Objective
Work in a creative environment while using my languages & marketing skills and focus on sales.
Experience
ELEKTRONET A.S. – PARROT BLUETOOTH CAR KITS
Corporate Sales Manager
Coordinated and directed activities involving sales of Bluetooth car kits
• Visited corporate customers on a daily basis regarding primarily selected sectors
• Prepared price offers and followed up orders
• Increased sales points and expanded relations for the sale of car kits in authorized dealers
• Trained automotive sales staff in dealers selling accessories
• Persuaded Car rental companies to differentiate in services through offering car kits
• Conducted cross promotions with GSM operators while increasing both airtime and kit usage
BAYLAS OTOMOTIV A.S. CITROEN
Area Sales Manager
Responsible for dealers selling passenger and commercial vehicles in Istanbul, Black Sea and Eastern Anatolian region
• Assured dealers to hold a sufficient stock mix to meet annual sales and market share targets
• Accompanied the dealer personnel to benchmark competitor dealers and their campaigns
• Improved behavioral aspects of dealer personnel through conducting mistery shopper reports and analyzing their voice records
• Increased my districts’ customer satisfaction index to an above Turkey average
• Internally managed a team of 4 from Marketing, logistics, sales and finance departments, externally managed a team of 40 personnel from 9 dealers
OTOYOL PAZARLAMA A.S. – IVECO
Area Sales Manager
In charge of dealers selling vans, trucks and buses in Istanbul, Thrace and Eastern Marmara region
• Constantly had direct contact with customers
• Organized dealer and customer meetings for fleet sales
• Coordinated my districts dealers for planning and realization of monthly vehicle demos
• Administrated dealer payments, quotas and orders that were basic principles in a dealer distributor relationship
• Followed commercial and non commercial claims with the spare parts department that were essential to customers
• Managed an internal team of 4 as well as 10 personnel from 7 dealers
Marketing Specialist
• Prepared weekly and monthly price reports
• Assisted the training department in the dealer training programs
• Produced statistical reports on automotive markets besides product technical benchmark reports
MIGROS TURK T.A.S.
Purchasing and Sales Responsible at the Milk, Dairy Products, Charcuterie and Frozen Food Department
Was responsible for purchasing, setting profit margin and sales of frozen food for Migros, Sok (discount) stores and Ramstores
• Arranged on time delivery of goods to stores
• Helped suppliers to develop new products
• Made contacts with new suppliers and developed the product inventory
• Dealt with the payments of suppliers from the finance department
• Took part in preparation of the discount bulletin Migroskop by making additional agreements with suppliers over 15 day periods
Education
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES AND EUROPEAN STUDIES
Completed university in the United Kingdom by a BA Honours Degree on European Studies based on the following courses; Marketing Strategy, European Business Environment and European Business & Strategic Change. Thesis on Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey.
ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES MARKET RESEARCH AND ADVERTISING
Completed a two year program consisting of Marketing, Public Relations, Consumer Behavior, Management, Planning and Execution, Qualitative Research Techniques and Advertising.
TARHAN HIGH SCHOOL
LITERATURE
TED ANKARA PRIMARY SCHOOL
ZÜRCHER KANTONALSCHULE - SWITZERLAND
Certification
Skils
Fluent in English and German both written and spoken (spent five years in Switzerland -Zurich). Competent in all major Microsoft Office applications.