Experience

ANT-TNA

• United Arab Emirates
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Business Development in Satellite Communications, Broadcasting, Maritime Communications globally. Business Development in Satellite Communications, Broadcasting, Maritime Communications globally.



BT

• Belgium
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Procurement Manager -Region MENA&Eeastern Mediternean

  • Jul 2012 - May 2018

  Design and management of whole procurement strategies & activities of the Company for whole Middle-East, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean region. • Leaded the adaptation of global procurement processes and tools of the company to the regional business environment.• Strengthening the supplier base in terms of functional capabilities in more than 20 countries in terms of product & service delivery capabilities.• Consolidation of the suppliers in the region which resulted %50 decrease in terms of numbers of the suppliers• Achievement of significant savings in various countries by various ways (average costs decreased by %20)• Set up of new key partnerships for supporting new business development activities which resulted with key wins against the competitors



Huawei

• Australia
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2011 - Mar 2012

  Management of Turkcell Superonline Trabzon-Rize Fiber optic transmission line implementation project as Project Manager• Project plan preparation and its execution.• Design of outsourcing strategies, management of subcontractor selection and subcontractor management (more than 100 staff)• Establishment and management of the project team of 10 people (3 Engineers, 1 Right of Way Expert, 1 QEHS Expert, 5 technicians) • Communication management with all related stakeholders with a customer oriented mentality • Regular audits on the field in order to maintain, monitor and improve the performance of the operations within progressive elaboration mentality• Management of QEHS assurance and control processesDesign and implementation of subcontractor performance management system and the management of subcontract performance management process for whole Turkey region based projects.

• Manager of Purchasing Department

  • Apr 2008 - Feb 2011

  Designing and managing the procurement strategy of all service and materials for all Mobile/Fixed Line Telecommunication projects of the company in Turkey. This position requires strong understanding of telecommunication technologies/services and strong commercial management skills.Accomplishments:• Establishment and organization of procurement department of Huawei Turkey office.• Establishment of the competitive procurement base with competitive costs for regional operations of the company • Setting and developing the cost baseline of the all related services and materials procured from the local market by using various analytical and commercial methods.( average costs decreased by 30% in 1 year of time)• Integration and harmonization of service sales groups cost targets with competitive market prices• Adaptation and implementation of Huawei Global supplier management system to local operations



ULUSAL ELEKTRONIK TEKNOLOJILERI SAN. VE. TIC. A.S.

• Türkiye
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Purchasing & RD & Business Development

  • Aug 2006 - Jan 2008

  Establishment of new business lines in a start up company. Accomplishments:• Creating a respectable sub-satellite components brand name (LINX) with a strong distribution channel including traditional regional wholesalers and biggest pay tv operator of Turkey Digiturk. For reference, please check www.linx-sat.com.• Management of the co-development project of mobile-satellite antenna systems which has been accomplished with the Korean and Taiwanese Engineering Companies. For more details please check the website: http://www.ulusalelektronik.com/tr/msas.asp• Contribution to the technical evaluation and benchmarking process of the homecare, personal care and baby care equipments of German brand name Weewell. For details, please check the website: http://www.weewell.com/ENG/main.html



Beko Elektronik

• Semiconductor Purchasing Team Lead

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

  Designing and managing the purchasing strategy of all semiconductor, RF content of 6 million TV sets,2 million STB/DVD Recorders.(roughly 150 millions USD portfolio). This position needs strong understanding of technology and strong commercial skills. Accomplishments:• Acquisition of the technically and commercially optimum solutions from technology vendors based in Europe and far-east for supporting STB product line of the company by co-working with R&D and product management departments.• Development of vendor base to strengthen the purchasing power of the company and to secure the continuity of highly time-stressed mass production.• Following the international semiconductor market, foreseeing the shortages in international semiconductor market and development of alternative purchasing strategies.



Vestel

• Türkiye
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Nov 2002 - Aug 2004

  Project engineering on DVD-DVD recorder projects(Embedded software development with C for home appliances.)Project Involvement • Involvement in the VESTEL-MEDIATEK combined DVD project-Project is held with Taiwanese and Turkish cooperation• Involvement in the VESTEL-ESS-TEXAS INSTRUMENTS combined DVD-Recorder project. The turn-key design is done in ESS Technologies Inc. which is located in Silicon Valley California/USA for 1 month. Project engineering on DVD-DVD recorder projects(Embedded software development with C for home appliances.)Project Involvement • Involvement in the VESTEL-MEDIATEK combined DVD project-Project is held with Taiwanese and Turkish cooperation• Involvement in the VESTEL-ESS-TEXAS INSTRUMENTS combined DVD-Recorder project. The turn-key design is done in ESS Technologies Inc. which is located in Silicon Valley California/USA for 1 month.



Aselsan

• Türkiye
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Development Engineer

  • Sep 1998 - Mar 2002

  Engineering applications in military purposed systems. (Embedded software development on real time operating systems by using C, ADA)Responsibilities• Involvement in the modernization project of attack helicopters. • Development and documentation of Software Standardization Specifications. • Implementation of a communication interface for the thermal camera. Engineering applications in military purposed systems. (Embedded software development on real time operating systems by using C, ADA)Responsibilities• Involvement in the modernization project of attack helicopters. • Development and documentation of Software Standardization Specifications. • Implementation of a communication interface for the thermal camera.