Polat Yıldırım, IT Manager

Polat Yıldırım

IT Manager

Levi Strauss

Location
Türkiye - Istanbul
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
18 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months

IT Manager at Levi Strauss
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • February 2020 to December 2023

Local IT Manager FEB 2020 - DEC 2023.

Levi Strauss Ist. Konf. San. ve Tic. AS. - Turkey, istanbul.
● Managing all the IT operations for Levi’s corporate office in istanbul.
● Managing and monitoring all IT related devices, servers, networks and equipment.
● Managing all the required IT managed applications e.g. ServiceNow, Active Directory, SCCM,
MS Endpoint, and other managing apps for cctv cams, UPSs and access doors and network
printers.
● Perform the necessary IT related procurements from the local market within the approved
budget.
● Perform the IT support operations for the business corporate office.

Service Delivery Manager at Alkifah Holding Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • April 2009 to April 2019

Service Delivery Manager APR 2009 - APR 2019
Alkifah Holding Company - Khobar, Saudi Arabia
● Direct managing all the IT teams (26 members / subordinates).
● Serving around 31 sister companies with different activities. (e.g Contracting, construction,
production, education, auto trading, Home appliances trading, printing press, finance,
realestate.. etc)
● Managing and monitoring all the operations (Application & infrastructure) over all the sister
companies.
● Prepare all the necessary reports and demonstrations for the top management
● Lead & Manage all IT projects.
● Lead all the related IT improvement processes.
● Design, sign & monitor SLAs/OLAs via the ITSM.
● Design and lead the team for building in-home ITSM system which include mainly
incident/request management, Project management, Problem management, Change
management & asset management in addition to Active directory scanner to get all the
resource information automatically.
● Prepare the resources annual capacity & improvement plan.
● Conduct the feasibility study and provide recommendations for top management for the
strategic projects.
● Prepare the business IT strategic plan.
● Prepare the business IT annual budget.
Some of the main and strategic leads projects..
● ORACLE ERP Implementation (Over Group)... 2009
● SAP ERP Implementation (Over Group)... 2015
● Project costing control (Contracting Div.)... 2012
● KASTLE loan management for Tamweel (Finance Div.)... 2016
● IT Transformation Apps & Infra (Over Group)... 2017

IT Team Leader at IFRAD
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2007 to March 2009

Team Leader JAN 2007 - MAR 2009
IFRAD - Amman, Jordan.
It was a research and development company in jordan. We lead a couple of projects there for 1+ year.
Main projects in this organization were..
● Developing an Adhoc network design using NS2 for one part of University of Jordan.
● Participate (Software part) with the engineering department on developing a new Taxi counter
to resolve the issue of changing prices frequently.

IT Developer at Arabic Computer Center
  • Syria - Damascus
  • December 2004 to January 2007

Developer DEC 2004 - JAN 2007
Arabic Computer Center - Damascus, Syria.

I have worked in this organization as a developer for 2+ years, and mainly for GL, AP, and AR parts, in
addition to participating with colleagues for other parts like HR, Installment, Legal affairs, and
Inventory.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Zarqa Private University
  • June 2004

Bachelor of Computer Science Zarka Private University / 2000 - 2004 Zarka, Jordan.

Specialties & Skills

IT Service Management
Project Management
IT Management
Emotional Intelligence
Teamwork
Creativity
Technical Expertise
Flexibility
Cloud Technologies
Technical leadership
Negotiation
Problem Management
Communication
Customer Satisfaction
Responsibility
Client Satisfaction
Presentation skills
Project Management
Program management
Stakeholder engagement

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Turkish
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Using the Phish Alert Button: Report Suspicious Emails (Training)
Training Institute:
Levi Strauss & Co.
Date Attended:
March 2022
Duration:
1 hour
Security Awareness Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Levi Strauss & Co.
Date Attended:
March 2022
Duration:
1 hour
Global Learning & Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Levi Strauss & Co.
Date Attended:
February 2022
Duration:
1 hour
ORACLE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2004
SAP FInance & COntrolling FICO (Training)
Training Institute:
ALBILAD KSA
Date Attended:
March 2015
Communication Skills (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017
Project Management Professional PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018
Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014

Hobbies

  • Walking
  • Video Gaming
  • Stand-up Comedy
  • Cooking
  • Table Tennis
  • Traveling
  • Camping
  • Chess
  • Conduct & Attend Social Parties
  • Swimming