1. CAN ALTAY
canaltay35@gmail.com
+31655523184
+905055112532
Adriaen van Ostadelaan 126-II, 3583AM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/can-altay/3/7b1/a94
CAREER OBJECTIVES
Department: Production, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Business
Development.
Position: Analyst, Planner, Specialist, Consultant, Associate, Junior Product Manager, Assistant Brand
Manager, Junior Account Manager, Management Trainee.
As a stress-resistant, result-oriented individual who is analytical, a team player and has great communication
skills, I am looking to work in a sector and a company where I can learn something new and be challenged every
day. With my proactive and initiative taker approach, I am looking to take on increasing responsibilities as I
progress through my career and hope to develop my career continuously.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Strategic Market Researcher 12/2008 – 03/2009
AMS Sourcing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Coordinated a market research project of 50 A-brand manufacturers from the perspective of eight
retailers that are members of the company, in an attempt to discover opportunities for the company in
the market place.
• The project consisted of comprehensive reports for each manufacturer that included SWOT analyses.
• Project-based employment (40 hours/week).
Inventory Planner 09/2006 – 05/2007
Doğadan, Ankara, Turkey
• Coordinated the project of deciding on the optimum delivery quantities that Doğadan (Turkish Herbal
Tea Company – Leader of the herbal tea segment) should send to its retailers and hence determining the
optimum monthly stock levels of the retailers.
• Developed a software using SQL Server to help Doğadan better communicate with their retailers and
replenish their inventory levels automatically using customized models for each SKU (Completed-
Senior project).
• Project-based employment (40 hours/week)
Intern Sales/Logistics 06/2006 - 07/2006
Egepen Deceuninck A.S, Izmir, Turkey
• Coordinated a production planning project for the profiles by performing the Silver Meal Heuristic on
the 2006 sales data in a PVC window/profile manufacturer (40 hours/week).
• Also developed forecasting methods and presented the work as a summer internship report.
Intern Production Planning 06/2005 - 07/2005
Pinar Yem ve Sanayi A.Ş., Izmir, Turkey
• Studied production planning, quality management and operations analysis (40 hours/week) in a
company producing animal feed.
• Led a project on quality assurance of the animal feed. Presented the work as a summer internship report.
EDUCATION
Masters in Science (MSc): Marketing Research 2008-2009
Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Thesis: Measuring the Effect of Retailer Price Promotions on Retail Store Performance
• Measured the effectiveness of retail price promotions on store performance (store traffic and store sales)
by analyzing weekly store-level data from one of the leading Dutch retailers.
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2. • Found significant evidence for both store traffic and store sales.
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) 2007-2008
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey CGPA: 3.64/4.00
• Achieved 640/800 on GMAT CAT on 30/01/2007
• Awarded full scholarship to the Bilkent MBA program (2007) and awarded a scholarship to attend the
Dual Degree Program between Bilkent FBA and Tilburg FEB (MBA and MSc in Marketing Research).
B.S. in Industrial Engineering 2003-2007
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey CGPA: 2.83/4.00
High School
American Collegiate Institute, Izmir, Turkey 1996-2003
• Led the team to write the report “Air Pollution in İzmir” which won the first place in European Junior
Achievement (2003). CGPA: 4.45/5.00
IMPORTANT PROJECTS
Company Analysis (Carlsberg): Coordinated the analysis of forming the business strategy of a department of
Carlsberg by performing internal and external analysis (Senior year, Bilkent University).
Capsim Business Simulation Game: Achieved third place out of six teams in a dynamic simulation game
where several categories of decisions about a company is taken with regard to given data. (Senior year, Bilkent
University)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming: Matlab, Java, XPress, SQL
Operating Systems: MS-Dos, Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7
Other: AutoCad, Minitab, Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access), SPSS, ERP (SAP)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Turkish - Native
English - Advanced (Achieved 287/300 on TOEFL CBT on 26/09/2006)
Dutch – Intermediate (willing to proceed further)
Italian – Basic
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
2008-2009 Member of Student Association Piri Network, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2008-2009 Member of Student Association Asset Marketing, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2007-2008 Member of Bilkent MBA Club, Ankara, Turkey
2007-2008 Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at Bilkent School of Management, Ankara, Turkey
08/2005- 09/2005 UNIVERSIADE 2005, Izmir, Turkey
Basketball Volunteer in Ege University and Halkapinar Halls.
Other: Basic Tango Dancer, Certified Basketball Table Referee, Certified First Aid Personnel
Interests: Sports, Music, Tango, Paintball, Literature, Photography, History, Cinema
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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