Alper Özalp

Leading a 95-FTE plant supply chain organization across production planning, material availability, warehousing, intralogistics and line feeding, with €5m inventory and €6m annual OPEX responsibility. Driving operational transformation through process and organizational redesign, digitalization, KPI governance and SAP master-data optimization; stock discrepancies -50%, delivery performance +20%, cost -20%.

Built and scaled a fashion e-commerce and omnichannel consumer brand from the ground up, with full operational and commercial responsibility and leadership of a 6-FTE team. Owned business strategy, business development, digital marketing, sourcing, inventory, fulfillment, supplier management and P&L across multiple production partners and sales channels.

Led a 40-FTE end-to-end supply chain organization across planning, procurement, inventory, warehousing, logistics, customer operations and import/export, with €6m inventory and €5m annual OPEX responsibility. Directed the end-to-end Offer-to-Cash operating model redesign; improved service +50% and forecast accuracy +65%, while reducing inventory -20%, logistics costs -20% and delivery errors -60%.

Led a 25-FTE end-to-end supply chain organization across planning, procurement, inventory, sales support, customer operations, distribution and import/export, with €10m inventory and €7m annual OPEX responsibility. Built S&OP and SAP-IBP-supported planning governance; inventory -30%, logistics costs -20%, forecast accuracy +25% and customer satisfaction +50%.

Led a 12 FTE-team within demand and supply planning, procurement, inventory management, sales support and order management across domestic and export markets. Owned forecasting and orderbook management, strengthened planning governance and coordinated execution across sales, procurement and logistics, including digital planning and forecasting processes.

Led a 10 FTE-team within spare-parts planning and operations across forecasting, procurement, inventory, lifecycle planning and distribution for service and export customers. Managed approximately 11,000 SKUs, including material master data, pricing, packaging and labeling, supporting 300+ service companies and 350 service vans.

Responsible for production, material and capacity planning for automotive manufacturing operations, including material requirements and supplier deliveries. Led an internal logistics optimization project covering goods receipt, material-flow design and line feeding, while coordinating production, procurement, suppliers and internal logistics.

Managed day-to-day operations of the family-owned wholesale, distribution and retail business across sales, purchasing, finance and customer management. Managed relationships with approximately 60 customers and 50 suppliers, including pricing, working-capital-related commercial activities, online sales and digital marketing.

Graduation BSc - Computer Science

Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science; transferred to Sabancı University in 2005 and completed BSc there in 2008.

Secondary education covering middle and high school with a German-language curriculum, completed with the Deutsches Sprachdiplom II.