VOLKAN VURAL
SENIOR ERP CONSULTANT & PROJECT MANAGER
CARRIER OBJECTIVE
To participate in ERP projects as a Distibution Consultant. Main areas of
interest are Enterprise Resource Planning, Project Management, Business
Process Reengineering.
WORK EXPERIENCE
TRIO PROJECTS LLC, Houston -TX October 2013 -
present
TRIO Projects is an ERP consultancy company working on MS Dynamic AX and
Oracle JD Edwards.
Employed as JD Edwards Distribution Consultant.
Main responsibilities were,
- Business process analysis and design,
- Supervise implementation of organizational & operational change,
- Supervise implementation of information systems,
- System documentation,
- Conduct implementation,
- Data conversion,
- Integration with other systems,
- Review & develop recommendations,
- Support and training of key users.
ARETE CONSULTANCY, Istanbul -Turkey June 2012 -
September 2013
Arete is one of leading the service and support partners of SAP in Turkey
and MENA regions.
Employed as Program Manager for ongoing SAP ERP projects.
Main responsibilities are,
- Manage the project taking into account integration across all areas
- Engage with stakeholders
- Develop Project Plans
- Manage Source Planning (both internal and subcontractor)
- Monitor and manage the project schedule
- Monitor and manage the project budget
- Monitor and manage the project risk
- Deal with operational issues
- Organise steering committee meetings, including ensuring that minutes
will be taken
- Report to the steering committee, raising strategic issues
- Coordinate IT Change Management processes within the client
organization
- Ensure project meets requirements and objectives
- Management of risks that potentially impacting the quality of
deliverables, the cost of the project or the ability to meet the
project's schedule
- Negotiate and resolve issues as they arise across areas of the project
and where they impact on other activities, systems and projects
- Communicate project status to project sponsor, all team members, and
other relevant stakeholders and involved parties
BIZCON CONSULTANCY, Istanbul -Turkey September 2010 -
May 2012
Bizcon is a service and support partner of SAP in Turkey and MENA region.
Employed as Project Manager for both ongoing projects and support projects.
Main responsibilities were,
- Manage ongoing support of SAP systems and services
- Manage consultants engaged in SAP functional support
- Manage Source Planning (both internal and subcontractor)
- Incident management
- Managing and reporting of SLAs
- Manage the client relationship as regards to promised deliverables on
the application support and expectations management
- Manage Change Management processes within the client organization
- Management of risks that potentially impacting the quality of
deliverables, the cost of the project or the ability to meet the
project's schedule
- Recommend and position SAP solutions to support customer business
requirements and future strategies
- Incident management
- Managing and reporting of SLAs
- Follow up licence auditing for Installed based clients.
- Analysis of RFP from prospective clients and providing response to
these RFPs
BILTIM IT CONSULTANCY, Istanbul -Turkey February 2006 -
August 2010
Biltim is the information systems consultancy partner of Colakoglu
Metalurji and affiliates.
Colakoglu Metalurji is ranked as 12th in Turkey's 500 Top Industrial
Enterprises list in 2008.
Employed as IS Manager and, also executed Project Manager role in SAP ERP
project.
Main responsibilities were,
- Analysis of current business processes and applications and the
identification of process improvements.
- Understand strategic and operational needs of Business Area, translate
into IT solutions
- Supervise business process reengineering
- Seek and introduce innovative Business IT solutions
- Supervise implementation of organizational & operational change,
- Supervise implementation of information systems
- Manage ERP selection process
- Business process analysis and design
- Implementation of SAP logistics modules
- Support and training of key users, - Data conversion
- Management of IT projects though all stages of the project life cycle.
- Communication with 3rd parties
GLOBALSOFT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Istanbul -Turkey August 2002 - February
2006
Globalsoft is the first partner of JD Edwards/Peoplesoft ERP solution in
Turkey.
Employed as Project Leader and Functional Analyst. Main processes are,
Warehouse and Inventory Management, Procurement, Sales and Distribution
Projects in different clients Menarini-IE Ulagay Pharma, Abdi ?brahim
Pharma, Michelin, Immergaz and Kaptan Steel.
Main responsibilities were,
- Business process analysis and design,
- Supervise implementation of organizational & operational change,
- Supervise implementation of information systems,
- System documentation,
- Conduct implementation,
- Data conversion,
- Integration with other systems,
- Review & develop recommendations,
- Support and training of key users.
ELAN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, Istanbul -Turkey February 1999 - August
2002
As a group company of Istanbul Corap, Elan Bilisim is the first BaaN
partner in Turkey.
Employed as Functional Analyst. Major projects were Istanbul Corap Sanayii,
Alt?n ?plik, Inter Gum, Otoyol, Gural Cam.
Main processes are, Warehouse Management, Procurement, Sales& Shipment,
Maintenance and Manufacturing.
Main responsibilities were,
- Business process analysis and design,
- Supervise implementation of information systems,
- System documentation,
- Conduct implementation,
- Data conversion,
- Integration with other systems,
- Review & develop recommendations,
- Support and training of key users.
ISTANBUL ORAP SANAYI, Istanbul -Turkey January 1998 -
February 1999
Employed as business analyst in the BPR Project team.
Main responsibilities were
. Analysis of Logistic, Quality, Production, Maintenance and HR
processes
. Preparation of new organization chart
. Preparation of the orientation handbook
. Preparation of the strategic business plan
. Conducting job analyses, and preparing job descriptions and job
specifications
. Facilitating teamworks
. Preparation of project documents and procedures related with the
projects
EDUCATION
MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Istanbul -Turkey 1999 - 2000
Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Development
Attended all lessons but did not start Final Thesis.
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Istanbul -Turkey 1992 -
1997
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
Final Thesis on Strategic Management, term projects on Total Quality
Management, Supply Chain Management and Technology Transfer
KADIKOY ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL, Istanbul -Turkey 1985-1991
COURSES AND SEMINARS
Project Management November-December
2007
Project Management training based on PMI methodology by Istanbul Kurumsal
Gelisim
Communication Skills September
2007
A training organized by TMI
MS Project June 2004
A training about Project Management by Ko Bryce
Team Working May
1999
A training about the philosophy of Management by Teams
COMPUTER LITERACY
Working experience on MS Windows based applications (Excel, Word,
Powerpoint, Access) MS Project, Visio
Deep knowledge and hands on experience with ERP systems (SAP, JD Edwards),
Working experinece with RDBMS (Oracle, SQL)
Knowledge of simple programming and queries
PERSONAL
Nationality Turkish
Based City Houston, TX
Mobility No obstacles in mobility
Email ******.*****@*******.***
Cellular Phone USA 717-***-****, Turkey 00 (90-532-***-****
Skype ID volvur
Linkedin Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/volvur
HOBBIES
Taking photos, trekking, cycling, playing basketball and table tennis
References are available upon request