Istanbul, Türkiye
An analytical thinking, solution oriented professional with financial, commercial, technical knowledge in travel industry and extensive hands-on experience of hotel distribution management systems; filled with an overwhelming enthusiasm on tech products and technology itself.
Team Leadership & Expansion: Successfully built and expanded the product team structure by hiring and mentoring new Product Managers, ensuring alignment with the company’s changing strategies. Strategic Product Vision: Developed and executed a strategic roadmap for the product tribe, working closely with business teams to identify opportunities for operational efficiency improvements. This led to measurable enhancements in key company metrics such as availability and waste ratio. Cross-functional Collaboration: Facilitated close collaboration with business units to understand their needs, optimize tool usage, and drive continuous improvement in operational capabilities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Product Tribe Formation: Established a new product tribe to decentralize the management of product data, pricing, assortment planning, and supplier data. Successfully distributed responsibilities across different squads, ensuring that the tribe met business demands more effectively. Stakeholder Alignment: Worked closely with stakeholders to align their needs with the tribe’s vision and roadmap, leading to smoother transitions and better outcomes. SAP Integration: Led the integration with SAP S/4HANA to streamline ERP capabilities, successfully integrating product, pricing, and order financial data, enhancing the company's financial operations.
Product Development: Managed the Petal Travel branch of Huawei’s search ecosystem, focusing on enhancing the travel search segment within the broader product. Vendor Onboarding: Collaborated with business teams to identify and onboard relevant travel vendors, expanding the reach and effectiveness of the search product. User Experience Improvement: Worked with designers and user researchers to analyze customer behaviors and needs, driving significant improvements in the travel search experience. Maintained direct communication with HQ, navigating the challenges of working within a different cultural and corporate mindset.
Platform Development: Spearheaded the development of a lodging platform for hoteliers and house owners, enabling them to market their properties across various distribution channels. Industry Benchmarking: Leveraged past experience and industry benchmarking to ensure the platform’s ease of use and extensive capabilities, resulting in a product that effectively met user needs.
Leadership & Delivery: Led a team of Product Owners, ensuring the organization met its deadline and scope targets as agreed with a key investor customer in France. Stakeholder Communication: Managed communications between Travelbuild’s business units, senior management, and the investor company, ensuring alignment on product roadmap and timelines. Roadmap Management: Took full responsibility for the product roadmap, ensuring that each launch date met the expected scope, contributing to the successful delivery of key milestones.
Technical Integration: Managed the technical integration of Travelbuild's B2B SaaS product, facilitating its use by tour operators in their daily operations. Supplier Integration: Analyzed documentation from flight, hotel, and transfer providers, playing a key role in establishing the company’s initial supplier integrations.