Bengü Akyüz

Experience

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  Arcelik Group

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2015

  Sales Intern

  Sales InternCommunicated with dealers in order to give information about products and land a sale. Reorganized retail management to develop financial turnover.Organized shipping, ordering and selling.Controlled stock movements, performed analysis of sales data.

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  Decathlon Türkiye

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2019

  Retail Supplier

  • Responsible for Golf and Tennis categories in Decathlon (300 products per category on average).• Accountable for setting up a business plan and figuring out sales forecasts for specified products in cooperation with brand manager for the upcoming year.• Prepared selection for the upcoming years’ inventory with a business trip to France HQ.• Responsible for determining annual stock for each product.• Monitored stock, demand and supply flow of over 1.000 items to ensure %100 availability andminimize back orders.• Made adjustments to the forecasts based on the actual realization of sales on SAP.• Responsible for optimizing and checking POs (purchase orders).• Managed orders with local and international vendors (adding new back-up orders, processingmarkdowns, cancelling orders).• Regularly visited the local stores to ensure product availability and merchandising excellence(35 local stores).• Analyzed and reported KPI's such as turnover, margin, stock lifetime, availability and followingforecast accuracy.• Trained newcomers about SAP, reporting systems (i.e., Highway) and day to day modusoperandi.• Received training in France HQ about a new IT system and led the internal training effort toteach co-workers in Turkey. Show less

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  Burak Auction House & Philately

  Jan 2020 - now

  Associate

  • Co-led the organization of 15-20 auctions per year (on average 150 visitors).• Responsible for selection and pricing of merchandise for the auctions (500 pieces per auction onaverage).• Maintained the CRM and supplier databases of the company and co-led key customer andsupplier relationships.• Managed the social media presence (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) of the company.• Managed the website of the company from content preparation to agency coordination.• Led the launch of online auction business, 73 online auctions were conducted since 2020. - Started with selection of an IT vendor, coordinated the activation of IT systems, selected and convinced 15 vendors to join the auction and managed the marketing activities of the auctions - Attendee numbers and diversity increased significantly (reached 150-200 on average) compared to physical auctions - Effort also led to dramatic cost reduction (physical auction revenue costs, catalogue costs, etc.) Show less

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  Purebon Design

  Aug 2020 - now

  Founder