Yigit Savas Yuksel

• Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
• Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
• Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.
• Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
• Developed and implemented business strategies to achieve business goals and stay competitive.
• Monitored and analyzed business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments.
• Controlled costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits.
• Improved marketing to attract new customers and promote business.
• Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
• Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
• Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
• Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal financial performance while investing in necessary resources for business growth.
• Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
• Planned and budgeted accurately to provide business with resources needed to operate smoothly.
• Facilitated successful cross-functional collaborations for the completion of key projects, fostering strong working relationships among team members.
• Reduced operational costs through comprehensive process improvement initiatives and resource management.
• Developed a strong company culture focused on employee engagement, collaboration, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Conducted competitive analysis to identify market trends and capitalize on emerging opportunities for growth.
• Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
• Trained personnel in equipment maintenance and enforced participation in exercises focused on developing key skills.
• Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams.
• Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
• Led change management initiatives to drive organizational transformation without compromising employee morale or productivity levels.

• Managed critical repair projects, coordinating with contractors to ensure timely completion within budget constraints.
• Established strong vendor relations, negotiating favorable contracts for parts and services.
• Collaborated with senior management to develop long-term strategies for fleet optimization and growth.
• Enhanced safety standards with thorough risk assessments and implementation of safety procedures.
• Reduced downtime by proactively addressing potential issues through preventative maintenance plans.
• Coordinated with classification societies to maintain required certifications for vessels under supervision.
• Ensured regulatory compliance by staying current on industry guidelines and implementing necessary changes to vessel operations.
• Implemented energy-efficient solutions to reduce operating costs and environmental impact.
• Spearheaded the adoption of new technologies for enhanced vessel monitoring, communications, and automation capabilities.
• Improved vessel performance by conducting regular technical inspections and maintenance.
• Maintained a high level of preparedness for audits from regulatory bodies, ensuring vessel compliance with necessary standards and certifications.
• Fostered a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging open feedback from crew members about technical superintendency matters.
• Increased cost savings through effective procurement, inventory management, and budget monitoring.
• Delivered consistent reporting on vessel condition, maintenance activities, budgets, and KPIs to senior management stakeholders.
• Streamlined operations by optimizing shipboard systems and equipment for efficiency.
• Developed emergency response plans to minimize risks associated with potential incidents at sea or in port facilities.
• Monitored production operations for quality and compliance with standards.
• Provided ongoing training and development for media staff.
• Guided, coached and lead project teams, delegating tasks and evaluating performance and progression of project pace.
• Developed suggestions for technical process improvements to optimize resources.
• Analyzed project-related information and made recommendations based on discoveries.
• Oversaw testing of equipment and components to check for defects.
• Collaborated with leadership staff to determine appropriate budgets.
• Assessed expected technical challenges and developed proactive solutions.
• Collaborated with IT department staff to enhance network-based technologies.
• Worked with camera operators and photography team to optimize equipment and effects choices.

•Consulting with the Plant manager and the Technical superintendents and review/check the tender specifications to see if it is complete enough to broadcast an invitation totender.
•Checking the availability of the Yards worldwide to position our vessels and make an advance budget and planning for forthcoming repairs/conversions.
•Drawing up an ITT in collaboration with the ship management department and sending out to the preferred yards.
•Always monitoring the infrastructure and technology developments in the Yards to be updated for forthcoming repairs.
•Monitoring the new shipyards, preparing and concluding framework agreements both commercially and legally in collaboration with other stakeholders involved.
•Evaluation of received bids and advices on the basis of these results to the plant department.
•Analyzing the results obtained from the tenders.
•The commercial and contractual negotiation and contracting companies selected in consultation with the Plant Department.
•Tracing the project with the project managers during the entire process from tendering to finalization of repairs and analysing the Yard Performance based on the End Repair Report and assign/update the Technical, commercial and Contractual Score of the Yard.

