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ARZU SEVINC

Business Unit Manager, Life Sciences
İstanbul

Summary

Business professional with over 20 years of industry experience managing business operations, leading teams, and driving success. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and delivering results. Reliable, adaptable, and skilled in strategic planning and operational efficiency, ensuring goals align with organizational objectives.


High skills in team management, sales, marketing, strategic supplier management, finding new suppliers, customer management, customer relations, business development, budgeting, competitor analysis, product and price comparison, price management, team building and development.


Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Business Unit Manager, Life Sciences

SAFIC ALCAN KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET A.S.
01.2016 - Current

-Leading the Life Sciences Business Unit with full commercial responsibility in cosmetic, home care and nutrition raw materials.
- Managing a diverse portfolio of global suppliers, leading regional and key account development.
- Overseeing the sales, marketing, and formulation team, developing localized solutions and application support.
- Creating annual marketing and innovation plans; managing technical seminars and exhibition participation (CHCI, Customer Days).
- Stock and budget management, Financial controls, Supplier reporting and tracking.
-Team building, training and development monitoring.
-Competitor and product analysis, strategy creation
-Supplier and fair visits, finding new suppliers
-Problem solving, decision making

Consultant & Business Development (Cosmetics & Food Supplements)

ARYA KIMYA
03.2015 - 12.2015
  • - Active Ingredients, Botanical Extracts for Personal Care Industry and Oil Supply for Nutraceutical Industry

Projects

Limon Kozmetik / Istanbul / Turkey

Consultant, Formulation Development, Marketing, Training,

Production Planning, Packaging Design, (2 months)

Long Life Cosmetics / Istanbul / Turkey

Consultant, Formulation Development, (1 month)

Sebat Kimya / İstanbul / Turkey

Consultant, Formulation Development, Marketing, Training,

Production Planning, Packaging Design, (3 month)

Sales Executive- Personal & Home Care

ELKASAN A.S – ORGANIK KIMYA A.S
07.2006 - 01.2015
  • -Laboratory setup, formulation library creation, providing technical support to customers, preparation of prototypes (2 years)
  • -More than 6 years, sales specialist, technical support, pricing, preparation of supplier reports, budgeting, preparation of Customer day and Laboratory organizations
  • Responsibility for more than 100 customers, competitor analysis, product portfolio creation, participation in local and global fairs

Technical and Sales Representative

KALE KIMYA A.S
08.2000 - 06.2006
  • 2005-2006: Customer service, technical support, domestic sales, production, customer price and order management, technical support/customer visits
  • 2001-2003 Quality Control, R&D and Technical Sales
  • 2000-2001 High school chemistry department laboratory internship (1 year - 3 days a week)

Education

Associate Degree - Cosmetic Technology

Kocaeli University
01.2005

Skills

Team Leadership

References

Available upon request.

Certification

Customer Management / Dale Carnegie Training Turkey Customer Management, 2-Day-Training. 09/2013

Timeline

Business Unit Manager, Life Sciences

SAFIC ALCAN KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET A.S.
01.2016 - Current

Consultant & Business Development (Cosmetics & Food Supplements)

ARYA KIMYA
03.2015 - 12.2015

Sales Executive- Personal & Home Care

ELKASAN A.S – ORGANIK KIMYA A.S
07.2006 - 01.2015

Technical and Sales Representative

KALE KIMYA A.S
08.2000 - 06.2006

Associate Degree - Cosmetic Technology

Kocaeli University
ARZU SEVINCBusiness Unit Manager, Life Sciences