SERKAN
Manufacturing Plant Director - Turkey - iCEO #78117

Experience

Result driven professional with 19 years progressive experience in 4 different industries (Automotive OEM, Plastics, Chemical, Building Materials). Continuous improvement mindset to increase business profitability & operational excellence. Strong management qualifications with effective leading and interpersonal skills. Proven success record of achieving targets in multinational companies.

Major Achievements

Management: Leading of Clariant Turkey Plant Operations (2 Facilities : Gebze & Gaziantep) Safety : Improvements on health and safety. + 1.100 days without Lost Time Accident. Opex: First Plant in IMEA region to have ‘Bronze Certificate’ Clariant Operational Excellence Sys. Lean 6 Sigma & Continuous Improvement initiatives (DMAIC, PDCA, RCA, FMEA, 5-S, 8D, 7 wastes, VSM, Pareto, Kata, Genba) with 6 Sigma Black Belt Certification Production : + % 26 production amount increase in 3 years. (from 163 to 205 tons/month) 3 times production record within first year. (Milestone Success : 273 tons/month) Productivity : + % 33 Throughput increase. (from 46 to 61 kg/man*hr) in first year. (Milestone Success : 74 kg/man*hr) Quality : - % 45 rework (quality rejected product) reduction (from % 3,3 to %1,8) within first year. Yield Loss : - % 61 reduction (from %3,1 to %1,2) on material loss (scrap) in 3 years Planning :- %77 decrease on frozen zone violation (production plan change) OTIF: + %7 increase (from % 86 to % 92) within 1,5 years. Cost Saving : 161.000 €/year operational cost reduction Budget: P&L responsibility with Operational Budget (3.500.000 €) & Capex Budget. (432.000 € ) 5S initiatives to have many working environment improvements.

Industry Sector Competencies

Packaging

Automotive

Construction Industry

Engineering

Plastics

Professional Objectives

Function: plant manager , operations director , head of manufacturing, coo

Sector: all industries

Interim Manager: No

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Europe , the US, GCC

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

Turkey

Operational Competencies

Business development (Expert)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Pre or post investment audit (Expert)