Ozgur Yilmazel, General Manager

Ozgur Yilmazel

General Manager

Eravital

Location
Türkiye - Istanbul
Education
Bachelor's degree, Management
Experience
27 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :27 years, 4 Months

General Manager at Eravital
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • My current job since August 2015

General Management in food manufacturing company. Business plan preparation, establishment of the company, production machines' design and procurement, receiving government incentives, sales and marketing.

Plant Manager / Acting General Manager at Ontex International
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • June 2013 to July 2015

As Acting General Manager;

Full P&L responsibility of the Algerian Plant of Ontex International which is one of the biggest FMCG companies among disposable personal hygiene producers.

* Led the company with 330 employees and 40M € turnover
* Decreased the costs (production, logistics, etc.) significantly
* Increased EBIDTA by 4%
* Created customer satisfaction and complaints system
* Avoided out of stock situation in all SKU's
* Created a better distribution and increased the availability in the market
* Better organized the sub - distribution network

As Plant Manager;

* Managed a team of 220 employees
* Managed Capex budget of 910K €
* Created a personal evaluation system
* Set KPI's for production, maintenance, quality and logistics
* Installed 3 new production lines
* Installed fire prevention and protection systems
* Decreased the scrap rates and increased OEE's

Management and Technical Consultant at Ekinler Elektronik
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • November 2012 to May 2013

Management and Technical Consultancy in Turkey's one of the biggest companies in its field serving to electronic, telecommunication, white goods markets on connector, electronic components, cable assembly and panel base assembly fields. Responsible for production, purchase management, maintenance, logistics

* Relocating Gebze Plant and organizing the installation of Istanbul Plant
* The first ever production of solar panel junction box in Turkey
* Automation of terminal production for Dacia Duster rear windows
* Reconstruction of the workshop to manufacture plastic injection molds

Plant Manager at SEM Plastik San. ve Tic. A.Ş
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2010 to October 2012

Full responsibility for production, maintenance, quality management, R&D, warehouse management in the Europe's biggest disposable food packaging company which is BRC, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000 Certified. Managing 20.000 m². production plant with 40 production lines, with 230 blue and 35 white collar employees.

* SEM Plastik has been nominated as one of 100 top leading companies in East Turkey by an international research.
* SEM Plastik also became one of the fastest growing companies in the area in AllWorldNetwork research made by Harvard University
* Improved productivity by 13% and produced a cost savings of up to $180.000 annually while realizing %5, 6 labor savings by means of application of lean manufacturing practices.
* Reduced downtimes by 6, 2% by total preventive maintenance
* Reduced customer complaints by 26%
* Prepared, planned and currently managing new plant investment with 27.000 m². production area
* Installed and implemented printing technology for dairy packaging.
* Implemented ERP System.

Plant Manager at Vepa Fırça San
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2009 to January 2010

Full responsibility for production, maintenance, quality management, R&D, purchasing and warehouse management.

* Reduced electricity costs by %5
* Increased production by %10 and reduced down times significantly
* Reduced change over down times
* Implemented a new supplier management system to reduce material costs
* Replaced labor intense packaging process while simultaneously enhancing workflow through new technology, that reduced staff requirement

Had to resign due to not being paid for 4 consecutive months.

Design Supervisor /Deputy Plant Manager at United Cable Industries
  • United States
  • January 2006 to December 2009

Responsibility for production, quality management, and R&D.

