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Work History
Education
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Address1
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Military Service
Personal Information
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BusinessAnalyst
Senderin Korkut

Senderin Korkut

Business Development Professional
Aydin,09

Summary

Results-oriented business development professional focused on driving profits in Travel IT industry. Supported by 10+ years of airline, airport and ground handling prior hands-on experience. Offering 10+ years background of consistent sales and business development accomplishments to growing organization. Comfortable with multiple types and formats of sales presentations.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sales & Business Development Consultant

Self Employed Services
Istanbul, Turkey (Remote)
10.2022 - Current

• Identified areas of improvement for clients'' sales operations, implementing targeted solutions to increase productivity.
• Negotiated contracts on behalf of clients, securing favorable terms that contributed to their overall success.
• Evaluated customer needs and feedback to drive product and service improvements.
• Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand industry, market and company trends.

Contracted Business Development Consultant

ArgosAI Technology A.S
Ankara, Turkey (Remote)
02.2023 - 08.2023

Business Development Consultant For Airport IT Systems

  • Sales and Business Development for Airport IT FOD Systems
  • New Market Entry Planning, Lead Generation and Lead Qualification.
  • Partnership Management, Partner Qualification
  • RFP Bid Management, Communication Management
  • Delivered compelling sales presentations that clearly communicated value propositions tailored to client needs.
  • Conducted market research and analyzed industry trends to inform business development strategies.

Director of Business Development

Ditravo Digital Travel Operations
Istanbul, Turkey
11.2019 - 10.2022
  • Management of Business Development Department
  • Partnership Management, Partner Qualification
  • ISO 9001 QMS Implementation, QMS Process Ownership, Lead Internal Auditing
  • Create, develop & maintain structured relationships with key decision-makers within the travel industry & related sectors
  • Drive and coordinate RFI/RFP Handling, Contracts and Agreements preparations and Legal discussions
  • Startup Product Ownership (PSS), Product Development, Product planning, Product roadmap and Business plan
  • Providing user experience, industry and commercial knowledge for developing a new Rail Passenger Servicing IT System (PSS).

Sales And Business Development Consultant

Self Employed Services
Istanbul, Turkey (Remote)
09.2018 - 11.2019
  • Identified areas of improvement for clients'' sales operations, implementing targeted solutions to increase productivity.
  • Negotiated contracts on behalf of clients, securing favorable terms that contributed to their overall success.
  • Evaluated customer needs and feedback to drive product and service improvements.
  • Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand industry, market and company trends.

Regional Sales Manager (CESE)

Amadeus Rail
Madrid, Spain (Remote)
01.2016 - 02.2018
  • Creating regional sales plans in alignment with the business objectives of the CESE region
  • Identifying & qualifying opportunities in the rail travel industry in order to create profitable business with customers, partners, alliances or joint ventures in CESE region
  • Support existing sales and sales potential in CESE region
  • Create, manage and coordinate Business Planning, Pricing, Project Setup and Go to market plan per opportunities
  • Ensure collaborative relationships with the internal stakeholders and central units at the regional level
  • Evaluating performances of region countries and monitoring overall profitability and compliance with LTP
  • Drive and coordinate RFI/RFP Handling, Contracts and Agreements preparations and Legal discussions
  • Manage annual budget, forecast annual and quarter revenues
  • Decision making for expansion or limitation of business, partnerships.

Country Business Development Manager

Amadeus
Istanbul, Turkey
03.2014 - 01.2016
  • Scanning & qualifying opportunities in the travel industry in order to build potential business with customers, partners, alliances or joint ventures in Turkey
  • Create, develop & maintain structured relationships with key decision-makers within the travel industry & related sectors
  • Participate in special projects related with current and future strategy
  • Actively participate in the Business Development community across Amadeus in the NECSE region
  • Manage independently or in collaboration with other business units the Go-to-market plan for new business lines
  • Drive and coordinate business development initiatives with marketing, sales & delivery
  • Support and drive strategic planning and processes for revenue diversification
  • Monitor profitability of new business opportunities
  • Focus and weight in the mid-long Term
  • Ensure collaborative relationships with the internal stakeholders and central units at the local level.

Deputy Station Manager

Egypt Airlines
Istanbul, Turkey
11.2010 - 03.2014
  • Managing the entire Turkey airport operations including business development, sales support, after sales services support, administrative tasks etc
  • Monitoring, controlling and managing the ticket and reservation operations and taking proactive measures thereof
  • Supervision of Egypt Station operations team of consisting of 4 core team operation members and more than 20 subcontracted operation team members
  • Stakeholder and third party management of local authorities, vendors, handling agents, flight permission & slot management
  • Point of contact for Civil Aviation Authority Turkey and local departments in Egypt
  • Monitoring and taking actions thereof as to manage the relevant KPI's in terms of yearly sales and operational targets
  • Key account and customer relations management of the services that are offered at the airport.

Flight Operations & Gate Coordinator Lufthansa

Lufthansa German Airlines / Celebi Airport Service
Istanbul, Turkey
09.2008 - 11.2010
  • Managing and coordinating Celebi Airport Services Lufthansa account expansion project
  • Coaching and mentoring Celebi Lufthansa operations team in accordance with the requirements of the customer Lufthansa with the right skills and philosophy
  • Solving problems between two parties; Lufthansa and Celebi, handling of irregularities with in the Service Level Agreement
  • Load control, weight & balance, coordination of operation of domestic and international flights at Istanbul Airport
  • Project management of various projects with in Celebi and Lufthansa group such as: Restructuring of the Lufthansa staff and operations due to transition to Celebi partnership
  • Creating and mentoring pool within Celebi for excellent customer relationship model in Celebi
  • Establishment and implementation of the process management flow within the services offered to Lufthansa and other Customer Airlines
  • Keeping records and reporting business activities including measures for improvement.

