Merve Zorkirişçi
Senior Wedding&Event Planner at KM Events- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Corporate Communication and Brand Management
Galatasaray ÜniversitesiAug, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Event Management
Boğaziçi ÜniversitesiMay, 2012- Nov, 2024
Experience
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KM Events
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Wedding&Event Planner
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Feb 2013 - Present
- First touch with the clients to capture business opportunities and explore clients’ expectations. - Concept creation fed by inspiration through clients’ desire.- Planning and visualizing the event via various tools.- Develop a detailed and accurate budget and perform all necessary negotiations to tie with the budgeted details and provide necessary recommendations to match with the clients’ vision.- Event consulting services including but not limited to logistics, venue inspection and selection, concept creation and event design, hospitality, and accommodation.- Responsible to develop and manage the schedule of the events and apply in the field.- Develop and maintain a sustainable good relationship with luxury venues, and be the first contact with effective and clear communication.- Work very closely with internal and external parties including local vendors and international suppliers to ensure a smooth event process.- Cost and budget management by successful negotiations with the suppliers to achieve the targeted annual performance metrics.- Responsible for the payments to the service providers and assist the finance and accounting person in charge.- Supporting the management of new suppliers and process of the relations with existing suppliers.- Strengthening company’s corporate reputation externally by high performance recognition among clients. - Creating social media contents, updating company corporate website and supporting company’s brand management.- Develop sales and marketing strategies through customer centric approach. Increasing event sales by finding new customers through network.- Performing international benchmarks and following up market trends in style food, beverage, design, travel, technology, fashion etc. in order to serve successfully.- Internal reporting regarding the event details, and analyze budgeted versus actual performance. Show less
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Event Specialist
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Feb 2012 - Feb 2013
- Assisting client relations with daily activities, meetings and reports.- Preparing presentations, and proposals for clients.- Following up all processes and operations of events.- Reporting of the events to the event planner.- Preparing a detailed budget for the events.
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RMR AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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United Kingdom
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Foreign Trade Specialist
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Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
- Process management of import-export and transit trade - Managing all import-export and transit documentation of the organization - Overseeing the entire import process from the planning stage until the delivery of the goods in the warehouse and transit process - Communicating with international suppliers & customers , as well as custom companies - Maintaining communications with third-party logistics providers such as customs clearance agents, freight forwarders. - Process management of import-export and transit trade - Managing all import-export and transit documentation of the organization - Overseeing the entire import process from the planning stage until the delivery of the goods in the warehouse and transit process - Communicating with international suppliers & customers , as well as custom companies - Maintaining communications with third-party logistics providers such as customs clearance agents, freight forwarders.
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Education
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2005 - 2010
Çağ Üniversitesi
Lisans Derecesi, International Relations
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