Ahmet Karadeniz

• Coordinated and executed five parallel refrigerator projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish project requirements and manage change processes, leading to the successful launch of two products while ensuring alignment across stakeholders and providing technical support. • Maximizing efficiency of the process of writing project requirements by approximately 35% through the integration of three different libraries with ready to use content and reducing manual effort.

• Collaborated with cross-location lean teams in 9 countries to streamline global projects and deploy lean standards in a global lead role. • Conducted comprehensive maturity assessments of existing business processes, identifying critical areas for improvement, resulting in a 15% increase in overall production efficiency. • Built and customized Simulated Lean Thinking training facilitating 5 training sessions across 3 different countries for around 100 employees, satisfaction rating of 4.7 out of 5.

* Actively coordination with Cooling Division Factories (9 Factories) to provide standards, strategy deployment and analyze the Key Performance Indicator within the factories, * Driving Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) standards, optimization and trainings, * Initiating the tools regarding TPM; such as Mobile Plant Maintenance, Early Equipment Management and TPM Audit. *** Gained 300 thousand Euro saving of Maintenance Cost Reduction Project as a Project Leader in one plant in Germany.

• Facilitated Value Stream Mapping workshops to identify bottlenecks and streamline production processes, resulting in a 20% reduction in production lead-time. • Directed the integration of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that reinforced real-time visibility into production processes, leading to a 10% increase in output. • Implemented process improvements in glass assembly station that led to a 15% increase in output.

• Led three Lean Manufacturing projects with Gemba walks and Kaizen events, achieving a 15% production increase through standardization and waste elimination. • Facilitated Continuous Improvement Workshops and delivered training sessions to employees at all levels, raising awareness of waste reduction and enhancing productivity. • Yielded a remarkable 40% surge in output at filter assembly lines through a comprehensive analysis of value-added activities, waste elimination, and effective line balancing.

• Directed continuous production activities on assembly lines while driving lean deployment initiatives, resulting in a 5% reduction in downtime. • Secured and maintained daily KPI target levels, including Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), with a 85% achievement rate, and reduced Scrap Rate by 7%. • Implemented a Supermarket/Kanban system, incorporating daily, fluctuation, and safety consumption calculations, leading to a 80% improvement in Inventory Turnover and a 45% decrease in stockouts.