Zeynep Baran Bozkurt
About Zeynep Baran Bozkurt
Zeynep Baran Bozkurt is the DACH Market Planning Director at Procter & Gamble, with extensive experience in supply chain management and strategic planning within the FMCG sector.
DACH Market Planning Director at Procter & Gamble
Since 2021, Zeynep Baran Bozkurt has been serving as the DACH Market Planning Director at Procter & Gamble. Based in Germany, her main responsibilities include oversight of market planning operations to support Procter & Gamble’s objectives within the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland).
Previous Roles at Procter & Gamble
Zeynep Baran Bozkurt has built a robust career at Procter & Gamble, holding multiple key positions. From 2019 to 2021, she was the DACH Category to Customer Team Senior Manager in Schwalbach am Taunus, Hessen, Germany. Prior to this role, she served as Planning Org. Department Manager, Supply Network Pillar Leader at the Braun Plant in Wallduern from 2016 to 2019. From 2014 to 2016, she was the eCommerce, Perfumery & Tesco Customer Teams Logistics Manager, Turkey & Caucassus Service Owner in Istanbul, Turkey. Earlier in her career, she held positions such as Accounts Receivable Manager and Overflow Warehouses Manager.
Professional Background
Apart from her extensive tenure at Procter & Gamble, Zeynep Baran Bozkurt also worked at Ford Otosan as a Spare Parts Planning Specialist from 2006 to 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey. This role marked the beginning of her career in logistics and supply chain management, building a foundational expertise that she carried forward into her later roles at Procter & Gamble.
Educational Background
Zeynep Baran Bozkurt holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration and Management, General from Bilkent Üniversitesi, achieved from 2004 to 2006. Prior to this, she earned her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent Üniversitesi from 2000 to 2004. Additionally, she attended IESEG in Lille, France, albeit briefly in 1970.
Expertise in Supply Chain and Market Planning
Zeynep Baran Bozkurt possesses a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end supply chain management and has significant experience in both short-term and long-term strategic planning. Her expertise extends to managing third-party logistics (3PL) operations and organizational transformation within the FMCG sector. She also specializes in segmentation strategies for market planning, equipping her with a broad skill set in achieving operational excellence.