Erdal CAKIR

Sales Director @ Deloitte | Technology & Transformation

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

With over 20 years of experience in digital transformation, I currently serve as an Account Technology Strategist for strategic enterprise customers at Microsoft. In this role, I lead enterprise-wide cloud, AI, and digital transformation initiatives for Microsoft’s largest customers leveraging Microsoft’s intelligent connected industry platforms and partner ecosystem. My focus is on enabling organizations in the retail, manufacturing, automotive, energy and transportation industries to identify opportunities for growth and innovation through tailored cloud solutions. By partnering with customers and collaborating with industry-focused teams and partners, I support strategic planning and solutions to address complex business challenges and accelerate digital transformation.

Experience

  • Sales Director at Deloitte
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

  • Microsoft (Full-time · 7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Account Technology Strategist | Strategic Account
      Jul 2024 - Jun 2026 · 2 yrs

    • Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods & Transportation Industry Advisor, MEA
      Dec 2018 - Jun 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Drive Microsoft cloud services growth through industry focused solutions Engaging with customers to identify and generate new business opportunities through industry solutions, leading early stages of opportunity engagements Working with Microsoft partners to build out Microsoft industry solution portfolio/map, to comprehensively solve business challenges Providing insight and feedback from customers and partners to the worldwide industry teams to help learning and improvement in industry solutions and digital transformation Working with industry focused sales teams in Microsoft as the Industry subject matter expert in customer planning and opportunity management

  • Atos (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Industry Market Head, Consulting & System Integration
      Jul 2013 - Dec 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos

      Business Development and Presales Head for Enterprise Digital Business Platforms & Manufacturing, Retail and Transportation Market Industry 4.0 Country Leader Delivering value through strategic consulting and business cases for Digital Transformation in Consumer Goods, Discrete, Automotive, Metals, Retail and Airline Industries Expertise for digitalization projects such as Enterprise Data Lake & Analytics, Omni-Channel Transformation and IoT & Industry 4.0 Transformation Global client leader for home goods appliance producer ($10M+ revenue in 3 years) Coaching and supervising sales team in terms of account planning / strategy & solutions / services portfolio Close relationships with customers for consultative & solution selling and trusted advisor Highly capable with solution & bid management including large & global deals (Total managed deal size around $100M for 7 large deals) Order Entry, External Revenue, P&L Responsibility Keeping latest developments and trends in markets and technology and providing inputs for industry specific methodologies / sales approach

    • Solution Manager
      Jul 2011 - Jun 2013 · 2 yrs

      Working closely with customers to ensure a clear understanding of their business priorities and needs Creating technical solution to deliver end to end integrated solution Presenting the solution and negotiating with customer and getting a buy-in from executive levels Creating solution cost model to commercial management standards Bid closure and its handover to the operational authority / sponsor / Project Management

  • Senior Solution Consultant at Siemens
    Jun 2009 - Jun 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Project Management Manufacturing Solutions Senior Consultant Conceptual design of Integrated Manufacturing

  • SAP Solution Consultant at Siemens
    Sep 2005 - Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    SAP Logistics Solution Consultant