Jul. 
					2003 – Sep. 2005       DAIMLERCHRYSLER,
					
				
				
				
				MERCEDES-BENZ TURK A.S.,                                                 
				
				
				Istanbul, Turkey
				
				
				                                               Global Commodity Lead Buyer 
				at DaimlerChrysler Commercial Vehicles  Coaches & Buses
				 
				
				
				
				EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
				
				
				
				
				Oct. 2005 – Exp. 2008      LANCASTER
				UNIVERSITY
				MANAGEMENT
				SCHOOL
				(PhD in Mngt. Science)                Lancaster, UK
				
				
				Sep. 
				2004 – Exp. 2006     
				
				
				ABERDEEN
				BUSINESS
				SCHOOL
				(MSc 
				in Purchasing & SCM)   
				                          Aberdeen, Scotland
				
				
				Oct. 2001 – June 2002    
				
				
				
				UNIVERSITY
				OF
				GLASGOW
				(MSc in Mech. Eng.)                                                 
				       Glasgow, Scotland
				
				
				
				Sep. 
				
				1998 – Feb. 2003    
				
				
				UNIVERSITY
				OF
APPLIED
SCIENCES
ESSLINGEN
(Dipl. Mech. Eng)  
				    
				         Esslingen, Germany
				
				
				
				Jun. 2002 – Dec. 2002     
				
				
				
				
				DAIMLERCHRYSLER 
				AG  (Master Thesis)                                                             
				
				
				     Stuttgart, Germany 
				 
				
				
				
				INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS 
				
				
				
				
				Mar. 2001 – Sep. 2001    SCHULER
				HYDROFORMING
				DETROIT USA      
					
				              
				
				
				                                  Canton, Michigan, USA 
				
				
				
				Jul. 1999 – 
					Mar. 2000     
					
				
				NANYANG POLYTECHNIC SINGAPORE        
					         
				
				                                               Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
				
				
				Jul. 
1997 - Feb. 1998       
				
				
				
				FUNKEROSIONSTECHNIK
				
				KALLINGER  GMBH                                                         Uhingen, Germany
				 
				
				
				
				BUSINESS 
				APPLICATIONS 
				
				
				
				SAP/R3, 
					MES (DC Procurement Syst.), Unigraphics, Pro/E, C++, DELMIA 
					Process Engineer, Matlab, Mechanical Desktop 4
				 
				
				
				LANGUAGES
				
				
				
				
				·      
					
				Fluent in German (native)      
					
				·      
					
				Fluent in Turkish (native)      
					
				·      
					
				Fluent in English          
					
				·      
					
				French elementary level
				
				 
				
				
				
				SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
				
				
				
				·      
					
				First Year Doctorate Programme Student Representative 
					at the
				Lancaster University 
				Management School
				
				
				·      
					
				Student Representative, Department of Mechanical Engineering 1st, 
				2nd and 4th Term at the University/Germany
				
				
				·      
					
				Student Representative 96/97 at Technical High School Göppingen/Germany
				 
				
				
				SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
				
				
				
				2006  Studentship from the Lancaster 
					University Management School; Doctorate Programme 
				
				
				
				2005  Scholarship granted by 
				Ö. Bilgin, Chairman of the Association of Automotive Parts and 
				Components Manufacturer
				
				
				2001   International Exchange Studentship 
					by the Erasmus-Sokrates Program for Final Year Studies at 
					the Univ. of 
				Glasgow
				
				
				
				2001   International Exchange Studentship 
					by the Erasmus-Sokrates Program for International Internship in 
					the USA
				
				
				1999   International Exchange Studentship 
					by the Erasmus-Sokrates Program for International Internship in 
				Singapore
				 
				
				
				
				PROFESSIONAL INTEREST
				
				
				
				
				Strategic Procurement, Web based B2B Systems and Supply Chain 
				Management, Buyer Supplier Relationships and Reciprocal 
					Investments, Information Sharing in the Supply Chain, 
					Continuous improvement Opportunities through Business 
					Process Integration.
				 
				
				
				PROFESSIONAL 
				MEMBERSHIPS
				
				
				
				· INFORMS (MSOM & IS Societies) 
				
				· Academy of Management (OM & OCIS)  · Chartered 
				Institute of Purchasing and Supply 
				
				
				· PUSH–Entrepreneur Network Stuttgart   ·
				
				
				Association of Information Systems    
				
				
				· 
				
				Decision Science