Passenger Handling and Reservation Representative

Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria
03.2005 - 09.2008
  • Passenger Handling in Station Vienna for all Austrian Airline Flights as well as Customer Airlines over 12 different carriers
  • Handling of irregularities in terms of booking, rebooking
  • Selected team member of Service Center for Customer Relationship Management
  • Project team member of Austrian Airlines handling expansion team in order to add value in operation sales services.

Business Development Executive

Blue Labyrinth IT and Telecommunication Services
Vienna, Austria
08.2001 - 03.2005
  • Taking part in business development activities and measures to increase business and sales volume in Austrian Branch
  • Visiting existing and potential customers for improved customer relations
  • Providing after sales support in terms of complains and irregularities.
  • Promoted conversion of casual shoppers into customers through product knowledge and product solutions to meet customer needs.
  • Kept detailed records of daily activities through online customer database.

Sales Representative

Club Flipper
Istanbul, Turkey
10.1998 - 01.2001
  • F2F Sales & Marketing and active representation of timeshare holiday suites
  • Organizing activities to increase Club Flipper's market awareness in Turkey
  • Identifying target groups in public and developing strategies to communicate to them
  • Taking part in trade shows, sales meetings and conferences all over the Turkey.
  • Conducted product demonstrations to educate customers on features, benefits, and competitive advantages.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

University Of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
09.1999 - 06.2005

College Diploma - English Language And Literature

Besiktas Ataturk Anatolian High School
Istanbul, Turkey
09.1987 - 06.1994

PMI - Project Management

Amadeus
Istanbul, Turkey
07.2015 - 10.2015

Business Planning - Business Development

Amadeus
Istanbul, Turkey
01.2015 - 03.2015

Altea CM And FM Trainer - Amadeus DCS

EgyptAir
Istanbul, Turkey
09.2012 - 10.2012

Amadeus Reservation - Amadeus Ticketing

EgyptAir
Istanbul, Turkey
11.2010 - 12.2010

Lufthansa WAB Handling A319-A320-A321-A300-MD11 - Weight And Balance

Lufthansa Istanbul Station
Istanbul, Turkey
01.2009 - 03.2009

Lufthansa Ramp Safety - Aircraft Ground Operations

Çelebi Hava Servisi A. Ş
Istanbul, Turkey
01.2009 - 03.2009

Ramp, Load Control, Weight&Balance - Aircraft Ground Operations

Çelebi Hava Servisi A. Ş
Istanbul, Turkey
09.2008 - 10.2008

Passenger Handling II - Ticketing And Irregularity

Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria
05.2007 - 07.2007

Passenger Handling I - Checking, Boarding And Lost&Found

Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria
10.2005 - 12.2005

Skills

Existing and New Business Development, Customer Acquisition

Address1

Altınkum Mah. Barış Cad. No.20. Kat.3. Daire.7. Didim/AYDIN

Address2

Ataköy 2-5-6 Mah., Beyaz Lale Sok. 12/4. E1-1-E. No.72 Ataköy/Bakırköy, Istanbul

Driving License

B, 09/29/1998

Military Service

Completed

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 09/14/1976
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationalities: Republic Of Turkey, Republic Of Cyprus (EU Citizenship)

References

  • Nil Canal, Sabre Turkey, Account Director - Supplier Commerce
  • Umut Karahan Gunacar, Salesforce London, Strategic Enterprise Account Executive
  • Mohamed Roshdy, Aviation Consultant, IATA/AACO Free Lance Instructor and Entrepreneur

Timeline

Contracted Business Development Consultant

ArgosAI Technology A.S
02.2023 - 08.2023

Sales & Business Development Consultant

Self Employed Services
10.2022 - Current

Director of Business Development

Ditravo Digital Travel Operations
11.2019 - 10.2022

Sales And Business Development Consultant

Self Employed Services
09.2018 - 11.2019

Regional Sales Manager (CESE)

Amadeus Rail
01.2016 - 02.2018

PMI - Project Management

Amadeus
07.2015 - 10.2015

Business Planning - Business Development

Amadeus
01.2015 - 03.2015

Country Business Development Manager

Amadeus
03.2014 - 01.2016

Altea CM And FM Trainer - Amadeus DCS

EgyptAir
09.2012 - 10.2012

Amadeus Reservation - Amadeus Ticketing

EgyptAir
11.2010 - 12.2010

Deputy Station Manager

Egypt Airlines
11.2010 - 03.2014

Lufthansa WAB Handling A319-A320-A321-A300-MD11 - Weight And Balance

Lufthansa Istanbul Station
01.2009 - 03.2009

Lufthansa Ramp Safety - Aircraft Ground Operations

Çelebi Hava Servisi A. Ş
01.2009 - 03.2009

Ramp, Load Control, Weight&Balance - Aircraft Ground Operations

Çelebi Hava Servisi A. Ş
09.2008 - 10.2008

Flight Operations & Gate Coordinator Lufthansa

Lufthansa German Airlines / Celebi Airport Service
09.2008 - 11.2010

Passenger Handling II - Ticketing And Irregularity

Austrian Airlines
05.2007 - 07.2007

Passenger Handling I - Checking, Boarding And Lost&Found

Austrian Airlines
10.2005 - 12.2005

Passenger Handling and Reservation Representative

Austrian Airlines
03.2005 - 09.2008

Business Development Executive

Blue Labyrinth IT and Telecommunication Services
08.2001 - 03.2005

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

University Of Vienna
09.1999 - 06.2005

Sales Representative

Club Flipper
10.1998 - 01.2001

College Diploma - English Language And Literature

Besiktas Ataturk Anatolian High School
09.1987 - 06.1994
Senderin KorkutBusiness Development Professional