Fashion

Reporting to Office Owner.
A small License office with 10 staff, holding licenses for Adventure Time & Fifa2018 &
Mansour & Hello Kitty etc    Preparing collections (consist of jerseywear &
wovenwear & Cap & shoes & bags etc   ) and getting them produced for the customers from Middle East like Landmark Group & Alshaya Group etc

*finding new factories for production.

*Working closely with the designers to help with technical part of products.

*Getting costings done from various factories local and international.

*Placing the orders with factories.

*Holding work in progress meetings with factories on a weekly base.

*Doing production follow up and giving all approvals

*Carrying out in-line & final inspections

Sourcing & Production Manager (Middle East Market)

Reporting to Factory Owner
*Managing the relationships between the Customers (George, Saisnbury's, Aracadia
Group, River Island, Urban Outfitter, M&S, Monsoon, Bonmarche, Tesco, New Look, Best
Sell Varner Group, Inditex Group, Charles Voegele, New Yorker, Pimkie, Lindex, LPP) and the Company.

*Visiting current and new customers and conducting presentations.

*Managing the marketing team of 18 staff providing motivation, targets and regular
performance reviews.

*Doing shopping, getting design samples made, sourcing newness & innovations
against customers design brief and presenting these to the customers.

*Visiting fashion fairs

*Attending all design meetings with customers

*Managing sale-samples process; ensuring on-time deliveries.

*Managing all approval process before production.

*Holding work in progress meetings with customers on a weekly base.

Marketing Manager (European and UK Market)

Reporting to Factory Manager


*Managing the relationships between the Customers (Per-Una / Dirk Bikkembergs / Tommy Hilfiger /Umbro / Ted Baker/US Polo /Debenhams / Monsoon / Freeman T.
Porter / Karl Lagerfeld / Just Brands / CK etc   ) and the Company.
*Visiting current and new customers and conducting presentation.
*Managing the marketing and design team of 12 staff providing motivation,
targets and regular performance reviews.
*Doing shoppings, getting design samples made, sourcing newness & innovations
against customers design brief and presenting these to the customers.
*visiting fashion fairs
*Attending all design meetings with customers
*Managing sale-samples process; ensuring on-time deliveries.
*Managing all approval process before production.
*Holding work in progress meetings with customers on a weekly base.
*Attending Code of Conduct audits.

Marketing manager (European and UK Market)

Reporting to the General Manager


*Managing the relationships between the Customers (TCP / One Step Up / Trend Zone / Marrycate-Ashley / Guess etc   ) and all key suppliers.
*Creating and managing the development of the critical path, ensuring delivery
deadlines.
*Responsible for ensuring the product quality and specifications are compliant
with Customers and Global standards; making sure everything is 'fit for purpose'.
*Negotiating terms and the price of garments with apparel suppliers
*Holding work in progress meetings with customers and factories on a weekly
base.
*Managing the office team of 10 staff providing motivation, targets, and regular
performance reviews.
*Making sure all developments and production is done within the agreed
timeframe.

Merchandiser & Production Coordinator (USA Market)

(UK market)
Reporting to the General Manager


*Managing the relationships between the Customers (Ben Sherman / Kangol / Fat Face) and all key suppliers.
*Creating and managing the development of the critical path, ensuring delivery
deadlines.
*Responsible for ensuring the product quality and specifications are compliant
with Customers and Global standards; making sure everything is 'fit for purpose'.
*Negotiating terms and the price of garments with apparel suppliers
*Holding work in progress meetings with customers and factories on a weekly
base.
*Managing the office team of 4 staff providing motivation, targets, and regular
performance reviews.
*Making sure all developments and production is done within the agreed
timeframe.

Team Leader

Reporting to the General Manager


I was responsible for following up the orders placed by our customers (M&S / Admiral / Kangol / Kappa etc   ) as well as preparing their sale-samples. I was also
a member of ISO 9002 Project team at TALU.


*Getting sketches with all details from customers.
*Managing first protos and sale-samples process; ensuring on-time deliveries.
*Holding price negotiations with customers.
*Creating and managing the development of the critical path, ensuring bulk
delivery deadlines.
*Holding work in progress meetings with customers on a weekly base.
*Procured raw materials for the production; sourcing predominantly fabric & embellishments and packaging both internationally and in Turkey.
*Monitoring bulk production.
*Arranging shipments.

Customer Representative (European Market)

Reporting to the General Manager


I was responsible for following up the orders placed by our customers (Chevignon / IKKS / Check-In / T&C / Easy Jeans etc   ) as well as preparing their sale-samples. I was also a member of ISO 9002 Project team at TALU.


*Getting sketches with all details from customers.
*Managing first protos and sale-samples process; ensuring on-time deliveries.
*Holding price negotiations with customers.
*Creating and managing the development of the critical path, ensuring bulk delivery
deadlines.
*Monitoring the bulk production.

Reporting to the Manager of Knitted Fabric Purchasing Department

I was responsible for making the greige fabric ready for the production.
*Calculating the need of yarn for each order.
*Finding right fabric knitters and ensuring on-time bulk deliveries.
*Negotiating prices with the fabric knitters.

Chief Assistant

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Ahmet Karakaya: in Istanbul

Ahmet Karakaya

RICHARD&MORRIS Ltd

AKADEMI TEKSTIL

FETIH TEKSTIL

MARCO INT

TEKNIQUES

TALU TEKSTIL

TALU TEKSTIL

ÖRSA HOLDING

Istanbul Technical University