Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Energy markets professional with over 12 years of progressive experience in power and natural gas trading operations, physical operations management, and end-to-end operational ownership across Turkish and European markets. I have held full operational responsibility for day-ahead and intraday market activities, including bidding, scheduling, nomination, imbalance management, invoicing and settlement, managing diversified portfolios of power plants, battery assets and trading books in Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands and Estonia. My background combines deep hands-on operational expertise with managerial leadership, covering contract management (EFET, power & gas sales and purchase agreements), customer and asset onboarding, regulatory compliance, KPI design, budgeting and performance reporting. I am highly experienced in system design and process automation, working closely with IT teams and external vendors to translate commercial and regulatory requirements into scalable, resilient and fully compliant operational frameworks that support sustainable commercial growth.
- Leading a team of five with end-to-end responsibility for power trading, power plant and battery operations across Turkey, Germany, Estonia and the Netherlands - Overseeing day-ahead market operations, including bidding, scheduling, nominations and imbalance notifications - Managing the onboarding of power plants into the portfolio, ensuring seamless operational and system integration - Leading system design and redesign initiatives in response to evolving commercial and regulatory requirements, coordinating internal stakeholders and external service providers - Defining KPIs and performance targets for the team in line with operational and commercial objectives - Designing and continuously improving operational procedures in full compliance with regulations, contractual frameworks and industry’s best practices - Ensuring accurate and timely REMIT (EU) and EMRA (Türkiye) transaction and fundamental data reporting through defined control processes, team oversight, and coordination with trading, IT, and compliance teams - Overseeing real-time monitoring of battery assets, including availability, state of charge (SoC), performance deviations, and operational constraints, to support optimal dispatch and trading strategies - Collaborating closely with Sales, Trading, Finance and Legal teams on power trading and operational matters - Actively overseeing and working with trading platforms such as Smartpulse, EMSYS and EnergyOne, supported by a strong understanding of the underlying database structures enabling trading operations
- Driving operational efficiency for power sales and trading operations across the Turkish and German markets - Designing and improving operational procedures in alignment with regulations, contractual frameworks and industry best practices - Defining KPIs and performance targets while ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction - Contributing to negotiations of short- and long-term power sales and purchase contracts-
- Leading the effective operation of the team across power sales operations, power trading operations, customer satisfaction and reporting activities - Defining KPIs and performance targets for the team and actively motivating team members to achieve them - Designing and continuously improving operational procedures in full compliance with regulations, contractual frameworks and industry’s best practices - Training and onboarding new team members, including those with limited or no prior experience in the Turkish power market - Preparing the department’s annual budget and closely monitoring balancing positions - Collaborating with Sales, Commercial Planning, Finance, Trade Risk, and Budget & Reporting teams on power trading and operational matters - Providing structured and high-quality inputs to ERP and CRM development teams to support system enhancements - Reviewing, approving and tracking customer and supplier invoices as well as regulatory declarations submitted to EMRA and other governmental authorities - Actively trading in the Day-Ahead and Intraday Electricity Markets - Contributing to negotiations of short- and long-term power sales and purchase contracts
- Ensuring cost-effective natural gas supply for SOCAR-owned industrial assets, including PETKİM (petrochemical production facility) and STAR Refinery - Balancing overall gas supply and demand using short- and long-term gas sales and purchase contracts, storage agreements, OTC trading platforms, and system tolerance mechanisms - Managing portfolio risk exposure through commercially sound sizing and balancing strategies - Managing invoicing processes in compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements - Preparing and submitting regulatory declarations to EMRA and other relevant governmental authorities - Preparing, maintaining and regularly updating managerial reports to support operational and commercial decision-making - Negotiation of long and short-term natural gas sales and purchase contracts and gas storage contracts - Contributing to IT system improvement initiatives, particularly in reporting and invoicing functionalities
- Ensuring cost-effective natural gas supply for SOCAR-owned industrial assets, including PETKİM (petrochemical production facility) and STAR Refinery - Balancing overall gas supply and demand using short- and long-term gas sales and purchase contracts, storage agreements, OTC trading platforms, and system tolerance mechanisms - Managing portfolio risk exposure through commercially sound sizing and balancing strategies - Managing invoicing processes in compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements - Preparing and submitting regulatory declarations to EMRA and other relevant governmental authorities - Preparing, maintaining and regularly updating managerial reports to support operational and commercial decision-making - Negotiation of long and short-term natural gas sales and purchase contracts and gas storage contracts - Contributing to IT system improvement initiatives, particularly in reporting and invoicing functionalities-
- Managed private and platinum banking clients - Performed cross-selling of financial products based on customer needs - Strengthened client relationships through strong communication and service quality. - Developed solid commercial awareness and customer-centric problem-solving skills.-
- Managed private and platinum banking clients - Performed cross-selling of financial products based on customer needs - Strengthened client relationships through strong communication and service quality. - Developed solid commercial awareness and customer-centric problem-solving skills.-