Gulsum Korun Adir

• Reported to Turkey Country Manager and Client Engagement Managers in Europe and the US • Managed teams of 2 to 5 Sourcing and Contracting Professionals • Conducted Regional Sourcing Projects and did Category Management with my team members on behalf of Multinational Clients. Details listed below: • Title/Company: Regional Category Manager and Team Lead / Kellogg (2022) • Title/Company: Sourcing Manager / Invacare (2021-2022) • Title/Company: EMEA Sourcing and Contracting Team Leader / NetApp (2016-2020)

• Strategic Procurement and Category Management for the following : UPS, Air Conditioning, MR Room Prep, Helium, Automatic Syringes, Protective Materials, Laboratory Systems, Reagents • Preparation to the Sales Tenders, Contracting, Guideline creation • Managed contract transition and guideline revision process due to company split • Early involvement to the Sales Tenders, achieving significant amount of savings for OEMs (ie 25% saving from Syringe procurement e-auctions, 15% saving from UPS e-auctions)

• Ordered production materials through SAP MRP • Inventory Management (Achievement: Low Line Stop Rates with min. stock level) • Led 2 blue-collar and 1 white-collar team members in warehouse and planning team. Reported to Production Planning Manager • Did six sigma projects, took trainings, used Minitab and statistical methods • Achieved savings through 3 different six sigma projects to replace the materials with cheaper ones while keeping the same quality level. 6 Sigma Black Belt Certification in 2011