Functional Skills

Business Development
Communications
Budgeting
Corporate Finance
Strategic Planning
Customer Experience
Commercial Due Diligence
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
E-commerce Implementation
Operations Management
Real Estate Investing
Project Management

Software Skills

Microsoft Office

Sector Experience

Automotive
Chemicals
Consumer Goods
Energy
Retail

Languages

English
German
Turkish
Big 4 Accounting
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

Freelance Management Consulting
Strategy and M&A
3/2023 - Present
• Supporting a small to medium-sized company operating in the construction sector in its transformation and strategic planning processes
• Performed a strategy workshop to define its mission, vision and values
• Currently working on its financial analysis and budgeting process and supporting to create operational KPIs and strategic objectives
• Also advising the company on automation and digitalization of its basic operational processes
• Performed a customer segmentation analysis for a small-sized real estate company and advised it related to its customer experience strategy
• Supporting a M&A company to prepare investor short and long lists and to create teaser and information memorandum

Carrefour Corporate Strategy & Development
Executive
10/2022 - 2/2023
• Tracked departments to ensure full project delivery within the set timeframe and documenting project status to c-suite
• Wrote a monthly FMCG newsletter for business development purposes (target was to inform the management about top global FMCG trends and adoptable competitive strategies)
• Assessed the FMCG sector on a quarterly basis (including market size, trends and competitors) Selected projects
• E-commerce project that aimed to achieve cost savings through fulfillment and order picking initiatives and to increase sales through improvements to the user experience and basket size
• HoReCa project to expand product portfolio and geographic footprint in the Turkish HoReCa channel
• Zero-based budgeting project to identify savings opportunities

KPMG Management Consulting
Strategy & Operations | Senior Consultant
10/2020 - 9/2022
• Managed a team of 2-3 associates and maximized performance by mentoring team members
• Performed sell-side commercial due diligence
• Performed market assessments through deep-dive research and gave strategic recommendations related to market entry and go-to market strategies
• Organized and partly managed client meetings
• Presented report summaries to c-level audiences
• Gave internal training sessions related to market assessments and the use of a country filtering model (for market entry) to the whole team
• Assisted the executive team to prepare proposals Selected projects
• Sell-side commercial due diligence on leading Turkish company operating in the modest fashion sector
• Feasibility studies on petrochemicals market for a leading Turkish polyester manufacturer
• Market entry strategy development for ''UK Department for International Trade'' based on the Turkish energy market assessment
• Strategic business plan (includes market assessment, country filtering, develo

EY | Corporate Finance | Transaction Services Finance
Analyst
9/2018 - 9/2020
• Assisted senior team members to perform vendor due diligence on companies operating in shopping mall management, energy and paint sectors
• Assisted senior team members to perform financial due diligence on companies operating in automotive, retail, food&beverage and textile
• Assisted senior team members to create, analyze and to report financial statements
• Supported the M&A department to prepare an Information Memorandum for a client operating in the automotive spare parts sector
• Created and tracked information request lists Selected projects
• Buy-side due diligence for Sabanci Holdings' subsidiary ExSA in the repurchasing of 50% stake in Temsa
• Sell-side due diligence for Betek Boya for the sale of its 96% stake to Nippon Paint (deal value is estimated at USD247mn)
• Sell-side due diligence for Doğus Group for the sale of its 42% stake in the Istinye Park Mall to the Qatar Investment Authority (deal value is estimated at USD1 bn)

EY | Corporate Finance | Transaction Services Finance
Intern
12/2016 - 6/2017
• Assisted associate team members in research activities
• Assisted team members in reporting Selected project
• Commercial due diligence on a leading Turkish company operating in the e-commerce sector