2008 - 2011•Project management within the company which ranked the number 1 exporter in steel pipe sector with its 300 million USD export turnover and the 25th biggest exporter of Turkey in 2009 in all fields•tFollow up the water, gas, oil and piling pipes requiring projects in Africa, mainly those in Algeria which is the company's biggest export market•tConducting market research and sales activities to potential customers in Germany, U.K., France, Italy and some Middle-East countries•tResearch of the international tenders and projects, contact with the customers, preparing offers after the consideration with production and finance departments•tReview and editing of the contracts of the tenders and orders received•tProduction follow up and coordination of the shipment•tVisiting the customers abroad, attendance to trade fairs
Freshtex International Apparel Textile Service
- Area Sales Manager
2007 - 2007•tHandling and expansion of existing customers, acquisition and development of new customers for Freshtex International Textile-Service GmbH, the German company which operated in 16 countries and works with customers such as Levi Strauss, VF Group (Lee, Wrangler, etc), Tommy Hilfiger, Burberry etc.•tReporting directly to Sales Director in Freshtex International’s HQ in Heilbronn, Germany•tSales monitoring and planning, achievement of sales planning / budget / goals•tFollow up production orders, control of quality assurance in co-operation with production and merchandising team•tMarket research and co-operation with R&D department to create customized product developments focused on key customers
Red Fish International Sourcing, Budapest
- Founder & Owner
2005 - 2007•tSetup own business to work as both textile and apparel agent and trader•tSell woven textile and finished garment products to customers in Europe and America•tFollow up all order processes i.e. production, transport, export operations and payment collection•tUndertake market research, find new customers, products and reliable manufacturers•tFollow the trends to determine the new product developments to be realized in the cooperating manufacturers
Kipa? Denim
- Area Sales Manager - USA
2003 - 2005•tStarted up the company’s denim fabric export sales activities from scratch both in the USA and Europe since the company only started its denim production in 2003 and did not have any export customers at the time•tGenerated approximately USD 1.7 million sales for Kipaş Denim in USA and Canada•tCo-operated with the product development department in order to form and update the denim fabric collection in accordance with the trends in different markets
Çal?k Holding, GAP Güneydo?u Tekstil San. ve Tic. A.?.
- Export Sales Representative
2000 - 2003•tResponsible for Levi Strauss Europe Middle-East and Africa, Spain and Portugal denim markets (from 2000 to 2003), VF Europe (Lee, Wrangler, H.I.S, Old Axe, Maverick, etc.), Netherlands, Belgium, France and Greece (from 2000 to 2002)•tSales rose by 184% from USD 4.4 million to USD 12.5 million between 2000 and 2001 and by 55% to USD 19.3 million between 2001 and 2002 in the related sales area•tSales in the area corresponded to 40% of the company’s overall export sales in 2001 and 53% in 2002 •tReported directly to the Vice President – Sales and Marketing•tDeveloped new business processes to improve customer satisfaction
Formations
Marmara University, Political And Administrative Sciences (In French)
