Experience

Zeppelin Systems USA

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Ravago

• Plastics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Projects

  • Mar 2017 - Sep 2019

  About Ravago: 325+ locations across 55+ countries, 6.6M tons of ann. polymer sales,45+ manufacturing facilities 8,000 employees- Managed $48 mil. budgeted multicultural investment project called “relocation and automatization of the polymer compounding plant” – 16 team members - total capacity 120.000 tpa - 14 production lines- Incl. budgeting, planning the project steps, lean design of the plant, hiring, progress tracking, top management updates, coordination, purchasing, technological construction, and starting up- Led $1,2 mil. budgeted multicultural software project called “designing and implementation of Manufacturing Execution System Software” - 11 team members- Reported to COO Show less

• Project & Acting Plant Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Mar 2017

  - Headed operations of the entire polymer compounding plant - $21 mil. annual budget, 143 team members – capacity 95.000 tpa - 12 production lines- Had additional smart plant investment project responsibilities within 18 months after building culture, team, and training system- Reported to COO

• Project & Production Manager

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  - Managed production department of the polymer compounding plant incl. process optimization, product quality, and operation - 93 team members – capacity 95.000 tpa - 12 production lines- Achieved outstanding performance in productivity within 12 months. 30% decrease in downtime, 50% decrease in raw material yield loss thanks to designed and implemented data-focused management system- Reported to Plant General Manager



SASA

• Türkiye
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Project & Customer Program Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

  About SASA: Formerly DuPont, 5 locations in Turkey, 1.1 M tons of ann. polymer sales, 17 manufacturing facilities, 2,000 employees- Designed, installed, and started up new engineering projects including investments (Budget $42 mil. for 5 projects, 4 teams, and 61 team members – Technologies: Hitachi, DuPont, Coperion, Huitong, SaSA)- Directed Lean 6 sigma projects (Annual earnings $0.45 mil. and budgets $0.3 mil. for 2 projects, 2 teams, and 18 team members)- Led entire processes and businesses between SASA and two big customers called Mitsubishi Film Inc. and Superfilm Inc.– $29 mil. sales volume- Incl. requirement analysis, budgeting & pricing, defining project scope, project management, R&D trials, scale up, top management updates, commercialization, customer support and process improvement- Coordinated projects for customer complaints (Budget $1.1 mil. for 3 projects, 3 teams, and 12 team members) Show less

• Project & Production Assistant Manager

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2011

  - Managed 2 of the 4 continuous PET polymerization plants in the department incl. process optimization, product quality and operation - $13 mil. annual budget, 33 team members - capacity 120.000 tpa- Produced the world's first Sb-free film grade PET in a continuous process by optimizing the process conditions and creating SOC & SOP. Achieved %70 less conversion cost and $11 mil. new annual sales volume- Involved Lean 6 sigma projects (Annual earnings $0.72 mil. and budgets $0.5 mil. for 2 projects, 2 teams, and 18 team members)- Led “management of change” projects (Budget $0.6 mil. for 3 projects, 3 teams, and 9 team members) Show less

• Production Engineer

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2010

  - Managed daily production operations of 2 of the 4 continuous PET polymerization plants in the department - capacity 120.000 tpa- Increased the process capability index(Cpk) of conductivity parameter from 1.0 to 1.4 and made improvements in the statistical process control system

• Shift Engineer

  • Feb 2008 - Sep 2008

  - Managed operations in my shift of 4 continuous PET polymerization plants - capacity 130.000 tpa- Achieved “Exceptional-The highest rank” in my mid-term performance review by %100 of my evaluators including my internal clients, my managers, and my own team within 7 months