Caner özbek

Name & Surname Date of Birth e-mail Mobile Number Address Citizenship LinkedIn Profile Caner Özbek--- Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße 23, 65451 Kelsterbach,Germany Turkish www.linkedin.com/in/canerozbek Summary Textile engineer with over 10 years of experience. Proven success in project management of the sustainable textile production process and total cost analyses (TCA). With mentioned proven successes in project management, managing local (Tur) and EU brands in respect to process analyses, intermediate supply programs, and surely sustainability. I have a working permit in Germany (BlueCard). Work Experience R&D Manager/Category Owner/Emma Sleep GmbH From 11.2021-Present Frankfurt am Main/Germany Responsibilities - Full responsibility for Textile accessories, and bed linens with 3 months of design, marketing and launch schedule - 150K€/month per country revenue after launch. - Procuring (strategic) of the materials to promote into the market, and supplier hunting. - Monitoring and reporting on all aspects of the projects including progress, project profitability, and risks. - Defining the product specifications (incl. target costing) and co-innovate together with partners from all around the world the Accessories & Textile products of the future through different iterations. - E-commerce website and promotion strategy developments in France and Netherlands markets. - Driving the product development of mattresses and textile accessories from the ideation process to the approval of the final specifications. - Owner of the Bed Linens and Sleep accessories categories. - Procurement of High-End accessories and bed linens from Portugal, France, Estonia and Turkey markets to global markets (In Hıgh-End products I was also the person who directly controls manufacturers’ quality and abilities). Accomplishments - Bed linens in France and Netherlands markets successfully developed and launched in 3 months. - 11 new accessories launched worldwide for the D2C market in 4 months. - 2 mattresses innovation successfully developed and launched in 1,5 months. - Covers (textiles) for all products are optimized by me with communication with the suppliers in 3 weeks, and this optimization brought a 6% price decrease for covers. - Total 4,5Mio€additional revenue with newly developed product in average 2,5 months after launch. - We have gained 3 new microfiber, 5 new bed linens and 6 new pillows suppliers with 10% price decrease compared to current High-End products with 2 weeks lower lead time in average. Technical Marketing Manager- Product Owner/Manager /Huntsman Textile Effects-Huntsman Corp. From- Istanbul/Turkey Responsibilities - KAPs creation and follow-up for 88 customers under my account with an 85% success rate on KAPs. - Followingly procuring (internal and external) goods to provide in the B2B market. - Cost calculation, improvement, consultant to manufacturers. - New supplier sourcing, testing, and validation in terms of requirements of the related topics. - Directly worked on different KPI monitoring systems and risk analysis of KPIs. - Created a team for simulating possible problems. We were simulating problems and documenting possible action plans for every customer/market-specific issues. - Market analyses to report EMEA commercial head about myterritory. - Key account management of 7 key accounts in my territory which key account determined as over 4,5M$sales per year. - Brand management of EMEA and Turkey regions. Ref: IKEA, Hugo Boss, Pantone, Peak Performance. Accomplishments - Adding 2 key accounts and 21 additional accounts to the sales table in the last 3 quarters. - Proven sustainability projects on several accounts with over 10Mio$/year net income forHuntsman. - Brand management; managed local 10 brands and 3 EU and one US brands with over 20 Mio$/year net income for Huntsman. - Attended and locally managed 3 product group launches (2 reactive dyestuffs and 1 cellulose OBA), made local market analysis and performance trials 37 dyestuff and OBAs of mentioned 3 groups. Production Manager – Zorluteks - Home Textiles Production From- Kırklareli/Turkey Responsibilities - Dyehouse production of 300.000-meter dyed fabric per month concerning quality standards of EU and USA markets. - Finishing house management of 800.000 meters ready to finish fabrics. - Laboratory working processes, and process improvements. - Buyer position of intermediate materials to use in high performing products in textile production. Accomplishments - Production Productivity increase project - 120 days project. Result: Productivity has increased from 80 % to 88 %. - Printed fabric project on Modal fabric with extremely high fastness requirements. Result: 2mio meter fabric with %3 re-printing and/or re-dyeing processes in 3 weeks. - Water-saving project on washing off processes of dyed fabrics. Result: 12% extra water-saving at Kusters type, 7% water-saving at Goller type, 7% saving at Jet (rope) type washing machines. - Managed a total of thirty-eight people (33 shift workers, 4 shift supervisors, 1 senior technician) with their shift schedules, salary increases, and hiring. - In buying position, I have accomplished 5% price decreases without effecting product quality under 8-10% inflation in Turkey and 12-15% FX rate (USD/TRY) every year. Skills -Strategic Procurement of Materials -Customer service -Internal & External presentations -Strategic Business Development - Giving training -On-field sales -Product development -Launch preparation -Key account management Computer Skills (Rating) SAP (Moderate) C4C (Very Good) Periscope (Good) MS Office (Very Good) Education Master of Engineering – Textile Engineering Istanbul Technical University– 01.2021-Present Bachelor of Engineering – Textile Engineering Cukurova University - Languages TURKISH - NATIVE ENGLISH - PROFESSIONAL/ADVANCED Training, Course & Certificates - Creative and Innovative Thinking Techniques - 2013 ABC Edu. - 6σ Management Strategies Training - 2012 Çerkezköy OSB. - How NOT to Sell - Adam Brophy - 2011 UBERFLIP. - Color Activity in Design of Textiles- 2010 - YıldırımMayruk. - Yarn-weaving-knitting training - 2009 – METEM - Textile Dyeing-Printing-Finishing training -2010 – METEM - Value-Based Pricing-Huntsman Corp - C4C – Huntsman Corp - 7 Habits of Effective People – 2021 - New Product Development Orientation – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Personal Training - P2P Negotiation Skills. - Integration of Value-Based Pricing into daily sales. - Forecasting and Forecasting accuracy. - Presentation and training skills (By taking this training I made 40 internal and more than 70 external product and launch presentations in the last 10 months). - Having weekly training and feedback according to my development on Brands and Retailers management skills from Brands and Retailers Head of EU are from Huntsman Textile Effects. - Launch pack preparation training (I am at Launch Pack Preparation Group) - Data privacy (Office, Customer visits, and social media) * Above trainings are held by Huntsman Textile Effects Internal Training System and/or Personal training by Huntsman Associates. Professional Characteristics I am a very target-oriented team player with great production, sales, key account management, brand management, and product development skills. I see excitement as a part of my professional life, and I am aware of everything is achievable when excitement and patience meet with passion and experience.