Haribo Turkey, Haribo Middle-EastHead of Finance, Accounting and Controlling
Oct. 2006 - May. 2016Istanbul, Turkey- Reporting to Regional CEO (Turkey, Middle-East, North Africa) for 3 Haribo companies including 1 production and 2 commercial and dotted line to the Holding CFO in Bonn / Germany.
- Managing a team of 10 members in controlling, accounting, treasury, accounts receivable & payables.
- Directing month-end & year-end reporting (according to local, and German GAAP), bugdeting, forecasting, cashflow.
- Developing of new business, assist the CEO in identifying new opportunities. - Oversee management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities. Selected Achievements • Supported CEO and led the business part of a 5 year strategy for Turkey, resulting yearly 25% growth and 5% gross margin improvement on yearly average.
• Led turnaround of underperforming export business, increased sales by 90% and gross margin by 24% within 3 years.
• Established a credit control and risk management process for more than 100 domestic customer within less than 3 months after distribution structure change.
• Oversaw +€ 100M capital budget including new plants and new machinery.,
• Played a key role in set-up and development of companies in Dubai and Singapore. • Implemented new sales price procedures for Turkey, Middle-East, North-Africa and South-East Asia regions.
• Led the implementation of ERP system with multiple legal entities.