BAHADIR SUNGU

Following an offer from my prior company, I thanked the global firm for the experience it provided and returned to my previous company, where I considered I could take on higher duties, and I continue to be employed.

• Championed sustainability initiatives within the organization, reducing environmental impact through waste reduction and energy-efficient practices.
• Enhanced production efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing lean manufacturing techniques.
• Championed safety initiatives within the workplace, leading to a significant decrease in accidents and injuries among staff members.
• Reduced waste and material costs by optimizing resource allocation and inventory management.
• Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow, and output.
• Implemented quality control system to review products against technical specifications and corporate standards.
• Planned operations to meet established schedules, factoring in order demands and business forecasts.
• Increased overall productivity by identifying bottlenecks in the production process and proposing effective solutions.
• To increase the corporate awareness and increase annual volume by continuing marketing activities.
• To follow and analyze the sales figures and market share developments of our competitors and products
• To create annual product budgets for each product, making periodic revisions, and managing them in a programmed and efficient manner.

Number of staff under charge: 125 production employees + 5 supervisors + 15 team leaders + 2 production engineers + 1 maintenance engineer.

Responsible Facilities:

CRM Lines, ( 2x 4HI + 2 6HI CRMs) : Production capacity 350.000 tons/year per CRM, 0.25 - 2.00 mm, 800 – 1550 mm

Grinding Workshops, Roll Grinding Machines & Electro-Discharge Texturing Units

Annealing Plant -BAF, (Ebner 10xBases): Production Capacity 200.000 tons / year

Temper Line: Production capacity 400.000 tons / year, 0.20-2.00 mm, 800 – 1550 mm

Hydrogen Generation Plant: HydroChem,Steam Methane Reforming, Production capacity 150Nm3/h

Electrolytic Degreasing Line: Production Capacity 200.000 tons / year,0.30 – 2.00 mm

Tezcan A.Ş., which has a steel service production center along with cold sheet, galvanized sheet, and painted sheet production processes, primarily produces hot rolled sheet suitable for cold forming and deep drawing processes, galvanized steel suitable for cold forming and in line with the demands of the construction, white goods and automotive sectors. produces painted galvanized steels, non-alloyed structural steels, cold rolled sheet suitable for cold forming and GALVALUME®.

After around two years at my previous position, I received a job offer from a worldwide company that allowed me to explore different factories across the world and work in the same team with people from diverse cultures. I disliked changing jobs frequently, but I decided to take advantage of this opportunity and started my new job.

• Increased client base by identifying new business opportunities and cultivating strong relationships with key decisionmakers.
• Established valuable partnerships with complementary businesses, creating mutually beneficial synergies that accelerated growth for both parties.
• Championed corporate social responsibility initiatives that positively impacted community relations while bolstering the company''s reputation as a responsible corporate citizen.
• Enhanced the company''s profitability by identifying and eliminating inefficiencies in existing business processes.

Managed : Supply Chain, Stocks, Storage and Handling Processes in Bondend Warehouses, Accounting & Finance Department, Sales & Technical Service Team . Organization of Business Development in Turkey, Worldwide Technical Consultancy Tasks, Graphite Electrode and Ferro alloy suppliers Relations.

Locations of Customers Visited for Consultancy and Technical Service: USA, UAE, Germany, France, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia.

ALTech Group is a Swiss Group specialising in Graphite, Metals, Petrochemicals & Chemicals for Oilfield.

Additional : MEA CMO — Turkey

After more than a decade of experience in the steel mill, I was able to work in cold rolling mills, heat treatment annealing units, and temper lines, which were among the following production processes in my career (from upstream to downstream). In this way, having understood the previous production processes and raw material qualities, I demanded to not only benefit the company for which I work, but also to enhance my own perspective on the industry.

• Increased product performance through rigorous testing procedures and meticulous attention to detail in design phases.
• Evaluated vendor proposals to select the most suitable partners based on cost-effectiveness, capabilities, delivery schedules, and overall value proposition.
• Partnered with research departments to stay updated on emerging technologies within the field, adopting cutting-edge advancements as needed to maintain a competitive advantage.
• Enhanced system reliability by conducting thorough root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions to prevent future issues.

• Established effective communication channels among team members, fostering collaboration and information sharing.
• Managed budgets for engineering projects, making strategic decisions to optimize resources while maintaining quality standards.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new technologies and processes into existing systems.
• Reduced equipment downtime through proactive preventive maintenance and timely repairs, ensuring smooth operations.
• Define Performance Management strategy
• Define and realize performance management strategy, roadmap and improvement projects
• Professionalize our service execution on tactical and strategic layer by introducing Asset Management and continuous improvement methodologies and culture
• Close collaboration with the Service Concepting & Improvement team to introduce new (innovative/ digital/ cybersecurity) services within the region based on standards and best practices. Actively contribute to improving and defining new standards
• Conduct thorough analysis of current operational processes within all operation areas to identify inefficiencies and make necessary improvements.
• Develop and implement standardized procedures across all operations, ensuring consistency and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Making time studies with MTM and/or time measurement both in the plant and in the suppliers; preparing operation plans and process flowcharts, making line balancing and applying these plans in the production lines,
• Making the simulations of automation projects and work processes including workflows and/or decision mechanisms, designing these processes and workflows accordingly.
• Lean Manufacturing Projects

I participated in the setting up of the company's new investments. I contributed in the EAF installation project, which had a liquid steel tapping capacity of 320 tons. Then I kept going to work on its operations.

Engineering, Manufacturing / Production, Operations.
6 Sigma, 5S / Kaizen, Lean and TPM activities
Process Optimization
Project Management
HMI-PLC Automation programming.

Detection of faults and downtimes and projects of automation solutions at the source.

Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.

Identified operational inefficiencies and implemented corrective measures, leading to an overall increase in effectiveness.

During my summer vacation, I worked on the set up of a thermal power plant to obtain work experience and enhance my skills.

In the field of instrumentation, I served as the primary accountable and technician for a team of ten individuals in the follow-up phases of working methods, installation, and maintenance procedures for pneumatic-electrical systems. During the installation phase of a thermal power plant, their understanding of the relevant systems was thoroughly examined and discussed with Managers, Project Managers, and other professionals from other nations. Together, we got work experience and improved our technical English.