Metin Karaman

Purchasing Director

Tahtakale, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Experience

  • Head Procurement Turkey at EssilorLuxottica
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    EssilorLuxottica Turkey all group companies Indirect Purchasing team management All indirect purchasing management of 7 different companies Group companies synergy studies EMEA region coordination activities affiliated with the Global team Application of global procedures in Turkey Management of the Turkish side of global agreements Joint agreements of Turkish group companies Dynamic marketing of Wholesale and Retail companies separately

  • Procurement Administrative Affairs Manager at Atasun Optik
    Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

    Management of all non-stock product group purchases Import procedures and management Accessory product group category management Contract Management Stock product price and payment negotiations and agreements All purchases and agreements regarding consumables Administrative affairs team management Tender process management, negotiations and agreements

  • Purchasing Manager,Satınalma Yöneticisi at Englishhome
    Jul 2011 - Present · 15 yrs

    • Being responsible for organization and management of All the Supply Chain Operations both in up country and abroad. • Managing all the importation organization, preparing cost studies according to customs legislation and determining the product costs. • Managing the necessary organizations to designate and effectively use the subcontractor firms related to shopping mall construction, furniture and openings. • Managing purchasing, supply, stocks management, planning and logistical process. • Managing the processes of strategic supply, planning, supplier management and negotiation/bargain processes. • Being responsible for the management of supplier portfolio. • Creating purchasing, logistics and planning policy and procedures. • Managing supplier performance, performing supplier development works. • Managing Quality Control unit in country, ensuring that production is above the stated quality standards, to get the ordered product controlled by the quality control unit and delivered to the storehouse without any quality problem. • Managing all the storehouses operative and effective. • To come up with some strategies for realizing the goals such as increasing market share, profitability, decreasing costs and increasing operational acclivity; to lead and make management board and team strong towards this way. • To prepare Supply Chain Management budget. • Reporting Management Board periodically. • Preparing time program in collection building process and managing the design team. • To have supplier and designer team develop a new product in accordance with defined themes in collection periods.

  • AYDIN ORME SAN. VE TIC. A.S. (Istanbul, Turkey)
    • SATINALMA MÜDÜRÜ
      Feb 2010 - Jul 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

      • Creating purchasing procedure and information transfer to all related directorates to make this applicable. • Ensuring that all the personnel which are working in Purchasing Department are acting in accordance with defined purchasing policy and purchasing procedure. • Deciding whether Produce or Purchase by doing Cost works in purchasing. • Working with Financing Department for related payments. • Creating price analysis system and preparing price comparison tables. • Periodically visiting suppliers. • Supplier evaluations and gathering information on new products during visits… • Sparely procuring the right item at the right time from the right place… • Carrying out supplier performance evaluations… • Budget Study • Preparing and examining purchase contracts ideally • Drawing up annual purchase contracts… • Preparing all procedures and Regulations and process management

    • SATINALMA UZMANI
      May 2005 - Feb 2010 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Basic Jobs and Responsibilities: Realizing purchasing transactions of demands received from subsidiaries within the group and supply chain management, Thread and raw material purchases from Domestic and Overseas companies Meeting and supervising all demands conveyed to Administrative Affairs department, office, kitchen, cleaning services, personnel service, renting out company cars, company car fuel services, company cell phone corporate GSM services, company travel and accommodation services Preparing and conducting the budget, cost accounting, business objectives and plans of Purchasing and Administrative Affairs Department, Coordinating the entire team and activities within the scope of Purchasing and Administrative Affairs Preparing analyses and reports regarding purchases and administrative affairs within the group, presenting to upper management, Carrying out processes of the business with government agencies, Supporting other internal departments in resolution of all problems (shipment, quality problems, accounting, finance) that may occur with suppliers Placing overseas purchasing orders, shipment organizations, following-up customs affairs Researching about alternative material and alternative suppliers in line with the procedure