Zülal Aydin

Developing and implementing sourcing strategies for central and specialty laboratory services, focusing on cost optimization, risk mitigation, and compliance with GxP, GCP, GLP. Managing the end-to-end procurement process: RFQ execution, supplier selection, contract negotiations Collaborating with Clinical Operations Regulatory Affairs to ensure compliance and process efficiency Implementing cost-saving measures and value creation at local, regional, and global levels

• Led strategical sourcing process for Motor Systems by considering global procurement strategy. • Utilized advanced contract management and price negotiation methods to improve cost impact. • Managed supplier relationships by aligning with internal customers about technical changes. • Secured supply chain continuity with the Motor System Category`s top turnover supplier • Managed strategical purchasing steps to reach procurement saving target of the global commodity.

• Provided consultancy to a customer which is a Joint Venture French American Automotive company. • Represented procurement in project meeting to support the process by making risk management. • Responsible for monitoring the critical issues to avoid production shortage in Italy and France plant. • Coordinated the three-party call to manage shortage risk and reporting to the Manager in France • Experiences with HUDs, ICS, Clusters and Tachograph product group in global company structure.

• Responsible for Aircrafts’ spare parts’ procurement activities in Integrated Logistic Support • Created and managed maintenance and repair contracts with suppliers to ensure qualified operations of Aircrafts’ parts during customer usage during and after warranty period. • Created purchase orders, tracked procurement process by ensuring on-time delivery of goods. • Completed invoice reconciliation process in ERP systems according to contract payment conditions.

• Coordinated purchasing milestones during project timeline by collaborating with project team. • Ensured project results fulfill shareholder’s requirements, meet the project budget within timeline. • Managed risk level in the sourcing process of multiple new projects by analyzing suppliers’ performance results in terms of quality, logistic, technical, aftersales and finance ratings. • Collected quality, technic, logistic, aftersales and finance ratings for nominated suppliers.

• Created sourcing strategy for direct electrical&electronics components in Global Sourcing team to ensure cost efficient, qualified, and safe supply for production cycle • Created sourcing strategy for the product group by collaborating with VW group • Completed price negotiation with national and international suppliers to decrease material costs, logistic costs • Analyzed suppliers’ features according to quality, logistic, technic departments’ feedbacks not to cause risky situation for project timeline.

• Collected cost reduction ideas by motivating team members and coordinated approval process being an interface between MAN Turkey and MAN Germany • Created project timeline of ideas according to idea realization milestones in supply chain cycle • Reported status of created ideas to managerial level by identifying risks according to the project plan