Mert Gökatalay

Experience

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  Özgün Eğitim Studies Center

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Teacher

  - Tutored high school students in English, Chemistry and Maths.- Prepared 4th year high school students to YGS and LYS.

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  Dede Chemistry A.Ş.

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

  Trainee

  - Performing raw material and final product tests and documenting the results on daily and weekly basis

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  TUPRAS

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Intern

  - Worked in the plant RUP 147 which is the most important plant of TUPRAS because of increasing the yield efficiency from 67% to 85%.- RUP is the residual upgrading project that brought TUPRAS to the leading place in Europe.

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  TOROS TARIM

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2015

  Trainee

  - Walking along the fertilizer production line two times a day to control the operation- Helping production team to investigate problems, analyze root causes and derive solutions- Assisting the management team with daily production process operations such as orders and shift plans- Analyzing products with defects to come-up with recommendations on process improvement to maximize efficiency

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  Artekya - Nasiol Nano Coatings

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2021

  - Managing the 30 exclusive country distributors and the key accounts of NASIOL- Forecasting the revenue growth and planning projects to grow the revenue of exclusive distributors- Following up on the distributor stock amounts, sales numbers and marketing expenses- Growing the sales numbers of international key accounts (private labels, OEMs and industrial customers from Europe, South America, USA, Canada, GCC and Asia) - Creating and developing sales strategies to enhance business growth- Attending international fairs and trade exhibitions to increase brand awareness across globe- Organizing workshops with exclusive dealers to give technical product training and help them grow their business via marketing and sales strategy building- Conducting market research and analyzing sales trends for defined territories - Developing the best positioning and segmentation for the NASIOL products in the market.- Developing the sales tools based on the positioning of products.- Organizing new product launch and coordinating with the sales team.

  • International Account Sales Manager

    Jan 2020 - Feb 2021

  • International Sales Specialist

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  • Product Marketing Responsible

    Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
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  BASF

  Feb 2021 - now

  Sales and Business Development Manager, MSc Chemical Engineer

  Business: Urban & Rural Pest ControlCountry: Turkey- Managing and developing the Professional & Specialty Solutions business. - Managing distributors and key accounts.- Increasing the demand and sales for BASF P&SS Products in TR.