Umit Gunay

Project Purchaser

Lampertheim, Germany

Experience

May 2023 - Apr 2025
2 years
Germany

Project Purchaser

Broetje Automation GmbH

Interim mandate in the engineering industry – building assembly lines in aerospace industry.

  • Project purchasing for two different turnkey-projects in the aerospace industry with its end customers in Germany and P.R. China
  • RFQs and awarding of steel construction trades, switch cabinets and services
  • Risk analysis
  • Supply Chain Management and Purchasing coordination with the chinese subsidiary
Feb 2023 - Oct 2023
9 months
Worms, Germany

Interim Manager

Reifenhäuser Blown Film Co. Ltd.

Interim mandate in the engineering industry.

  • Taskforcemanagement of drive technology, PLC, electrical components
  • Strategic purchasing
  • Tender and saving projects
Jun 2021 - Present
4 years 1 month
Lampertheim, Germany

Owner

Umit Gunay – Purchasing Consultancy and Mediation

Purchasing Consultancy and Mediation in sideline, main occupation since February 2023.

Jan 2016 - Present
8 years 6 months
Worms, Germany

Strategic Purchaser Electrotechnology and Deputy Head of Purchasing Department

Reifenhäuser Blown Film Co. Ltd.

Development and production of blown film plants. 120 EUR million sales/ 300 employees in 2022 BU Reifenhauser Blown Film, 750 EUR million sales/ 1750 employees in 2022 Reifenhauser Group. Reporting line: Head of Purchasing Department.

  • Strategic purchasing of electrotechnical and mechanical material
  • Project purchasing
  • Supplier management
  • Category management
  • Implemantation of savings strategies
  • Proclamation and new article setting
  • In charge of tender for electrotechnical items
  • Claim Management
  • Member of task force management (missing parts management)
  • Successfully implemented and led a cost-cutting measure which was not only unique for the BU in Worms, but also in the Reifenhauser Corporate Network – converted savings of 5% (purchasing volume of 60 mio EUR) in the financial year 2019/20
Jun 2011 - Dec 2016
5 years 7 months
Laudenbach, Germany

Purchasing/ Logistics Manager

awetis engineering + manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Producer of plants and machines, mould design and construction. 16 million sales/ 102 employees in 2015. Reporting line: Commercial Manager.

  • Disciplinal and technical leadership of the purchasing and logistics department
  • Coordination, supervision and strategic advancement of the storage and issuing processes
  • Improvement of the intralogistics
  • Project purchasing for the special purpose machinery manufacture and the mould design and construction
  • Supplier management and assessment
  • Contract management
  • Duties of the waste management officer according to §60 of the recycling and waste law
  • Vehicle fleet management
  • Supplier reduction
  • Cost reduction of standard machines for main customers - Tier-1-Supplier (15% for the switch cabinets of the injection moulding and 30% for the oscillating tool of the turntable edgeband gluing machines)
  • Error prevention at projects through interface management and coordination
  • Error control at the incoming inspection procedure - standard procedure of commodity groups
  • Risk minimization by establishing a sufficient supplier management
Jul 2008 - May 2011
2 years 11 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Purchasing Manager

ewo - Hermann Holzapfel LLC

Compressed air, Compressed air accessories, garage equipment, autogenous and propane. 18 million sales/ 90 employees in 2011. Reporting line: Managing Director/ Owner.

  • Leadership of the purchasing department
  • Responsible for 4 employees, a purchasing volume of 7 million EUR, more than 10.000 articles and different warehouses – Stuttgart (main warehouse), Hannover und Munich
  • Serial and project purchasing
  • Implementation of a global sourcing strategy
  • Supplier development
  • Make-or-buy decision
  • Inventory management
  • Successful worldwide coordination and negotiation at ongoing orders and contracts during the economic crisis in 2008
  • Successful global sourcing strategy: reduction of cost prices (15-60%) as well as a minimization of risk with new suppliers at LCCs
  • Control of the warehouse inventory: through permanent communication with other departments as well as a transparent operation mode
Oct 2007 - Jun 2008
9 months
İstanbul, Turkey

Procurement Specialist

Alp Engineering Co. Ltd.

Assembly of mobile base stations Turkey.

  • Global sourcing of antennas, cables, fittings
  • Serial and project purchasing
  • Working on biddings
  • Successfully sourced and closed a contract with a chinese manufacturer of RF cables – 16% cheaper price
Dec 2006 - Aug 2007
9 months
İstanbul, Turkey

Market Research Specialist

Nanda Petroleum and Chemical Products Co. Ltd.

Trade with base oils and chemicals.

  • Market Research
  • Global sourcing of base oils and different chemicals
  • Successfully sourced phenyl aceto-actonitrile in China CAS# 4468-48-8

Languages

German
Native
Chinese
Advanced
English
Advanced
Turkish
Advanced

Education

Oct 2002 - Jun 2003

Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)

Beijing, China

Oct 2000 - Jun 2005

University of Applied Sciences in Constance

Business-Sinologist (FH) · Business Sinology · Konstanz, Germany

Oct 1998 - Jun 1999

Specialized Secondary School in Landau

Landau, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Diploma of Basic Studies

Leuphana University Luneburg

2nd Party Auditor

TUV

Waste Management Officer