Ahmet KARAKAYA

Objectives I would like to work for a continually growing company, who believes in life-time learning for its employees, provides them with promotion opportunities and is open to new technologies.

Experiences August 1994-March 1995 ÖRSA HOLDING İstanbul Circular knit tops&bottoms manufacturer

Chief Assistant

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 and planning the production.*Finding right fabric knitting mills and ensuring on-time bulk deliveries.*Negotiating prices with the fabric mills.

Sept. 1996–Oct. 1998 TALU TEKSTİL İstanbul Circular knit tops&bottoms manufacturer

Customer Representative (European Market) Reporting to the General Manager

I was responsible for following up the orders placed by customers (Chevignon /

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IKKS / Check-In / T&C / Easy Jeans etc…) as well as developments and preparing sale-samples. I was also a member of ISO 9002 Total Quality Management Project team *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.*Attending all ISO 9002 trainings and workshops.

March. 2000– February 2001 TALU TEKSTİL İstanbul Circular knit tops&bottoms manufacturer

Customer Representative (European Market) 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 all developments, 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.

February. 2001– Sept.2001 TEKNIQUES İstanbul Sourcing & Buying Agency Team Leader (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.

Sept.2001 – June 2004 MARCO INT. İstanbul Sourcing & Buying Agency Merchandiser & Production Coordinator (USA 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’.*Working with factories for quality assurance set ups.*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.

June. 2005– FETİH TEKSTİL İstanbul Circular knit tops&bottoms manufacturer

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 presentations.*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.*Attending quality assurance trainings and quality set up meetings.

Education 1983-1989 Secondary school and Lise İstanbul İbrahim Turhan Lisesi1990–1994 İstanbul Technical University İstanbul Textile Engineering

Known Foreign Languages And

Knowledge of computer

Fluent English. I have studied English in London for about one and a half year. Windows’08 Operating System,Microsoft Office programs (Word,Excel)

Interests I like travelling . Had visited all European countries as awell as Egypt,Georgia, Israel , Azerbaijan for holiday purposes. Reading and going to theaters are my hobbies as well.

References Employee and Personal referees available upon request.

Personal Details Date of Birth :01.01.1971 Marital Status :Single

Military Status:Completed on 21st. March 2000 as a translater 3rd.Lieutenant in the Translation Department of Turkish Land Forces Command,Ankara

Driving Licence :Class B Expected salary :