ZEKIYE DEREN AYTEKIN

415-***-**** adg77o@r.postjobfree.com Dublin, CA 94568

Senior Buyer

Strategic Sourcing Category Management Vendor Negotiations PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Accomplished and product development. professional and Thrives dynamic in high-leader volume with environments hands-on experience with ability across to strategic navigate sourcing, ever-changing category business management, needs, improve operations, and continuously drive profitability.

• • • • Recognized Product Adept experience Unparalleled addition Experience at Development, to cultivating identifying and complemented in ability proactive industry to opportunities Negotiations, partnerships lead attention for by Subject a strategic Bachelor to Vendor to details and Matter reduce sourcing of building Relations, Arts during Expertise costs in and Economics all and trusted Project engagements. buying improve across relationships, Management, efforts from Merchandising, overall Bogazici via vendor negotiations and leveraging University Trend/agreements. Sourcing, and Financial extensive in Category consensus Turkey. Analysis. global Management, building, market in AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Global Strategic Sourcing Planning – Buying – Omni-– Category Channel Management – Merchandising – Revenue Generation – Apparel – Product – Beauty Development – Consumer Packaged – Vendor Relations Goods (CPG) Advanced Trend Excel Analysis (pivot – Financial tables, VLOOKUP) Reporting – & MS Analysis Word & – Promotional PowerPoint – Planning SAP – Oracle – Forecasting – JIRA – Lotus – Business – E-views Development – Negotiation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION – San Francisco, CA 03/2018 to 01/2020 Associate Buyer – Intimates & Women’s Sleepwear

Guide organization. buying to Manage enable assortment sales goal attainment, planning, product ideal margins, selection, and vendor consistent negotiations, inventory and turnover marketing. for a multibillion-Collaborate dollar with leadership forecasts and • • • • • subcategory Improved promotion Led Developed Created sales Designed by to Kmart evaluating execute per a selling store assortments productive sales Style and depth strategies data, sales monitored by Flash and each week customer and profit assortment Project in week to and markdowns. a improve ladders planning by for season-and preferences, working chain by Descriptive for profitability tool to-reviewing as basic Develop date. to with well align and replenished Notable as pricing Color reports sales market and special with Project shareholder Contributions: and corporate team and trends. regions, brands balance pivot for to analyze 2000+ monthly e.strategies, value. tables of g. New inventory, items Partner program to for York, show brand optimal to Puerto weeks aid with daily selling, identities, color stock planners of sales, Rico, sale and out-levels. and as and style left, the-to well Guam budget. complete turnover, door selling. as key pricing program accurate average and MOVED FROM TURKEY TO THE UNITED STATES 09/2015 to 03/2018 GRATIS – Istanbul, Turkey 04/2013 to 08/2015

Buyer (Category Manager)

Oversaw Responsible a team for a of yearly 2 at turnover the biggest of $convenience 60M and 2000+ store Items. retail Focused chain in on Turkey turnover, with margins, a national stocking, network negotiations, of ~500 catalog stores. planning, collaborated new with store the operations, CEO on special displays, projects. inventory Notable management, Contributions (and on following assortment page): mix planning. Directly reported and ZEKIYE DEREN AYTEKIN adg77o@r.postjobfree.com Page 2 GRATIS, Notable • • • • • • Contributions: Achieved Boosted Increased successful Renewed the Led Managed continued: continuation the #market 1 successful #all planning private 1 and in the growth #share 3 and depreciated in label of projects, growth enhancement existing by and ratio ~5 category points in including color by brands comp 5+ of cosmetic via size points store services. with tester, collaboration with sales; private in stands, outlet, a color growth sales label an private across cosmetics share rate additional department. 350+ of label increased 87% with stores brand $in 500K the revenue from nationwide, launch, launch of 22% spending and and of to 2-new 33% private 50 point to vendors, private in suppliers increase 2 label years. and label display while in 2000+ margin. brands projects. ensuring items. and UNILEVER – Istanbul, Turkey 06/2012 to 03/2013

Sourcing Manager

Contracted co-packs, booklets, by IBM to textiles, aid with electronic indirect devices, materials glassware, buying and make-sourcing. up bags, Responsible hairbrushes, for wet a yearly wipes, spend ice cream of ~$30M, cups, procuring ice cream BTL cost • • • • structure materials, Led Managed Increased co-Generated joint pack, cross-auction to plastics, deliver logo ~50 functional saving 36% and printing, sourcing etc. world-saving getting ratio Screened sourcing and to class in projects a 26% a lower manufacturing. spend service the demands, in weekly; price one supply of at $of 1M most compared the organizing delivered market, in most competitive a project to analyzing important results benchmarking previous in cost. collaboration in and projects alignment year’s Notable benchmarking and price. with Contributions: with RFx with a processes, spend the timelines supplier Europe of $and increasing 500K sourcing capabilities, quality by changing saving team requirements. capacities by ratio. process making and of a REAL HYPERMARKETS – Istanbul, Turkey 06/2008 to 06/2012 Associate Buyer

Aided active with items. buying Reviewed strategies AC Nielsen for Beer reports, & Soft adjusted Drinks, Tobacco, shelf ratios, Spirits, negotiated and Wine, agreements, with a yearly managed turnover stock, of and ~$25M acquired and 1000 new products • • • • Sold Played Signed Successfully and 99% suppliers. 3 an out of instrumental planned implemented of 5 Notable top supplier’s New Contributions: role Year a wine in intra baskets yearly testing yearly agreements with machine budget 40% increase to negotiations as stores an associate in for the the with sales buyer. first 50+ compared time. suppliers to 6+ previous times annually. year. EDUCATION

BOGAZICI BACHELOR UNIVERSITY, OF ARTS (BA) ISTANBUL, - ECONOMICS TURKEY LANGUAGE SKILLS

GERMAN TURKISH ENGLISH (INTERMEDIATE) ((FLUENT) NATIVE)