Berk Buharali
Freelance Management Consultant (Product Management & Market Analysis)
Experience
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 7 months Germany
Freelance Management Consultant (Product Management & Market Analysis)
OBB Consulting
- Conducting global market studies (market volume calculations) for industrial B2B products (sensors, measurement technology, industrial filters, electronics, machine components, etc.) for target industries such as energy, e-mobility, aerospace, aviation, and process industry.
- Decision support for innovation processes in small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Conducting competitor analyses, sales analyses, product lifecycle analyses, and strategic portfolio analyses.
- Calculating payback periods based on market volume estimates for business cases.
- Defining marketing strategies.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year Hamburg, Germany
Product Manager in Volume Flow Measurement
DURAG Group
- Conducting a global market study.
- Conducting a competitor analysis.
- Position ended due to company cuts during the COVID recession.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2020
4 years Germany
Product Manager in Torque Measurement
Kistler Gruppe
- Monitoring international market and competitor developments.
- Contributing to the development of the strategic product roadmap.
- Developing strategic sales plans including marketing concepts.
- Managing the product lifecycle process for torque sensors in the international market.
- Pricing new and existing product lines.
- Defining product specifications for project proposals considering customer requirements, market and competitive situation, and relevant trends.
- Supporting development projects and coordinating with project managers.
- Coordinating market and series launches, including creating marketing materials and product documentation.
- Close collaboration with R&D, sales, production, marketing, and quality departments.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years Cologne, Germany
Working Student and Master’s Candidate in the Industrial Engineering Department
Ortlinghaus-Werke GmbH
- Creating a process model for technical order processing.
- Organizing workshops to record the time of business processes in order processing.
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years Bremen, Germany
Intern and Bachelor’s Thesis Student in Assembly Planning (SL-/SLK-Class)
Daimler AG
- Preparing a decision paper including a utility analysis considering technical and strategic criteria and an economic comparison of investment options.
- Organizing workshops for the technical and strategic evaluation of possible system solutions (make-or-buy).
Languages
Turkish
Native
English
Advanced
German
Advanced
Italian
Elementary
Education
Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
RWTH Aachen University
Master of Science · Industrial Engineering, specializing in Mechanical Engineering · Aachen, Germany
Oct 2009 - Jun 2014
RWTH Aachen University
Bachelor of Science · Industrial Engineering, specializing in Mechanical Engineering · Aachen, Germany
Oct 2007 - Jun 2009
RWTH Aachen University
Mechanical Engineering · Aachen, Germany
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