Elif Ozdemir

Experience

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  Kurum Holding AS

  Oct 2002 - Nov 2012

  Procurement & Foreign Trading Chief

  * In order to meet the demands coming from the holding companies (including the companies operating abroad), evolve and manage supply chain activities such as searching national and international markets, analysing prices & quality & deadlines & costs and purchase all necessary materials (consumables, raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, scrap, technical components, machines, service etc.) by focusing on efficiencies and effectiveness.* Handling all transportation and logistics issues, making necessary agreements (for instance; chartering vessels, trucks, containers, air cargo, checking ports, fixing& settling freights), prepare / check documents for shipments & customs clearance.* Supporting production team by making sure all needs are delivered to the companies on time and following up the warehouse in order to avoid stock shortage and/or overstocking.* Dealing with foreing trading side of the operations in aspect of negotiating with banks, following up payments and letter of credits (including issuance, examining, following and checking) and covering insurance matters.* Analysing and reporting the costs and evaluating performances of the suppliers.* I also have an experience of being a member of a big investment project ($12M) for steel industry. From the end of 2006 to the first quarter of 2009, I have been one of the members of this project which is specified as changing the current EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) and all related components in order to increase the production capacity. I have managed contract-specified supplies and services regarding the investment including its logistics side. Show less

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  Piromet Pirometalurji Malzeme Refrakter Makina San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.

  Dec 2012 - Sept 2018

  Procurement & Foreing Trade Manager

  * Owning every level of foreign trading for the customers operating in Canada, Syria, Iran, Morocco, Russia, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Georgia, Serbia, Albania etc.* Executing whole raw material procurement, logistics, import-export operations, documentation, insurance, payment methods of the transactions. *Managing all inbound and outbound deliveries by handling land, air and sea transportations.*Developing new global supplier & customer relations from scratch and strenghtening the existing ones for smooth and favorable order cycle management.* Evaluating performances of the suppliers.* Being a moderator for the customers to follow up their requests and forsee the problems before they face any difficulties. Also, translating and providing the necessary communication within the internal organization and vice versa in order to create added value based on customers' need and to ensure succesful outcome. Identifying potential for improvement and planning activities for customer satisfaction internally with R&D - Quality & Production teams.* Monitoring stock levels and being in coordination with production & quality control team.* Following financial issues such as budget/cash flow planning, daily reporting, letter of credit examining. Show less

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  KK Foreign Trade & Engineering

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2021

  Head of Supply Chain of Middle East & North Africa Region (MENA)

  * Exclusive representative of world wide well known suppliers of mini mill consumables, local & overseas trader of spare parts. * Managing customers' relations by defining their needs and meeting their demands on timely basis. * Conducting all supply chain and logistics operations (land, air, sea), customs clearance according to regulations, insurance and documentations for smooth delivery. * Contract reading, dealing banking payment methods including LC issuance. * Contract based purchasing and project shipment planning Show less

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  Amazon

  Mar 2022 - now

  * Strategic planning of Amazon’s whole transportation and 3P delivery operations in Turkey.* Owning key KPI's including DEA, quality, cost and speed with the relative stakeholders * Managing transportation related escalations, driving root-cause analysis and the successful implementation of corrective actions.* Preparing and leading operational calls, WBRs, QBRs.* Driving continuous improvement initiatives with cross-functional teams to improve customer experience, costs or processes.* Being a main POC between retail, DEX, CS, transportation and operations team for BAU executions, projects and processes. Show less * Scaling Amazon's 3P delivery capacities in Nordics (Sweden, Denmark) and EU expansion countries (Slavics, Baltics, Carpathians, Balkans).* Owning capacity management with last mile delivery partners.* Daily-weekly scheduling and adhoc capacity management.* Capacity negotiation and planning for Amazon's high volume events (e.g. Prime Week, Black Friday etc.)* Day-to-day balancing Amazon's 3P capacities by working with quality, speed, cost and tech teams for a smooth, sustainable, cost and carbon effective E2E country operations and for the best customer experience. Show less Amazon's cross-border network is a key strategic investment intended to deliver enhanced selection to all of our UK & European customers with $3.2B in transportation spend across 22 carriers into 14 countries at a consistent speed and quality. * Managing the efficient and rapid flow of packages across the EU via ground, air and sea.* Responsible for key KPI's including DEA, quality, and speed. * Preparing operational calls, DBRs, WBRs.* Managing transportation related escalations, driving root-cause analysis and the successful implementation of corrective actions.* Driving continuous improvement initiatives with cross-functional teams to improve customer experience, costs or processes.* Advising Amazon leadership team proactively of critical or disruptive situations along with the expected impact and mitigation actions planned. Show less

  • Başlık EU 3P Concessions Manager, DE

    Dec 2024 - now

  • TR Transportation & 3P Ops Lead

    Mar 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Nordics & EU Expansion & Express 3P Capacity Manager

    Apr 2023 - Mar 2024

  • EU Cross-Border Transportation Manager

    Mar 2022 - Apr 2023