Aziz U.

Deputy General Manager - Operation (Lignite) and Supply Chain, Board Member at Zebra Electronics

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Director of Procurement with a history of working in the energy industry, FMCG and automotive parts industry. Skilled in Power Plants, Project Management, Contract Management, Cash Management, Supply Chain Management, Inventory and Logistics Management, Business Process Improvement (6 Sigma-Green Belt), Production Planning. A leader with competencies such as strategic planning, team building&development, coaching,creative thinking,problem solving, managing performance.

Experience

  • Enerjisa Üretim (11 yrs 7 mos)
    • Deputy General Manager - Operation (Lignite) and Supply Chain
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Director Of Procurement
      Mar 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      *Direct report to CEO *Leading a team of 23 people *Providing coaching to the team to reach their maximum potential *Responsible for increasing expertise level of the team *Creating healthy work environment and encouraging creativity *Accountable for purchase and supply of goods and services for power plants, head office and investments *Accountable for commercial activities of wind and solar projects from tender to handover of power plant to operation team *Accountable for Supplier Management *Accountable for customs, logistics and investment incentive processes *Accountable for contract and dispute management *Responsible for inventory management of power plants *Developing and executing a long term strategy for Procurement *Analyzing and monitoring trends in procurement to develop procurement technologies *Updating Procurement Strategies and Process based on changing market conditions *Ensuring compliance to all procurement policies and procedures.

    • Director of Procurement
      Aug 2022 - Sep 2022 · 2 mos

      Negotiation of EPC Contract of the Solar Project in Texas - 272MW

  • Enerjisa (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • Operational Procurement Manager
      Feb 2014 - Dec 2014 · 11 mos

      •Managed operational procurement team of 11 people, •Managed direct and indirect purchasing activities of Power Plants, •Leaded project procurement strategies and procurement execution plans, •Managed the team for optimizing inventory, •Ensured compliance to all procurement policies and procedures, •Managed customs, logistics and investment incentive processes, •Managed commercial activities of Long Term Maintenance Contracts of Power Plants.

    • Operational Procurement Team Leader
      Mar 2012 - Feb 2014 · 2 yrs

      *Managed operational procurement team of 6 people, *Managed commercial activities of Power Plants, *Leaded project procurement strategies and procurement execution plans, *Ensured compliance to all procurement policies and procedures, *Managed customs and investment incentive processes with logistics department, *Managed procurement software and improvements in the systems (SAP,EBA etc.) *Contract management support for wind power plant projects, *Managed commercial activities of wind power plant projects. *Managed commercial activities of O&M Contracts for wind power plants.

    • Procurement Specialist
      Oct 2008 - Mar 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      (Procurement of hydro and wind power plant projects. All purchasing steps from selection of vendors, preparation of RFP, commercial evaluation of proposals, preparation of contracts,managing service contracts, taking role in contract negotiations, negotiating and set up long-term relationships with strategic suppliers including effective management and monitoring of vendor contracts. Project development with IT Department for supply chain improvement, negotiation and procurement of services, direct and indirect material needs of all plants in operation, having responsibility for ISO 9001 and 14001 documentations of procurement department and waste disposal of plants).

  • Exchange Program at Verbund
    May 2012 - Aug 2012 · 4 mos

    *Execution of TSA and O&M contracts for wind power plants and substations, *Worked on best practice guide for wind turbine contracts, *Technical evaluation of potential wind power plant projects, *Studied on rotor blades,noise issue for WTGs, compressed-air energy storage power plants,energy market in Turkey, renewables in Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria.

  • Procurement and Production Planning Specialist at Colgate-Palmolive
    Jun 2007 - Oct 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Evaluating and approving production plans, determining on product plans for production lines, managing material requirement plan, managing SLOB, return and scrap materials, preparing monthly material supply and production/planning performance report,receiving the material demands from SAP and issue of relevant purchase orders to suppliers, follow-up of the deliveries, check of invoices, taking actions for production plan changes, coordinating urgent material demands, trying to minimise the raw material inventory based on suppliers' performances, dealing with problems emerging during the customs operations.

  • Chief of the Mixture Preparation and Foreign Purchasing Departments at Kale Balata Otomotiv San. ve Tic. A.S.
    Oct 2003 - Mar 2007 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    R&D activities in reinforcing disc brake pads and drum brake linings by analyzing effects of plastic resins, rubber dust, styrene and polybutadien rubbers, elastomers such as Kevlar, Twaron, development of new formulas according to above mentioned studies, Material Requirement Planning, collecting the quotations received from the suppliers and carriers and selecting the most suitable supplier and carrier accordingly, negotiating with the suppliers on their payment terms and prices ,looking for alternative suppliers and carriers, making the appointment with carrier for the collection of goods, dealing with problems emerging during the customs operations, planning of payments to suppliers.