Pilates
GONCAGUL KARATAS
Buying & Merchandise Manager
Eskisehir
Summary
Advanced knowledge on team working, product management, order strategy, price costing & negotiation, supplier management and team management with 12 years experience
OKR knowledge
Approaching cases by root cause analysis and agile mindset
Problem solving by A3 methods
5S methodology
Self-motivated personality
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Export Merchandise Manager
Sarar
Eskisehir
08.2022 - Current
- Report to Production Director
- Being responsible for Company of Sarar's whole export shipments.
- Costing of orders and negotiation with customers.
- Searching for new customers
- Reporting shipment performance and being accountable to consumer
- Merchandise team management
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
Buying Manager & Buyer
LC Waikiki
Istanbul
12.2018 - 07.2022
- Responsible for buying and purchasing process
- Making capacity plan of all suppliers and take order placement decision according that capacity plan
- Following up KPI performance with team
- Arranging team's development plan
- Making problem solving projects for problems that can effect KPIs
- Making strategy planning for further season
- Making competitor analysis in order to compare LC Waikiki with benchmarks
- Making observations to attend customer meetings, report customers’ expectations/complaints and apply lessons
- Analyzing weekly/monthly sales reports
- Searching for new suppliers
- Costing and negotiating collection with all suppliers
- Following up production with assistant buyer
- Arranging assistant buyer's development plan
- Making problem solving projects for problems that can effect KPIs
- Making strategy planning for further season
- Making frequent store visits in order to compare LC Waikiki with benchmarks
- Making observations to attend customer meetings, report customers’ expectations/complaints and apply lessons learnt to collections
- Managed vendor purchase order dispatch, delivery, and invoicing to set contractual guidelines and maintain budgetary regulations.
Senior Merchandiser
Carrefour Global Sourcing
Istanbul
03.2018 - 12.2018
- Report to Division Manager
- Showcased completed displays and presentations to management prior to making merchandise changes.
- Developed and maintained effective communication strategies to deliver necessary details to project teams.
- Searching for new styles which is suitable to customer profile and share them with buying teams in France
- Making researches in order to understand target customer expectations
- Taking actions in order to reach target budget during season
- Following up costing process and make final negotiations
- Following product development procedures, being bridge between Buyer's expectations and production reality
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with suppliers
- Observing local and international trends, keeping product and competitor knowledge up-to-date
- Leading and managing production and supply chain team
- Visiting main office in France in order to get Buyer's expectations for incoming season
- Searching for new suppliers that can be suitable for being partner
Buying Supervisor
Mavi Giyim A.S
Istanbul
07.2011 - 03.2018
- Report to Director of Category, Sales
- Creating collection according to range plan with team leader
- Attending trade fairs in order to search new products and suppliers.
- Coordinating product development and production of multiple product in brand quality standards
- Supervising sourcing activities, approve orders, contracts, payment terms and working principles
- Ensuring products are delivered on time, with requested quality and targeted margin according to sales plan
- Executing sourcing strategy and following up procurement process
- Following up costing process, to make final negotiations and take order placement decisions
- Searching for new markets and production locations which would decrease production costs
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with suppliers
- Ensuring collections are built to meet target customer expectations with target profit margins, desired quality and on time delivery date
- Preparing buying calender according to production leadtimes, target instore dates and sales meetings
- Making observations to attend customer meetings, report customers’ expectations/complaints and apply lessons learnt to collections
- Align capacity with planning requirements and improve on time delivery performance by reducing manufacturing lead-times where appropriate
- Overseeing and managing financial and purchasing budgets
- Developing business plans and comprehensive business reports
Education
Bachelor of Science - Textile Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
Turkey 04.2006 - 04.2011
High School Diploma -
Eskişehir Anatolian High School
Turkey 04.2002 - 04.2005
Skills
Import& Export experience
Interests
Reading Books
Timeline
Export Merchandise Manager
Sarar
08.2022 - Current
Buying Manager & Buyer
LC Waikiki
12.2018 - 07.2022
Senior Merchandiser
Carrefour Global Sourcing
03.2018 - 12.2018
Buying Supervisor
Mavi Giyim A.S
07.2011 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Science - Textile Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
04.2006 - 04.2011
High School Diploma -
Eskişehir Anatolian High School
04.2002 - 04.2005