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Ceylan was Head of Supply Chain Strategy & Integration for four years , then switched to having global operational responsibility for the Supply Chain Management of the Business Line Catalysts .
“ I was very excited to take over the role in July 2023 , giving me the opportunity to shape and develop the global supply chain organisation and business .”
Challenges , achievements and a great team She says : “ The best thing about my job is the people . I have to say I am blessed with a great and international team .” That also brings challenges , though . Ceylan says : “ I have a global supply chain responsibility with roughly 70 people . They are around the globe and we are coming from very diverse backgrounds .
“ We had three legacy entities coming together in the business line , all of them bringing their own way of doing the supply chain , with different levels of maturity in processes and tools and different ways of organisation .”
She adds : “ And now my job is to form one global supply chain team for the business line Catalysts . My vision is that our SCM team is running and synchronising the end-to-end process together with all interfaces to ensure highest reliability , customer fulfilment in an efficient way , with a positive NWC contribution .
“ Therefore of course we need to have standardised processes , KPIs , business rules and , based on a joint mindset , be steering our supply chain together , so that we contribute to the business targets and goals .”
Ceylan says she relies on expert colleagues like Christof and Tobias to “ support me in building up these essential
“ What I ’ m very proud of is that I really set up a global structure with my team where we have constant exchange now and where we have a joint target and vision to work for ”
CEYLAN UENSAL VP GLOBAL HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN EVONIK
parts , like end-to-end planning and making SAP the backbone of what we are doing later in the supply chain ”.
The early signs are good In the first eight months of her current role , Ceylan is already seeing progress , adding : “ What I ’ m very proud of is that I really set up a global structure with my team where we have constant exchange now and where we have a joint target and vision to work for .”
When it comes to Evonik ’ s supply chain transformation roadmap , much rests on the business line supply chain teams and also on Ceylan and her team .
She says : “ Of course this is a major change in the way my team is working . Last year with the support of Tobias Mahr ’ s team we introduced IBP Demand and will continue with the other IBP modules .
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