Seda (Obuz) Tirkaz
Freelance Marketing Consultant
Experience
Freelance Marketing Consultant
Freelance Marketing Consultant
- Assessed new business and revenue opportunities
- Developed the strategic marketing plan for a startup company
- Provided expert insights in the conceptualization of innovative marketing strategies
Global Trade Marketing Manager
Sisecam Group / Pasabahce
- Managed shopper marketing strategies and category development projects of Pasabahce brand across multiple channels in Turkey, Russia, Italy, Egypt, Iran
- Executed seasonal activities, events, in-store themes, annual retail plan and consumer promotions
- Managed a team of 8 members and 220+ merchandisers on the field
- Collaborated with 5 subsidiaries, 25+ distributors and 10+ marketing agencies
- Managed agency and department budgets
- Arranged sales account visits in coordination with sales teams to extend existing markets and develop new sales channels
- Responsible for premium brand Nude, its marketing strategies and analysis including ROI and SWOT
- Prepared annual strategic trade marketing plan ensuring sales targets were achieved and brand guidelines were followed in global activities
- Launched shopper marketing in Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Italy achieving retail sales growth of 20% in Turkey, 210% in Russia and 169% in Egypt
- Increased retail penetration by 39% in one year
Global Trade Marketing Executive
Sisecam Group / Pasabahce
- Developed all go-to-market materials from creative design to execution including merchandising directives, presentations for sales meetings, trade shows and executive meetings
- Built partnerships with third-party marketing and retail agencies
- Led marketing and sales strategies in retail and horeca channels
- Managed a team of 3 members and 100+ merchandisers on the field
- Established merchandising operations with 120 merchandisers in Russia
- Increased consumer engagement and brand awareness by 4.5% in Russia according to Nielsen report
- Implemented SKU optimization project including product basket optimization, differentiated products for various channels and SKU performance analysis
Shopper Marketing Specialist
Sisecam Group / Pasabahce
- Developed and analyzed region and customer trade promotions
- Produced periodical internal status update reports for incentives, merchandising audit results and company sell-out data
- Took responsibility for profitability success
- Built strong relationships with marketing, category, sales and finance departments
Assistant Brand Manager
TAT Food Group
- Responsible for all marketing activities of Pastavilla and TAT Ketchup brands
- Developed a brand-new product "Pastavilla Tam Bugday" and led the entire ATL and BTL processes
- Developed messaging and content for social media
- Monitored market trends, consumer behaviors and spending habits for marketing projects
Intern in Treasury Department
Volkswagen Dogus Financing
- Assisted with treasury department tasks
Part-time Sales Specialist
Papko GmbH
- Provided sales analysis, forecasting and reporting
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Advertising (6 years), Manufacturing (5 years), Retail (1.5 years), and Food and Beverage (1 year).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Marketing (12 years), Strategy (7.5 years), Sales (5 years), Business Intelligence (2 years), Project Management (1.5 years), and Product Development (1 year).
Skills
- Google Analytics
- Salesforce
- Ms Office Applications
- Nielsen
- Sap
- Planogram-spaceman
- Google Analytics (Issued 07/2021)
- The Fundamentals Of Digital Marketing (Issued 03/2021)
- Strategic Marketing Program: Ozyegin University, Faculty Of Business
- Leadership Program: Dale Carnegie Academy
- Guest Speaker: Istanbul Technical University
- Attended Fairs & Seminars: Ambiente, Popai, Brand Licensing, Marketing Week Live, Euroshop
- Hobbies: Pets, Gardening, Backpacking, Psychology, Photography, Tema
Languages
Education
Technical University of Munich
Visiting Student Program · Project Management, Advanced Topics in Marketing, Strategy & Leadership, New Product Development and Marketing, Business · Munich, Germany
University of Bristol
MSc, Merit Award · Economics, Finance and Management · Bristol, United Kingdom · Merit Award
Istanbul Technical University
BS · Management Engineering · İstanbul, Turkey · 3.59 / 4.00, Ranked 3rd, Honor List every term for four years
Certifications & licenses
Google Analytics
The Fundamentals Of Digital Marketing
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