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Ömer Faruk GENÇKAL

Technical Program Manager
Manisa,Yunusemre
Ömer Faruk GENÇKAL

Summary

Expertise in white goods production and managing large-scale technology implementations. Skilled in project management to efficiently manage customer deliverables. Highly adept at prioritizing tasks and working closely with all types of personalities. Leads and manages associates in developing new business solutions. Highly communicative and fluent in Turkish and English. Great at planning operations and making split-second decisions. Consistently maintains schedule targets and completes error-free work. Easy to get along with and always ready with ideas to improve production with better strategies or equipment recommendations.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
2
Languages

Work History

Vestel White Goods Co.

R&D Program Manager
06.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Identify new opportunities by a deep understanding of consumer insight, market trends, and competitive gaps.
  • Participate actively in the development of new consumer experience ideas.
  • Convert ideas into product concepts based on relevant consumer demands.
  • Collaborate with R&D Mechanical and Industrial Design teams to drive the product development process through its different phases.
  • Supervise the annual model catalogue publishing team for whole ranges.
  • Ensuring timely sharing of new product information, Collaborate with Product Marketing to ensure timely and effective development of marketing assets to support the commercial launch.
  • Responsible for leading commercial initiatives program to ensure business continuation focusing on Sales (growth) and expansion, Analyzing the GFK reports to ensure that our ranges are aligned with the market demands.
  • Supported collaborative projects and worked closely with technical partners to deliver against portfolio roadmaps.
  • Partnered with sales, strategy and business development to identify new product opportunities, manage project portfolio and work assignments.
  • Presented project information and status updates to customers and fielded concerns.
  • Established and conducted quality control programs to verify construction projects met required quality standards.
  • Recruited, placed, and oversaw project staff for optimal project results.
  • Coordinated engineering team for projects in commercial and industrial development.

Vestel White Goods Co.

R&D Engineering Team Leader
06.2017 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Participated in the tabletop smart oven project led by June Smart Oven Engineers, in Vestel White Goods Cookers Factory in Manisa, 2019.
  • Lead “the design and investment feasibility study group” for kitchen hoods production facility in a limited area in the Cookers Factory in Manisa, 2021.
  • Leading the cost estimation studies for metal parts and their stamping tools investment budgets for benchmark products.
  • Supervising the sheet metal tools designs and production projects.
  • Working with vendors on DFM before give an approval for machining of the stamping tool stages.
  • Leading cost down and optimization projects regarding to the sheet metal and coating materials (such as powder enamel and powder paint) in the Cookers Factory.
  • Leading alternative supplier activities for raw materials such as CRC, HDG and Inox sheet metals, powder paint, powder enamel and silicon adhesives as well.
  • Monitoring the production equipment’s lifecycles and starting the new tooling investment projects, if needed.
  • Leading the stamping tool relocation feasibility projects (from in house to vendor or vice versa) for production equipment’s, if needed.
  • Training, supporting and encouraging the team members.

Vestel White Goods Co.

Mechanical Design Engineer
03.2012 - 06.2017

Job overview

  • Designing the sheet metal parts using CAD, and consult with engineering and manufacturing teammates to ensure that designs are feasible.
  • Draw up the designs using input from R&D Lab., customers, production, and quality departments.
  • Submitting drawings to upper management and construction teams.
  • Using customer feedback and data to upgrade, improve or repair the current products’ metal parts.
  • Developing and building prototypes and run some tests to measure their level of function.
  • Benchmarking the competitor products to generate ideas for making company’s products the best ones on the market.
  • Carrying out feasibility studies.
  • Participating in the project team from a mechanical point of view, for example in reviews and consultations with the client.
  • Participate in all phases of the product life cycle: definition, research, design, manufacture, prototype, test and productize.
  • Design and revise sheet metal parts, Create 2D/3D technical drawings for components, jigs and assemblies.
  • Creating the BOM, assisting procurement and supplier coordination of mechanical parts.
  • Working with Test, Prototype and System engineers to assess design proposals.
  • Implementation of new and changed parts into production.
  • Supporting the project teams in implementation of the new product features.

Education

Izmir Institute of Technology
Izmir, Turkey

Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
02.2012

University Overview

Ozyegin Universtiy
Istanbul, Turkey

Master of Science from Industrial Engineering
01.2018

University Overview

Skills

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Certifications Courses

Certifications Courses
  • Lean Six Sigma - Black Belt Course (Theoritical), 2014, S.P.A.C. Danismanlik
  • Project Management, 2015, GBMC - Turkey
  • Advanced Project Management, 2016, GBMC - Turkey

Personal Information

Personal Information
  • Date of Birth: 04/01/1985
  • Nationality: Turkish Republic
  • Driving License: B
  • Marital Status: Married

Interests

Civil Aviation

Virtual Aviation

Virtual Aviation

I've more than 6.000 online flying hours in the Virtual Aviation platform which is called Vatsim.

I can virtually fly the Boeing 738 family aircrafts in X-Plane 11.

Timeline

R&D Program Manager
Vestel White Goods Co.
06.2022 - Current
R&D Engineering Team Leader
Vestel White Goods Co.
06.2017 - 06.2022
Mechanical Design Engineer
Vestel White Goods Co.
03.2012 - 06.2017
Izmir Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science from Mechanical Engineering
01.2012
Ozyegin Universtiy
Master of Science from Industrial Engineering
01.2018
Ömer Faruk GENÇKALTechnical Program Manager