure.  Purchasing  Managing the Purchasing Teams in İstanbul & Hong Kong  Organizing purchasing activities with 70 suppliers in Far East and 18 Suppliers in Turkey & Europe.  Organization of Sourcing activities according to Sales & Marketing needs  Initiated the Supplier Consolidation Project, to increase purchasing power and decrease complexity and inefficient workload of the purchasing team.  Initiated the Supplier Evaluation Project to prepare a quarterly “objective – measurable” supplier evaluation report.  Quality Assurance  Managing a Quality Team of 6 people (4 Turkey, 2 Hong Kong)  Implemented the Registration & Technical Documentation Process to improve the customs clearance process.  Made agreements with 3’rd party test organizations to conduct audit and inspection activities.  Organized the preparation of the quality handbook and supplier handbook.  Improved the test labs of Turkey and Hong Kong to match the test capacity needed. Show less

    • •Asst.Gen.Manager, Operations
      • Aug 2010 - Mar 2011

      Turkish Intercity Coach Operator serving 12,000,000 passengers annually with a fleet of 400 busses.. Assistant General Manager (Operations) Responsible from Operations Direct Reports: Area Operations Managers, Operations Support, Quality &Audit Manager , Maintenance Manager, Purchasing Manager, Network Planning & Reporting Specialist  Fleet Planning & Management  Planning the seasonal fleet capacity. Managing the own fleet & arranging contracted busses.  Organization of bus scheduling and micro planning  Network Planning  Making the yearly plans for network expansion and new routes  Organization of terminals, sales offices and busses for new routes prior to launch.  Purchasing  Organization of the fleet purchases, catering purchases and maintenance purchases.  Using the purchasing power, changed the purchasing function from a cost center to a profit center by selling catering and maintenance supplies not only to contracted busses, also to other coach companies.  Operations Support, Quality & Audit  Organized preparation of the New Quality Operations Manual. Launched trainings and audits according this handbook.  Planned and implemented GPS System to the whole fleet (including transfer shuttles) and created a GPS based Operations Center.  Maintenance  Organized yearly maintenance plans for the own fleet.  Made maintenance agreements with bus producers and decreased maintenance costs by 20% with periodical maintenance and high volume spare parts procurement. Show less

    • Türkiye
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sales Director Warehousing & Distribution (3.PL)
      • Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

      Turkish Integrated Logistics Solution Provider with a yearly revenue of $370,000,000 Sales Director Responsible from the Sales of Warehousing, Customs Brokerage, Inland Distribution (Micro Distribution, FTL distribution) Direct Reports: Key Accounts Manager, Warehousing Sales Manager, Inland Micro Distribution Sales Manager, Inland FTL Distribution Sales Manager, Customs Brokerage and Bonded Warehousing Sales Manager, Project Manager. Show less

    • Switzerland
    • Personal Care Product Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Operations Director
      • Feb 2003 - Feb 2009

      Swedish Cosmetics Company selling direct, present in 61 countries. Responsible from Supply Chain Management. Direct Reports: Warehouse Manager, Customer Service Manager, Distribution Supervisor, Stock Control Supervisor, Imports & Purchasing Specialist. Inventory control  Decreased inventory from 145 days to 62 days in an environment of more than 2000 SKU’s and monthly 20 launches and discontinuations on average. Imports planning and implementation  Responsible from imports operations and close coordination with registration processes.  Outsourced bonded warehouse, which led to an annual saving of €18,000 and created additional 800 pallet space in the warehouse without any additional cost. Warehousing and Pick & Pack operations  Decreased the delivery lead time to max 48 hours after order without cost increase through implementation of a new shift & control system. Distribution Planning & Distribution  Increased home delivery percentage from 12% to 53% of orders, while maintaining the same cost/net sales ratio. Customer price for home delivery decreased by 25% and the order limit for free delivery decreased by 50%. Negotiated a new price scheme, which helped decrease courier prices dramatically. Purchasing & third party relations  Mainly concentrated on replacing of centrally sourced accessories and local production of printed materials. Additionally is responsible from all purchasing activities of the company. On-line project (Website & on-line ordering) - Implemented in Nov’03  Orders via internet reached 85% of total orders in a country with only ~20% internet penetration.  Credit card payment solution implemented in March 2006 (first market in Oriflame world). Show less

    • Germany
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Operations Manager
      • 1998 - 2003

      German cleaning & household products company known for its “Vileda”, “Wettex” brands. Responsible from Supply Chain Management Direct Reports: Warehouse Manager (3PL), Distribution Supervisor (3PL), Stock Control, Imports & Purchasing Specialist. Developed and implemented the outsourcing project: Converting and distribution operations have been outsourced to a third party logistics company. As a result of this project, the cost of goods sold declined by 6 percent and the project was presented as “best practice” among the FHP Group. Lead and managed “Sponge Production Localization” project, which resulted in €110,000 savings annually in 2003. The project stages were; searching for local producers, price negotiations, preparing technical specifications, sample production, and testing, qualification, approval and signing of the contract. Responsible from the supply chain management:  Planning and management of production and distribution operations  Materials Requirement Planning: Preparation and implementation of procurement plans for raw materials/finished goods; inventory management  Management of imports activities  Managing registration processes and relationships with government authorities (Ministry of Health, Customs Authorities…)  Negotiations with the suppliers of raw materials/finished goods.  Management of relationships with sub-contractors  Managing implementation of quality assurance system  Regular update of the supplier database  Also responsible for management of IT operations  Reduced the average operation cycle from 167 days in 1998 to 52 days by the beginning of 2000 while increasing the customer service level from 40% to 97% within the same period, which contributed to the success of The Company in achieving market leadership position for the first time ever since its establishment Show less

    • Canada
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Logistics Supervisor
      • 1995 - 1998

       Preparation of monthly & annual production and material requirement plans in coordination with the Sales and Production Departments.  Determination of weekly production and import levels based on monthly plans, the on-going sales performance and current inventory levels.  Evaluation of current suppliers with regard to their past performance in terms of timeliness, quality and price; selection of the optimum set of material suppliers.  Preparation and implementation of the annual purchasing agreements with major suppliers. - Bar-Code Project: Adapted a bar-code system for warehousing operations. The system reduced the number of incorrect shipments from 15% to 0% - Warehouse Layout Plan: Designed new layout plan of the warehouse. The new plan resulted in a 20% increase in storage capacity and provided easier access to the required inventory. ISO-9002 Quality Assurance Project: Leader of the Logistics Team of ISO-9002 Project. Show less

    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Submarine Planning Corporal
      • 1994 - 1995

Education

  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
    BS, Industrial Engineering
    1985 - 1993
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
    BS, Industrial Engineering
    1985 - 1993

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