
Can DURAN
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About me
B2B Ecommerce Growth Manager (Foreign and Domestic) at Arıkan Group
Education

Saint Michel French High School
2002 - 2008
Private Doğuş College
1995 - 2002
Arizona State University
2008 - 2009Construction Management
Istanbul Bilgi University
2009 - 2016Bachelor's degree Economics
Experience

ICS Construction and Installation Co. Inc.
Jul 2008 - Aug 2009Purchasing Representative
ACDuran Construction and Installation Co.,Inc.
Sept 2009 - Aug 2010Purchasing Representative
VDesigners
Jan 2010 - Jan 2017Sales Representative - Design Agent and AdvisorRepresentative and agent of multiple foreign design studios in Turkey. Providing designs for domestic home textile companies. Ability to supply designs for carpet, bedding, wall paper, towel and home accessory manufacturers.List of the design studios;• INGK design studio (Holland)• Simon Ashby design studio (UK)• Andre Heget Antique designs studio (Italy)• Tom Lewis design studio (UK)• La Mansion del Color design studio (Spain)• Haley design studio (UK)• Millenium design studio (Italy)Achievements and responsibilities:• Market research for colour and design trends internationally and domestic to supply the most suitable designs for customers target market• Organising meetings and booking trips to visit factories and companies to represent designs mostly in Istanbul, Denizli and Bursa • Organizing the trips of a studio owner in Turkey and travel together to visit companies and factories if necessary• Attending to international and domestic fairs to represent the studios that I am responsible from• Tracing and managing the balance sheets of each customer Show less

Zorluteks Tekstil
Oct 2017 - Jun 2021I am in charge of setting place Zorlu Textile in E-commerce arena; creating collections and selling home textile goods in popular international E-Commerce / marketplace platforms, such as Amazon DE, OTTO DE and Wayfair DE along with B2B platform such as Alibaba.• Determining and establishing home textile collections under Zorlu Textile’s brands to sell as retail in Amazon DE, Otto DE and Wayfair DE. Also, tracking all the sales, following up the returns and improve the sales in such marketplaces.• I did implement Zorlu Textile in Alibaba web site as a gold supplier. Along with it, finding the most suitable RFQ’s then getting in connection with them via Alibaba message platform and e-mails. Whilist, responding all the inquiries from Alibaba web site and make the best offers to whom those possible clients. Show less I was responsible from managing the upcoming projects and on going projects starting from the yarn until the final product gets packed in to the parcel. I am conducting both Top of the Bed group and Towel group for Alternative sales channels. Main aim is to provide the cheap but high quality products to chain stores and online stores, for example; A101, Migros, Koçtaş, Tekzen, Carrefour, Hepsiburada, Morhipo, Gittigidiyor and etc.Achievements and responsibilities:• Guiding the success of a product and leading the cross-functional team – which can be described as cooperation with purchasing and marketing departments - that is responsible for improving it.• Analyzing the market and competitive conditions to find the best product for each customer.• Visiting customers to share ideas about which products suitable for their markets and utilizing customer data initiate development of convenient product for them. Also, visiting the suppliers ( mostly in Denizli and İstanbul ) to develop products together. Show less
E commerce Senior Specialist ( Export )
Dec 2018 - Jun 2021Responsible for Chain Stores - Product Management Department -
Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

Neşe Plastik
Jul 2021 - Feb 2025E-commerce Manager (Domestic and Foreign Markets)Lead the house on foreign and domestic e-commerce operations.• Market analysis and R&D of the relevant product accordingly.• Development of the domestic website; determining the angles-types and organizing the structures of the images (including being a participant of shooting phase).• Composing content of the product lists.• Organizing the campaigns.• Establishing abroad fulfillment solutions.• Controlling and organizing the supply chain

Arıkan Group
Feb 2025 - nowB2B Ecommerce Growth Manager (Foreign and Domestic)
Licenses & Certifications

EF Advanced French classes
EFJul 2004
Laser (4.7) Class Academy
Istanbul Yacht ClubJan 2002
UPS E-Export Academy Participator
UPS TURKEYFeb 2019
Alibaba B2B Trade Academy Participator
Alibaba.comOct 2019
Languages
- tuTurkish
- enEnglish
- frFrench
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