Umit Gunay
Interim Project Purchaser
Experience
Project Procurement and Contract Management
TotalEnergies
Project procurement and contract management in CAPEX projects in petrochemicals – FEED-Phase and EPC-Phase with engineering partners, contractors and supplliers Tenders is SAP Ariba
Interim Project Purchaser
Broetje Automation GmbH
- Project purchasing for two different turnkey-projects in the aerospace industry with 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
Interim Project Purchaser
Reifenhäuser Blown Film Co. Ltd.
- Task force management of drive technology, PLC and electrical components
- Strategic purchasing
- Tender and savings projects
Owner
Umit Gunay – Purchasing Consultancy and Mediation
- Providing purchasing consultancy services and mediation
Strategic Purchaser Electrotechnology and Deputy Head of Purchasing Department
Reifenhäuser Blown Film Co. Ltd.
Strategic purchasing of electrotechnical and mechanical material
Project purchasing
Supplier management
Category management
Implementation of savings strategies
Proclamation and new article setting
In charge of tender for electrotechnical items
Claim management
Member of task force management for missing parts management
Successfully implemented and led a cost-cutting measure unique for the business unit in Worms and the Reifenhäuser corporate network, converting savings of 5% on a purchasing volume of €60 million in the 2019/20 financial year
Purchasing/Logistics Manager
awetis engineering + manufacturing Co. Ltd
Disciplinary and technical leadership of the purchasing and logistics department
Coordination, supervision and strategic advancement of storage and issuing processes
Improvement of intralogistics
Project purchasing for special purpose machinery manufacture and 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
Reduced number of suppliers
Achieved cost reduction of standard machines for main customers: 15% for switch cabinets of injection moulding machines and 30% for oscillating tools of turntable edgeband gluing machines
Prevented errors in projects through interface management and coordination
Controlled errors in incoming inspection procedures by standardizing commodity group procedures
Minimized risk by establishing sufficient supplier management
Purchasing Manager
ewo - Hermann Holzapfel LLC
Leadership of the purchasing department with responsibility for four employees, a purchasing volume of €7 million, over 10 000 articles and multiple warehouses (Stuttgart, Hanover and Munich)
Serial and project purchasing
Implementation of a global sourcing strategy
Supplier development
Make-or-buy decision making
Inventory management
Coordinated and negotiated worldwide orders and contracts during the 2008 economic crisis
Implemented global sourcing strategy, reducing cost prices by 15–60% and minimizing risk with new low-cost-country suppliers
Controlled warehouse inventory through permanent communication with other departments and transparent operations
Procurement Specialist
Alp Engineering Co. Ltd
Global sourcing of antennas, cables and fittings
Serial and project purchasing
Working on biddings
Successfully sourced and closed a contract with a Chinese manufacturer of RF cables at 16% lower cost
Market Research Specialist
Nanda Petroleum and Chemical Products Co. Ltd
Market research
Global sourcing of base oils and various chemicals
Successfully sourced phenyl aceto-acetonitrile in China (CAS 4468-48-8)
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing (17.5 years), Professional Services (4.5 years), Aerospace and Defense (2 years), Energy (0.5 years), Telecommunication (0.5 years), and Chemical (0.5 years).
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Experienced in Procurement (19 years), Logistics (5.5 years), Operations (5.5 years), Supply Chain Management (5 years), Project Management (2 years), and Research and Development (0.5 years).
Skills
- Ms-office
- Sap S/4 Hana
- Tacto: Supplier Onboading
- Allex Ai: Platform For Project Management
- Onventis: Platform For All-in-one-procurement
Languages
Education
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
Chinese Language · Beijing, China
University of Applied Sciences in Constance
Business-Sinologist, Chinese Language, Intercultural Communication, International Economics, Project Management and Finance, · Konstanz, Germany
Specialized Secondary School in Landau
Landau, Germany
Certifications & licenses
2nd Party Auditor (TUV) According To ISO 9001, ISO 19011 And ISO/TS 16949
TUV
Waste Management Officer
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