Nazlı Seda Ozgul
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
S&OP and Supply Chain Expert
Istanbul, Turkey
Toptal member since April 10, 2024
Nazlı is a highly motivated supply chain professional with 15+ years of experience. She has established and improved supply chain strategies, sales and operations planning (S&OP), demand/forecast planning, and integrated business planning, demonstrating expert stakeholder management through time and cost-effective contributions. Nazlı has global expertise, working for the world's biggest companies and leading with effective critical thinking and decision-making in multicultural environments.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
S&OP Presentation
S&OP KPI Definition
S&OP Obsolescence Committee
Expertise
- Change Leadership
- Change Management
- Demand Planning
- Forecasting
- Inventory Management
- Market Demand
- Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
- Supply Chain
Work Experience
S&OP Analyst, Greece and Turkey
Alcon
- Established and improved S&OP for the surgical franchise in the Greek and Turkish markets with effective leadership skills. Owned demand planning, including target setting, training, process maintenance, and toolset use to achieve company goals.
- Assessed, reported, and enhanced forecast accuracy at the detail and aggregate levels to improve customer service and inventory. Acquired and analyzed historical data and market trends impacting customer demand.
- Identified gaps between current plans and financial commitments, determined possible gap-closing initiatives, and highlighted risks and opportunities.
- Analyzed, developed, and implemented long-term supply chain strategies and networks, addressing current and potential national and regional capacity issues that supported business goals.
- Applied demand control on abnormal trends where necessary while meeting operational and customer excellence.
- Led unit and dollar demand forecasts with country counterparts and regions, conducting monthly consensus and demand review meetings.
S&OP Specialist
Sanofi
- Oversaw the monthly forecasting process and sales forecast meetings with business unit managers, ensuring accountable long-range forecasts were delivered to production plants for around 250 SKUs.
- Led a team of supply and demand planners with high decision-making responsibility. Reported on financial risks, forecast accuracy, customer service KPIs, sales returns, and destruction provisions monthly and yearly to stakeholders.
- Owned the forecasting process improvement project and other global and regional supply chain improvement projects for Turkey.
- Applied a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure current and accurate information was used for demand forecasts.
- Developed demand forecasts, evaluated forecast results, and interacted with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Finance to understand and improve demand forecast drivers.
Supply Chain Management Specialist
IQVIA
- Set processes, found efficiencies, and delivered cost savings in procurement and supply chain operations, including international trade, forecast planning, and internal and external customer service for pharmaceutical materials and medical devices.
- Managed stakeholder relationships to effectively increase collaboration and provide procurement value-add contributions to company goals.
- Established the company's 1st outsourced warehouse contract, handling contract negotiations, contract authoring, and periodical reviews.
- Streamlined processes and authored standard operating procedures.
- Led and managed the process to achieve a satisfactory audit result according to the Ministry of Health and good clinical practice (GCP) criteria.
- Oversaw 15+ vendors from America and Europe, including transporters and customs brokerage companies, ensuring compliant, safe, and fast delivery.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature
Istanbul University - Istanbul, Turkey
High School Diploma in English
Sisli Anatolian High School - Istanbul, Turkey
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Alcon
Buying From China – Global Sources – Hong Kong
Global Sources
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Yildiz Technical University
Skills
Finance
Forecasting
Output Software
Microsoft Excel
Data & Analysis Software
Tableau
Other
English, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Market Demand, Demand Planning, Change Leadership, Change Management, Supply Chain, Logistics & Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Supplier Development, Inventory Management, Rolling Forecasts, Procurement, Education, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Stock Analysis, Team Leadership, Project Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Decision Modeling, Business Transformation, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Transformational Leadership
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