* Designed special equipment, cables and communication device mounts for military vehicles
* Reduced manufacturing costs by improving designs
* Developed vendors for localizing the spare parts
* Identified design faults in the utilities and corrected the same
* Initiated energy saving programs through internal audits resulting in savings
* Improved the process capability through effective maintenance measures

Product Development and Methods Engineering Executive at Art&Craft Glass Factory
  • Türkiye
  • January 1997 to January 2006

* Worked as mould shop supervisor
* Promoted to mould design supervisor, product development executive, research and development manager
* Reduced the major labor cost in the mould shop applying total quality management system
* Integrated simulation technologies for efficient product design
* Implementing the new mould design system, increased the production efficiency %3
* Carried out the CAD and mould standards integration which helped the cost reduction
* Taken active role in glass production machine design and improvements

Education

Bachelor's degree, Management
  • at Istanbul University
  • June 2022

Recently started. On the 1st grade

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
  • January 2000

ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, TURKEY 1993 - 2000 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Mechanical Engineering ITU Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Mechanical Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Production Management
Team Management
Project Management
System Building
Managing Budget
Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
Cost Management
Failure Analysis
Budget Management
Financial Acumen
Team Building
Change Management
Customer & Quality Focus
Standardization (BRC, ISO 9001, ISO 2200)
Planning
Logistics Management
Facilities Management

Languages

English
Expert
Turkish
Expert
French
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

bugday.org (A non-profit organization for encouraging organic farming)
  • Member
  • March 2013

Training and Certifications

Industrial Electronics with PLC Control (Training)
Training Institute:
Cleveland Institute of Electronics
Introduction to Corporate Finance (Training)
Training Institute:
University of Pennsylvania
Date Attended:
October 2015
Successful Negotiations (Training)
Training Institute:
University of Michigan
Date Attended:
September 2015
Operations Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Prof. Gad Allon
Date Attended:
September 2015
Brand Management (Training)
Training Institute:
University of London
Date Attended:
September 2015
Sales & Marketing Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Jobs University LLC
Date Attended:
September 2015
Innovation & Change Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Prof. David O'Sullivan
Date Attended:
September 2015
Employee Health and Safety (Training)
Training Institute:
Gizmor
Date Attended:
April 1998
Duration:
5 hours
Project Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Proje Yonetim AS
Date Attended:
June 2002
Duration:
16 hours
Total Quality Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Gurcan Duman
Date Attended:
May 1990
Duration:
8 hours
Steel Structures and Materials (Training)
Training Institute:
ODTU Surekli Egitim Merkezi
Date Attended:
May 2002
Duration:
24 hours
Digital application of quality systems (Training)
Training Institute:
E-Kalite Yonetim Danismanligi
Date Attended:
November 2003
Duration:
8 hours
Training of trainers (Training)
Training Institute:
Entelekya
Date Attended:
November 2003
Duration:
16 hours
ISO 9001:2008 Standart (Training)
Training Institute:
Log & Lean Consulting
Date Attended:
May 2015
Duration:
24 hours
Legals aspects of preparing commercial contracts (Training)
Training Institute:
Platform
Date Attended:
March 2004
Duration:
16 hours
EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) (Training)
Training Institute:
CASGEM
Date Attended:
June 2005
Duration:
24 hours
First Aid (Training)
Training Institute:
Dogan İlk Yardim
Date Attended:
March 2006
Duration:
16 hours
Team Building and Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Baltas-Baltas Yonetim Egitim Danismanligi
Date Attended:
January 2001
Duration:
48 hours
Statistical Process Control (Training)
Training Institute:
Teknolojik Hizmetler Ltd.
Date Attended:
February 1999
Duration:
16 hours
ISO 9001 Documentation (Training)
Training Institute:
KALDER
Date Attended:
July 2003
Duration:
24 hours
ISO 9001:2008 Process Approach (Training)
Training Institute:
Log & Lean Consulting
Date Attended:
June 2015
Duration:
24 hours
Environmental Management and Reguations (Training)
Training Institute:
Temis Yonetim Sistemleri
Date Attended:
November 2005
Duration:
8 hours
Dimensional Tolerances and Measurement (Training)
Training Institute:
Middle East Technical University
Date Attended:
January 2002
High Reliability Soldering (Training)
Training Institute:
Howard College
Date Attended:
June 2007

Hobbies

  • Technical Analysis
    I have been making technical financial analysis for currency pairs and commodities. I still have a website which gives financial advice.
  • Playing guitar
    I had played in a band for almost 5 years, worked in a professional theathre