Tolga Kirankaya
About Tolga Kirankaya
Tolga Kirankaya is the Senior Project Procurement Manager at thyssenkrupp in Essen, Germany, with extensive experience in project controls and procurement management across Germany, Turkey, and Russia.
Company
Tolga Kirankaya currently works at thyssenkrupp, a global industrial engineering conglomerate. He is based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where he holds the role of Senior Project Procurement Manager.
Title
Tolga Kirankaya is a Senior Project Procurement Manager at thyssenkrupp. In this capacity, he is responsible for the procurement strategy and management of major projects.
Education and Expertise
Tolga Kirankaya completed his secondary and high school education at Atafen College from 1993 to 2000. He then earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, studying from 2000 to 2004. He subsequently completed his M.Sc. in Construction Management at Istanbul Technical University, studying from 2004 to 2007. Tolga has extensive expertise in project controls, procurement management, and construction management across multiple international locations.
Professional Background
Tolga Kirankaya has a diverse professional background with roles spanning multiple countries. He began his career at Renaissance Construction in various capacities from 2007 to 2009, including Planning and Cost Control Chief for the Royal Park Project in Novosibirsk, Russia, and Project Manager Assistant for the Ikea Mega Mixed project in Moscow. He later worked as Planning Chief in the Technical Department for the ZORLU CENTER Mixed Use Project from 2009 to 2011. Tolga then held senior roles at Renaissance Heavy Industries, including Project Controls Director and Deputy General Manager, from 2014 to 2021. He also served as Project Controls Director at Synergy Industrial Solutions from 2021 to 2022 before assuming his current role at thyssenkrupp.
Career Achievements
Throughout his career, Tolga Kirankaya has managed planning and cost control for significant projects, including the Royal Park Project in Novosibirsk, Russia, and the Ikea Mega Mixed project in Moscow. He has also overseen project controls, planning, cost control, and audit functions in senior roles at Renaissance Heavy Industries. One of his standout projects was serving as Planning Chief for the high-profile Zorlu Center Mixed Use Project in Turkey.