EREN GUZEL

-Established new Supply Planning & Inventory Business Unit from ground.
-Country level Supply Planning; ~150 Mn €/year planning.
-Leading country level hardware/software/services Supply Planning, S&OP and S&OE.
-Contribution to global logistics & inventory strategy and roadmap.

-Monitored inventory levels to confirm compliance with company policy.

-Negotiated pricing and delivery terms with suppliers to maintain cost savings and stock levels.
-Ensuring inventory optimization on both strategy and execution level according to company strategies and financial planning.
-Driving Europe Cluster level logistics & inventory optimization and improvement projects.

-Leading Supply Planning stream of Europe Cluster

-Developed accurate forecasting models to predict future inventory needs and inform purchasing decisions.

-Implemented cost-saving measures by identifying areas of waste reduction in warehouse operations.

-Reporting to Head of Supply Chain & Head of Global Logistics

• Worked with VF Group and VF markets to determine strategy and future roadmap development.
• Project manager of SAP IBP (Demand & Supply Planning tool) implementation for first time in Vodafone's history.
• Engaged with Network, Finance, SCM and Suppliers to ensure on time in full while minimizing inventory holding and asses risks.
• Managed over 150m TL inventory and 44 employees (8 white collar 36 blue collar) in 8200 square-meter warehouses (1 central 9 regional)
• Preparation and management responsibility of annual freight budget - OPEX (2021: 1.4m TL, 2022: 2,2m TL)
• Primarily accountable for SOX controls.
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis of logistics operations to identify painpoints and correct inefficiencies.
• Sets daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly inventory targets
• Identify unusual stock activities, excesses and fluctuations.
• Analyzed processes and supply chain operational data to track trends, expectations and performance.
• Organized importation of all Vodafone Turkey's procured items via air, road and ocean.
• Opened 1 and closed 1 regional distribution center.
• Oversaw scheduling for day-to-day activities of transportation as well as warehouse employees and contractors.
• Managed Businesses to retain existing relationships and grow share of business.
• Developed and managed daily operating procedures for warehouse employees.
• Managed all 2nd hand purchasing and selling's; generated 7,2M TRY capex saving +5.9m TL revenue by scrap management.
• Responsible of logistical tenders.
• Knowledge of SAP integration, upgrades and continuously improvement.
• Reporting to Vodafone Turkey's Head of Supply Chain and Cluster Head of Supply Chain.

• Responsible of leading 13 people (warehouse, international transportation, local transportation, customs clearance, order management, procurement)
• Revenue forecasting (average %98 success rate between 2016 - 2019 for each month)
• Business development: managed cross function project group for Authorized Economic Operator certificate & binding tariff. In result customs clearance process SLA decreased from 30+ days (2015) to 5 days (2019). In result, total bonded warehouse cost saved 1M USD per year.
• Worked in matrix organization as interface between sales, technical, operational, logistics, account management, finance, region, HQ teams as well as customer.
• Developed and organized new outbound rules for roll-out projects. Totally saved 100K USD year transportation cost.
• Created and organized international shipping rules and increased container occupancy rate from %22 to %75.
• Designed, implemented, monitored high level and low level supply solutions of total 650M+ $ sales projects (new site, maintenance, greenfield, core deployment, fixed deployment for 3G and 4G).
• ITO decreased from 30+ days (2015) to 7 days (2019).
• Negotiated with all stakeholders and turned inactive stock into 10M+ $ revenue.
• Lead software development team to increase supply chain division's efficiency by defining needs and publishing new platform related to order management, international transportation, customs clearance, port to warehouse transportation and inbound operation. (Software name ECC)
• Successfully planned production and delivery of 370M$ sales project without any major penalty.
• Worked as team member of change management team and modified supply chain organization structure.
• Reviewed more than 100 sales contracts and more than 10 frame contracts.
• Defined, quantitated, accepted/mitigated/reflected or rejected supply chain risks.
• Selected as core member of supply chain division and awarded as platinum delivery project team.
• Achieved highest customer satisfaction rate among all customers (2017 & 2018 - according to result of yearly customer satisfaction survey)
• Successfully published case studies (score: 90, 95 over 100) across Huawei global.
• Direct reporting to Country Supply Chain Director.

• Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
• Built supplier relationships to mitigate risk and establish effective purchasing arrangements with indirect and logistics customers.
• Managing import and,export and customs operations with customs broker and 3rd party logistics companies.
• Managing international and domestic transportation.
• Planning daily, weekly and monthly inbound & outbound operations. Monitoring production to ensure accurate weekly/monthly financial tax budget.
• Negotiating contracts to reduce costs and achieve maximum efficiency related to international logistics and customs clearance.
• Providing accurate routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
• Drove key performance indicators and continuous improvements throughout logistics and supplier operations.
• Established inventory targets, stock level and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
• Accurately calculating supply chain costs in relation to proposed new projects. Controlling customs declarations and approving for tax payments such as duties, VAT, KKDF, OTV, etc.
• Responsible of to coordinate with IT software development team to upgrade system according to operational needs.
• Worked under intensive KPI responsibilities.

• Performed daily domestic distributions planning and follow ups.
• Managing foreign trade operations.
• Responsible of weekly job distribution for 13 blue collars.
• Responsible of daily cash flow and reporting.
• Holding regular supplier / vendor meetings.
• Measuring and evaluating service levels offered to customers.
• Carrying out annual staff performance appraisals.
• Implementing & supporting new products & services.
• Supporting Managing Director for staff employment and termination decisions.

• Developing new sales channels to existing customers Finding European and U.S.A originated potential customers and establish very first contact.
• Market research, data analysis and understanding customer insights.
• From opportunities to develop strategies, value propositioning, product positioning and marketing programs to drive acquisition and revenue growth.
• Responsible for implementing 360 degree marketing activities including ATL & BTL communication plans.
• Develop special customer services in order to increase customer loyalty.
• Leading multi-functional teams of market research, customer analytics, marketing communication, pricing and lifecycle management, customer experience management, sales and regulatory teams for excellent execution of strategies.
• Continuously tracking, monitoring and reporting overall budget and KPIs (Customer base, revenue, churn, profitability etc) and proposing necessary actions

• Organizing and following up import/export operations and documentations from beginning to end; 60 files handled per week.
• Coordinate with local and foreign agents for scheduling timely cargo delivery and shipments.
• Preparing all necessary documentation and online forms for efficient, cost-effective, lawful execution of all import/export activities.
• Tracking and filing supplier/ buyer accounts, contracts and agreements.
• Establish import/export reports regarding about responsible fields to assist sales and operating functions.
• Managing communication with related agencies like DTM, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Customs, DTS, Exchange, Associations etc.
• Ensure accurate and effective use of company resources in all operations management processes.
• Working under KPI's of delivery on time and required quantity.