Erdem Erder

08/2018 - Present: Istanbul 07/2017 - 07/2018: New York

- Manage company’s China operations and supervise 35+ employees, ensuring implementation of company goals and realization of development projects through teamwork among R&D, Procurement, Quality, Finance, and HR - Lead the China Procurement team with $xxMM purchase volume - Create material forecasting concepts to increase on-time delivery performance - Conceptualized project to reduce country-dependence by moving select product category overseas

- Integrated largest key account into customer portfolio and represented customer as their purchase office in Asia, generating $xxMM turnover for commission-based business - Developed the North America business division, sourcing new product ranges for new clients; result was steady business growth and establishment of a Chicago subsidiary - Led a merchandising team, successfully shipping >400 purchase orders per year and completing all sourcing projects on time and to fullest customer satisfaction

- Compulsory and additional voluntary service in the Army

- Strategy & Finance focus - Teaching Assistant for core MBA & EMBA courses