Prominent Accomplishments: Contracted the first Cruise vessel refurbishment contract of the company with Stena-Ro-Ro for more than 10 million Euros.
Contracting 3 vessels in a row from Petrobras / Brazil on an open tender process by developing an algorithm to estimate the competitor pricing.
•Dual function in Business Development for industrial projects and sales & marketing for ship repair activities.
•Day to day management of the sales agents in UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, ensuring they are on track for achieving KPI’s.
•Setting sales and marketing KPI’s to manage activity within estimation team.
•Working with shipping and technical management companies on to building business.
•Ensuring the sales team and sales agents update the CRM effectively with all appropriate data.
•Overseeing all marketing activity and ensuring it fits with the marketing strategy.
•Sending marketing emails to customers via the CRM.
•Managing the company’s website, social media accounts and posting relevant content.
•Arranging for the company to attend relevant industry events and conferences.
•Reporting on activities towards targets to the company directors.
•Researching potential target industries and customers.
•Putting together a content marketing strategy for the region under my control.

• KOC HOLDING, RMK MARINE SHIPYARD
  Prominent Accomplishments: Developed and contracted 2 x 9,400 DWT Bitumen Tankers for Swedish Interest, 2 x 7,000 DWT Chemical Tankers for English Interest, 1 x 15,000 DWT Bitumen Tanker and 1 x 16,000 DWT Chemical Tanker for Turkish Interest which were reaching in total of €125 million in total sales and a full capacity utilization for 3 years period.
  •Manage corporate business development and communications functions and coordinating the other departments of the shipyard. Direct project management, PR, media relations, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising, sales collateral and tradeshow marketing.
  •Develop a comprehensive business development strategy that is aligned with the current and forecasted market conditions adhering to direction set by Defense Division Director of KOC Holding and General Manager and the Business Development & Projects Director.
  •Develop and lead the Business Development strategy in sourcing, managing andimplementing new investments, business acquisitions and opportunities. Make decisions for the organization by assessing ROI, risk and cost/benefit.
  •Screening potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments.
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  • Closes new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.
  • Analyze, research, and make recommendations on business functions (i.e., Marketing, Vendor contracts, etc.)

• Prominent Accomplishments: Bare-boat charter of 3 Ro-Ro Vessels each has 240 trailers capacity, for a period of 3 years with a purchasing option at the end of hiring period.
  • Involving in many stages of setting up and negotiating deals, including presenting the business to potential clients, negotiating the main terms of a s&p contract and seeing it through to its conclusion and any follow up that may be involved.
  • Analyze the current world seaborne trade via many indicators sophisticatedly in order to understand the current and future dynamics of the shipping industry and update our clients.
  • Value vessels, calculating earnings, handling the buying and selling of second hand ships mainly with European and Turkish ship-owners and involving in the new-building contract negotiations with the shipyards worldwide.
  • Advise on financing alternatives and endeavor to find ships for specific employment opportunities.
  • Negotiate on behalf of the buyer and seller on price and terms and provide a route to resolve any disputes which might arise.

Prominent Accomplishments: Contracted 2 x 150,000 DWT (Suez-max) Tankers to a South Korean shipyard in 06/2010 for a total budget reaching $110 million. Implemented a new design feature to the existing and on order ships which has created and total efficiency of 11% on the daily bunker consumption of the vessels. The ROI was only 6 months.
• Calculate demurrages for the voyages completed and responding Owner’s & Charterer`s claims and negotiating for claim settlement purposes.
• Bunker calculation; fixing/procurement of Bunker to the vessel in order to perform voyages at the most suitable port according to vessels’ schedule.
• Deal with local and worldwide agents on disbursement accounts and agency nomination and instructions to loading/discharging port agents and responsible for arranging transit passage of tankers through Canals.
• Handle communications through ship owner, broker and cargo owners and updating all the parties about the loading/discharging availability of the vessels.
• Prepare vessel`s loss / profit account (Voyage Performance Reports) monthly basis.

• The coordination of all operations and/or technical matters in line with the Company’s policies, maritime rules and regulations and industry standards.
• Implementing machinery and hull performance monitoring in the context of long-term vessels’ operational costs savings.
• Dealing with any damage repairs preserving vessels commercial competence and originating long-term corrective/preventive actions in order to avoid reoccurrence.
• Attending and sailing with vessels to solve operational problems onboard if necessary.
• Co-operating with the Operations department to achieve the optimum vessels’ performance consistent with their commercial obligations.