Cotton Council International TürkiyeMarketing Manager
Jan. 2006 - Apr. 2018Istanbul, Turkey*Planning, execution and evaluation of buying tours, special events, seminars, or conferences, including invitations, venue inspections and arrangements, and liaison etc., on behalf of CCI
*Managing and coordinating third parties (printing houses, transportation, travel agencies, restaurants, booth builders, etc.)
*Positioning the COTTON USA brand and the US fiber as a product by trade communication opportunities such as trade show, trade magazine advertising / advertorials, web page communication etc.
*Planning the advertisement schedules, working with the agencies on the design and providing the final ads to relative journals. *Licensing and renewals during the fairs
*Preparing licensing materials; annual licenses for renewal,Following up with all pending verification for new licensees on a timely basis (For Turkey and Europe)
*Monitoring US cotton usage of all SCM members for renewal
*Identifying of new target markets to introduce the COTTON USA brand * Submitting a monthly report on textile industry news and trends, including Turkish cotton supply and demand statistics and reasons for changes in statistics, changes in trade agreements involving Turkey, information on investment incentives for textile companies Accomplishments / Key Projects *Every year over 70 Turkish textile manufacturers have been licensed.
*Once in every 2 years a private trade show organized in several locations to bring the customers and suppliers from the sector. (Turkish fabric manufacturers, North African garment manufacturers, EU brands and retailers) *Successfully organized a conference focused on Cotton Sector was held in Turkey once in every 2 years
*Around 40 to 50 Turkish spinners were recruited to the US Cotton Sourcing Summit which is held in every two years in the USA.
*Achived to recruit more than 20 Tunisian garment manufacturers to the Supply Chain Marketing project that was started in 2009. *Awarded by the global staff as a ‘hero behind the scenes.