ZEYNEP EBRU GÜLKAŞ

The Company has been contractor for construction of 60 MW HFO Power Plant in west Africa. As being a half-time remote type supporter, I have been in charge of:

• Drafting, negotiating and executing supply contracts of the required equipment for the Power Plant;
• Collaborating with technical and commercial teams to ensure contracts met with requirements;
• Providing recommendations on risk mitigation related to contractual matters;
• Trying to increase efficiency in contract administration by creating standardized templates for various types of agreements;
• Maintaining easy access to vital information from the contract for internal stakeholders;
• Coordinating with legal counsel as needed for complicated negotiations or disputes;
• Researching regulations, standards, legal articles, and codes.

ILTEKNO is an Engineering, Procurement and Construction company to provide co-generation/tri-generation/single cycle distributed Power Plants including their after sales services and operations (as the case maybe).

Commercial Affairs Department consisted of sections of Contracts, Foreign Trade & Logistic, Project Financial/Commercial Operations in where I was in charge of:

• Pre-Award Contract Management includes Contract Drafting, Contract Negotiation, Risk Assessment and Contract Execution) and Post Award Contract Management includes following up compliance, change order/amendment management, commercial management and risk mitigation) of EPC, Sales/Supply, After Sales (Maintenance&Service and O&M) Contracts, NDAs, Partnership Agreements;
• Export and import customs clearance of Project equipment, providing logistic of entire project equipment including nomination of heavy cargo transportation supplier;
• Analyzing and negotiating Financial/Commercial terms of Contracts inside the company and with the customers/suppliers, following up payables/receivables in accordance with payment terms of Project, provision/acceptance of Letter of Credits, payment and performance guarantees;

and, as being the Department manager, I contended for

• Maximizing performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members;
• Developing and maintaining relationships with customers/suppliers/solution partners;
• Enhancing customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly and amicably;
• Achieving departmental goals by executing working plans to achieve defined performance metrics within the company.

The company had a bio-diesel production plant in where I was in charge of:

• Attending negotiations with the equipment supplier of the plant;
• Monitoring installation of plant equipment with compliance with the agreement;
• Maintaining records during operation of plant to produce biodiesel;
• Researching and evaluating obtaining cost effective raw material vegetable oil;
• Managed production schedules, ensuring timely delivery of products while maintaining high quality standards.
• Conducting research to identify and evaluate new technologies and concepts for production of biodiesel.