Barış Levent

Project management logistics in new product and new model projects Powertrain. • Overall representation of logistics in the strategic project management • Ensuring that the logistics function achieves its goals, as well as its application factors, maturity levels, deadlines and timely escalation • Coordination of internal and external/international project stakeholders

Representation of a company that offers vehicle protection solutions for the customers like Volkswagen, Audi AG and Mercedes AG. • First contact person to the customer requests and quality/delivery problems • Customer relations starting with sampling until serial production • Delivery planning and documentation in customer portals • Feasibility analysis of logistical alternatives and warehousing in the EU • Logistic operations between Germany, Turkey and Ukraine

General responsibility by a car protection solutions providing company. • Cost calculations and offers for the new models • Customer relations starting with sampling until serial production • Material and shipment planning • Purchasing

Complete responsibility of all processes in a technical textile manufacturing company with a wide product range, a significant increase in total sales from 5.5M€ (2010) to 12M€ (2018) by bringing new customers and widening the product/technology ranges and cooperation with the suppliers worldwide. Main customers are Hill-Rom (US) / Liko (Sweden), Babybjörn (Sweden), Britax&Römer (Germany), Etac (Sweden), VW Group (Germany).

Full responsibility of start up process for a subsidiary textile company in Kakhovka, Kherson Region. • Investment budget and feasibility project, • Construction and infrastructure, • Recruitment for both white and blue collars (Total 75 employee), • Supplier search and approval, • Production machinery and equipment purchasing, • Customs procedure and tolling agreement preparations,

General responsibility of the logistics and supply chain operations for both technical textile and leather bag productions, %6 cost improvement at procurement by organizational alignments and close cooperation with the material suppliers and tanneries. *Procurement *Material and capacity planning *Raw material and finished good warehouses *Transport & Import - Export operations

Complete responsibility for HR processes at the suit plant (1.300 employees), leading a major project to improve and revise the recruitment process, as an effort to bring an analytical approach into HR. *Performance reviews *Team building and motivational activities *Absenteeism - overtime analysis and reporting *Recruitment *Wage management *Legal issues & Dismissals *Trainings

Complete execution of the logistic operations in suit plant, applying new flexible planning methods by the implementation of the pulling system and Kanban cards, % 14 WIP reduction. *Seasonal and weekly production capacity planning / Headcount budget *Fabric and material planning *Stock management *Raw material and finished good warehouses *Production reporting *Transport & Import - Export operations *Customer relations (Hugo Boss – Metzingen)

Leading a team of twelve industrial and textile engineers, restructuring of the jacket and trousers production lines into the classical and flexy groups, %8-12 efficiency increases. *Capacity planning and production flow mapping *Performance and efficiency management *Operational method engineering and productivity improvements *Seasonal/annual budgets *Cost reduction projects

Cutting room management with 150 workers for 14.000 suits/week, set-up of the new cutting rooms for sportswear and shirt plants, %2,1 wastage decrease by digital and visual improvement methods. *Execution of weekly production plans *Coordination of spreading, cutting and after cutting operations *Capacity planning for fabric and materials

Cutting room management for 50.000 trousers/week production for Marks&Spencer, capacity increase by implementation of an automatic cutter. *Weekly capacity planning *Production orders preparation *Coordination of fabric test lab and CAD for patterns and layers preparation *Consumption and production overview reports