Quality Assurance Manager

BAHAR AKKOYUN

Green card holder

Phone: 201-***-****

E-mail: *************@******.***

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CORE COMPETENCIES

• Quality and Environmental Health and Safety Management

• ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 standards

• Auditing – QA Lead auditor and EHS-Lead auditor

• Lean 6 sigma applications

• GMP, Validations, Change Management, Corrective and Preventive Action Management, Customer Complaints

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1999 - Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Environmental, Health and Safety Manager,

Quality Systems Lead Internal Auditor

Managed 2 direct reports and over 15 daily contractors

Lean 6 sigma EHS Team leader

1996-1999 Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Quality Engineer

Managed 3 direct reports

Responsible for performing Quality audits against Baxter Corporate Manual & ISO 9001 Standards

Provided GMP trainings

Managed the validation process in the plant.

Managed the customer complants

Managed the QA inprocess controls

1995-1996 Superlas (Rubber hoses plant)

Production Supervisor

Managing the hydraulic hoses production department.

Managed 16 direct reports

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Responsible for achieving ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certification for the Baxter Istanbul plant (certified by ERM / CVS)

• Acheived ISO 9001 Certification for the Baxter Istanbul plant (certified by Bureau Veritas)

• “Safety Expert Certificate” from Turkey Ministry of Labor, 2006

• “Environmental Responsible Certificate” from Turkey Ministry of Environment,2010

• Internal Baxter Awards:

o Awarded the Baxter Best Eco-efficiency Program Award (2000)

o Baxter Best EHS Program Award (2001)

o National Quality Award (2003),

o Baxter Best Waste Warrior team award (2010)

o Safety Excellence Award (2011) - 4,000,000 hours without lost time case

o Best EHS Improvement in EMEA (2012)

SKILLS & EXPERIENCES

• Establish and implement Environment, Health & Safety managements system, procedures and training programs

• Auditing of International Regulatory Standards, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS18001

• Managing the Lean Manufacturing / 6 Sigma EHS team

• Performing validation studies for quality performance in the plant.

• Knowing the EU regulations and standards

• Developed the Sustainability Report for Eczacıbaşı-Baxter (Turkey Country Report)

• Acted as lead auditor for Quality and EHS Assessments

• Perform Safety Risk Assessments, FMEA and evaluation of site’s environmental aspects

• Reporting EHS indicators to Baxter Global and reporting legal reports to government

• Organising internal training programs for employees, Leadership Team, contractors and suppliers (EHS and GMP)

• Language: Turkish (Native)

English (Advanced)

EDUCATION

2012 Master of Business Administration MBA

Sakarya University

1995 Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

Middle East Technical University

REFERENCES:

Gregory Monzo ProcessMAP Corporation, Executive Vice-President, Implementation

Newark, New Jersey (Former Baxter Divisional Director)

Phone: 908-***-****

Ali Dogan Burge Baxter Turkey, Plant Director

Current Manager

Phone:011.90.212-***-****

Ayşın Turan Baxter Turkey, Quality Assurance Director

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