TOLGA PEKINDINC

• Cosely monitor the stock levels of plastic (PET, Solid PC, Acrylic, etc.) sheets, aluminum sheets, foils and materials supplied from domestic and overseas markets for the construction, advertising and various industrial applications.
• Forecast demands, establish inventory targets, keep up to date safety stock quantities, routinely create stock analysis tables & conduct order plannings in coordination with the sales team.
• Search for alternative products and suppliers, carry out relevant cost studies and sample testing procedures, successfully bring in alternative products & suppliers offering commercial advantages. Achieve 60% , 40% and %25 savings respectively in arcylic, polystryene and aluminium panel products’ landed costs by switching sourcing from local suppliers and vendors to Far Eastern suppliers.
• Establish, manage and develop strong & fiduciary relationships with the suppliers which in return facilitate securing advantegous terms and ensuring regular monitor of current raw material & product prices in local and global market.
• Consistently generate & keep up to date landed cost tables, purchasing budgets, supplier comparison charts in order to secure the competence in the market.
• Rate performance of the suppliers, assess their ability to meet price, quality, timely delivery, stock requirements. Ensure all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
• Conduct the importations of the overseas orders, organize the transports with the best freights and service quality.
• Being the company's quality management representative, manage the control of the operational workflow and keep the documentation up to date in compliance with ISO 9001: 2015 quality management system. Ensure that the necessary preparations for internal and external ISO certification audits are brought to completion.
• Manage the contracts for the service and material purchases. Conduct the indirect procurement. Overview invoices routinely. Buy insurances for the company cars and buildings.

• Conducted procurement, planning, import and transportation operations for raw materials and packaging items in the company who produces and exports cosmetics products.
• In coordination with the deputy general manager, sales manager, planning and R&D responsibles, determined the exact required standards & versions, quantities inline with the min. stock cost targets, updated the safety stock quantities. Executed purchases at the optimal costs and conditions by keeping frequent & close contact with the suppliers, ensured regular and timely supply, organized transportations.
• Enhanced preordering and reservation system with the suppliers, kept stocks at suppliers' warehouses within the bounds of possibility.
• Investigated alternative suppliers & products in local, European, Far Eastern markets. Achieved 35% saving in 6-7 premium raw materials by switching sourcing from local vendors to several European vendors. Achieved 25% saving in the supply of 60% of the total raw material purchase volume by building close relations with the biggest local suppliers also by means of making beneficial purchase agreements.
• Negotiated contracts & made annual turnover premium agreements with suppliers to obtain favorable terms and pricing.
• Overwieved planned quantities, carried out complete supply chain operations.
• Generated & kept up to date final product cost tables, purchasing budgets, supplier comparison charts to secure the competence in the market.
• Performed POP material purchases regularly with the most competitive prices in optimum quantities.
• Created purchase requests, order forms and exported stock/purchase/consumption/stock analysis reports through Mikro (ERP) Operation System. Held meetings with ERP operator frequently in order to improve operational efficiency.
• Regularly carried out the indirect procurement with the most competitive prices.
• Filed weekly reports covering open orders, realised purchases, up-to-date stock values. Overviewed invoices routinely. Reported management & finance the overdue and upcoming payments consistently.

Prepared and presented reports to management on purchasing trends and cost savings to aid in decision making.

• Evaluated supplier quotes based on purchasing procedures and competitiveness in quality, price and delivery.
• Conducted procurement of equipments, spare parts, consumables for the machines manufactured related to the profile/panel lamination industry.
• Executed planning, demand forecasting in collaboration with the planning responsible and the production manager. Consistently generated & kept up to date product cost tables, purchasing budgets, supplier comparison charts, delivery & payment schedules and reported to top management regularly on purchasing trends and cost savings to aid in decision making.
• Managed sourcing process for new vendors to get quality products and services and minimize risk. Conducted contract management effectively.
• Achieved 30% saving in total annual purchasing costs through sourcing new Far Eastern & local suppliers and negotiating with the existing ones. Built, managed and developed close & fiduciary relationships with the suppliers to secure advantegous terms.
• Executed importations, control of import compliance regulations, organization of transportations.
• Conducted regular procurement, planning, import operations for raw materials, equipments and machineries supplied from well known European producers that the company represents in local market, performed risk assessments on contracts.
• Payed visits to European suppliers and international fairs that suppliers participate.
• Assessed performances of suppliers and logistics companies. Organized logistics with the best available freights and services.
• Regularly kept up to date delivery & payment schedules, overviewed invoices routinely.