CEYLAN UENSAL
CEYLAN UENSAL
TITLE : VP , GLOBAL HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BUSINESS LINE CATALYSTS
INDUSTRY : EVONIK
in 2013 and was globally responsible for strategic HR strategy and measures for two business lines .
Looking for further challenges , she switched to the Supply Chain function , which she describes as a vibrant and at the same time also complex function .
“ I transformed to a strategic role in the Smart Materials Supply Chain team and was responsible for the strategy , sustainability and organisational development of our overall supply chain . I am a strong believer that Supply Chain is the backbone of our company .”
Ceylan holds a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Applied Sciences Aachen ( Germany ) and an MBA from the Eastern Michigan University in the US . She has over 23 years of working experience in speciality chemicals .
She started her career as a board assistant in a start-up and switched in 2001 to Merck KGaA / Darmstadt as an internal consultant . After different roles in product management as Head of Solid Applications and Customised Products and Corporate Senior Expert in Talent Management she moved to Evonik in 2013 .
Here she performed several roles in HR as Global Business Partner and took over in 2019 the role as Head of Strategy & Integration Supply Chain & Business Process Management for the Division Smart Materials . In her role she was responsible for developing the SCM functional strategy , SCM sustainability roadmap and SC Risk Management .
Since 2023 Ceylan has been in her current role as VP Global Head of Supply Chain , Business Line Catalysts . Ceylan runs the global supply chain team with over 70 team members in Asia , Europe , North and South America , including the demand and supply balancing process , production , inventory planning and customer service – all the distribution and logistics topics and material sourcing . supplychaindigital . com 75