Ufuk Karasu

Global Category Manager at Ontex

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

An ambitious and self-motivated professional with proven and tested negotiation, communication and supply chain management skills.

Experience

  • Ontex (Aalst, Flemish Region, Belgium)
    • Global Category Manager
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Global Senior Buyer
      Mar 2024 - Feb 2026 · 2 yrs

      Global Procurement Category Manager with a focus on Europe and North America.

  • Strategic Purchaser at Atlas Copco
    Feb 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Commodity Buyer & Project Buyer

  • Purchaser (Traineeship) at Arçelik Global
    Apr 2021 - Oct 2021 · 7 mos

    Known as Beko in Europe

  • Consultancy Project Intern at Terumo Europe
    Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 · 3 mos

    Subject: Re-assessment of non-product-related added values (services and capabilities) by Terumo Pharmaceutical Solutions (TPS) Background: TPS manufactures medical devices dedicated for the pharmaceutical industry. Those devices are either co-packed or supplied with the drugs – in order to be utilized for the medical application – or are the primary containers for the drug itself. The business relation does not stop here, intensive after-sales-service is required, TPS-customers have specific demands for additional services by their vendors. Scope: Re-Definition of services –– assessment of capabilities and resources - assignment of service packages per customer segment.

  • Process Engineer at ExxonMobil
    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Head productivity improvement plans. Lead and coordinate implementation of Lean Manufacturing requirements in different areas in the plant and help to identify areas of process improvement. Decrease changeover times of drum lines by 10 minutes which saved up to 40 minutes each day. Detect lack of communication between Quality and Production departments and systematized the communication by monitoring the batch release times which pushed operators from production and analysts from lab to work more organized. Encourage operators bring solutions to inefficiencies. - Coordinate MEI data collection and timely posting, analyze data and support/coordinate action plans with EAME Manufacturing Excellence Lead; report plans status regularly to Plant Manager and Europe Manufacturing Manager. Improve data collection by raising awareness of operators and systematizing it to provide a full process control. - Substitute Finite Scheduler during his absence.