Vice President Warehouse and Transportation Middle East
Freight Systems Logistics
Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months
• Responsible for all on site aspects of the logistics, supply chain, and customer delivery operations.
• In charge of making sure that each stage of the distribution process is progressing on time, on budget and to the right quality standards.
• Developed TMS for the ground operations.
• Improved in house WMS software to meet operational expectation.
• Full P&L responsibility
• Managed all contract logistics activities like warehousing, value added services and ground transportation operations in the region for
o Retail (Henkel, P&G, Unilever)
o Technology (Huawei)
o Industrial (Eaton)
o Auto (Wabco)
o Healthcare (GE)
• Head of Sales, IT, Procurement, Operations, Operational Excellence, Administration and Solution Design Departments
• Improve the P&L by 3M USD in one year and turning around the all aspects of the operation by processes reengineering and develop better commercials with customers
• Implemented global WMS and TMS software in the region in order better to align with global policies
• Total revenue generated by the operations is 30M USD
• Managed transportation operations in the region by performing 15000 trips per annum
• Improved operational KPI’s which are aligned with customers’ expectations
• Starting first warehouse and transportation operations in KSA and Morocco
• Developing quality management systems by renewing existing ISO certificates and adding new ones like OHSAS and TAPA
• In a matrix organization with Global product leads and generating necessary reports for best practices in the world to be applied in all Ceva Logistics Operations
• Preparing CAPEX documents and joining board meetings for approvals for related operations.
• Full P&L responsibility.
• Responsible from all the CEVA Warehouse Home Delivery and Retail Operations in Turkey.
• Achieved best Michelin warehouse score in Europe. Same warehouse successed the title of ‘Show Case’ warehouse in CEVA world globally which was the 9th in the world back in that time.
• Managed 1.500 employees in 350K sqm warehouse and 700 dedicated truck fleet.
• Supported regional (Balkans Middle East and Africa) tenders and operations for C&R sector for business development and process improvements.
• 100 + International customers were managed together with global teams
• Full P&L responsibility.
• Implementation of National FMCG Chain Stores operations in 6 different cities in Turkey.
• Developed integration with customer specific ERP and Ceva WMS for a high number of transactions operation.
• Achieved customer KPIs.
• 300 cooled and dedicated trucks served daily to the stores.
• Managed temperature-controlled warehouses and fleets
• Optimized warehouse locations by using CAST software.
• Managed 600 employees.
• Supported regional (Balkans Middle East and Africa) tenders and operations for C&R sector for business development and process improvements.
• Full P&L responsibility
• Managed operations of 45 CL customers both
international and national
• Customers from various sectors such as;
o Automotive (Michelin, Ford)
o FMCG (Danone)
o Technology (Ericsson, Mitsubishi)
o Healthcare (Sandoz)
• Total 15 warehouse sites consist of 45 dedicated /
multiuser warehouses
• Managed 750 employees.
• Applied Lean methodology for operational excellence
• Implemented ISO 9001 standards to the operations.
• Participated in sales activities
• Gave consultancy to an AS/RS (Warehouse automation) project of LC Waikiki an international Fashion Retailer
• Implemented safety, security, housekeeping, and sanitation
programs
• Responsible for accurate inventory and productivity
levels
• Manage documentation and flow of imported goods
through bonded warehouses
• Managed 16 warehouses with 550 employees.
• Total stocking capacity 120.000 pallets.
• Achieved savings by making improvements in the operations by 1.5M USD per year.
• 2.5M tons of annual operations Kurtköy fully automated warehouse
• Kurtköy Logistics Center (5 warehouses inside), margarine, liquid oil, corn flakes production facilities and related warehouse operations
• Gebze Ulker biscuits production facilities and related warehouse operations
• Gebze Komili hygienic peds and baby diapers production facilities and related warehouse operations
• Gebze Bizim Toptan Tüketim retail warehouse operations
• Pelitli chain market warehouse and distribution operations
• Akyazi beverage production facilities and related warehouse operations (Cola Turka)
• Lactalis milk production facilities and related warehouse operations
• Topkapi Logistics Center (6 warehouses inside), chocolate and biscuits production facilities and related warehouse operations.
• Hadimköy export goods warehouse
• Freshkek cake production facilities and related warehouse operations
• Making contracts with customers (sales) and suppliers (maintenance, purchasing like racks, forklifts, RF terminals, hydraulic ramps, automatic doors, weighbridge, etc.)
• Developed Ulker ERP (In house AS 400 based) Logistics module.
• Lead Warehouse automation projects in two locations simultaneously which are 30K pallet positions each.
• Developed all the flows and database designs of the project and managed with Schaefer Noell IT team by analyzing all the requirements together with the sales and operation teams.
• Key person in the project that linked Ulker group and Schaefer Noell group.
• Successfully complete the project and those warehouses are still flexible enough to answer todays requirements.
• After the merger of Netlog and Ulker group I leaded integration of two company’s logistics modules
• Responsible for all logistics ERP projects.
• Implementation of ExenWMS (WMS
software) to Ülker warehouses.
• Worked with IT department and creating system based
solutions and implementing them.
• Continued to implement warehouse projects. Ankara
biscuits and chocolate warehouse, Izmir Örgen Dry food
warehouse, Bursa Natura ice-cream warehouse,
Adapazari Della beverage warehouse (Colaturka),
Bayrampasa mix warehouse for chain markets.
• From the project phase of the warehouse to the system
stability time, responsible for the warehouse,
• This has 27000 pallet locations, with high bays and stacker
cranes.
• Also responsible for the communication between
Ülker and Schaefer Noell, a German company which had
made the warehouse.
• From beginning 1 truck per day up to 80 trucks per day.
• Working with 1000 SKUs.
• Made improvements in the system and the workflows
• Developed the tailormade Warehouse Management Software (WMS) with an external supplier and start to implement it to the Ülker warehouses which have narrow aisles and turret trucks (ExenWMS).
• Making improvements in the system and the workflows.
• Improving the tracking ability of the goods. Ability to
follow the goods up to the customer.
• Implementing WMS projects at Kurtköy margarine Topkapi and Hadimköy biscuits and chocolate
warehouses.
Marmara University one of the best Engineering faculty in Turkey. Route optimization for an FMCG company was my graduation project.