GUNES DAMLA GULMEZ

• Spearheaded cross-functional teams to deliver projects within Quality, Delivery, and Cost (QDC) objectives.
• Managed the complete project lifecycle, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
• Led feasibility studies and supported RFIs/RFQs to ensure cost-effective, on-time solutions aligned with customer requirements.
• Collaborated with customers to align technical specifications with project goals, adapting to changes in deadlines and project scope.
• Applied Agile project management methodologies to enhance product quality and streamline development cycles.
• Coordinated with R&D, production, quality, and sales teams to ensure smooth project flow and effective communication with OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.
• Managed project risks, timelines, and resources, ensuring deadlines and milestones were met.
• Led engineering design changes and resolved project issues, driving continuous improvement across teams.
• Managed project documentation, including milestone updates and approvals (e.g., PPAP), ensuring timely communication with all stakeholders.
• Coordinated government-backed funding and innovation programs for advanced automotive technologies.
• Successfully managed a 3-year project for TOGG, Turkey's first domestically produced electric vehicle, overseeing the development and integration of an advanced infotainment system.
• Managed multiple projects concurrently, optimizing resource allocation and prioritizing tasks based on urgency and project goals

Responsible for leading R&D activities for disposable equipment and medical devices, as well as managing new product projects. Directly report to the Board of Management.

• Lead the R&D project pipeline and build cross-functional teams to establish workplaces and timelines.
• Coordinate production and manage investment budgets.
• Strengthen and diversify the product portfolio to expand market share and enter new global markets.
• Drive the expansion of high-value added products and transfer domestic market knowledge to international markets.
• Conduct customer-oriented research tailored to various markets.
• Improve project management processes, including organization, evaluation, development tools, and networking.
• Establish an Idea Tank and create evaluation tools for project prioritization.
• Use UX methods to create customer-centric, effective solution maps.
• Restructure the organization to focus on project management.
• Collaborate with universities, technoparks, and technology partners to transfer knowledge in-house.

Led innovation activities at Bosch’s Corporate Innovation Department, Europe:

• Identified and drove innovation projects to expand the company’s product portfolio.
• Scouted and monitored emerging technology trends, leading collaboration with partners on technology push projects.
• Developed products, services, and business models using an agile approach and innovation funnel.
• Transformed innovation concepts into market-ready products through design thinking models, aligned with strategic goals.
• Managed and coordinated projects with universities, research institutes, and external partners.
• Communicated project expectations and provided timely feedback to all stakeholders.

Responsible for leading product concepts, consumer analysis, and business model development.

• Identified and led innovation activities for Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa, driving the creation of new business models to expand the product portfolio.
• Promoted design thinking and customer-centric culture through UX lab facilities and design thinking mindset.
• Managed and coordinated projects with universities, research institutes, and third-party partners.
• Monitored and scouted technology push projects in collaboration with business partners and university networks.
• Led strategy and budget management for new product concepts and fast prototyping with third parties.
• Directed focus group studies, market research, and market validation through prototype testing.
• Developed an innovative product for Africa, launched under the Bosch brand in December 2017, earning "Innovator of the Year 2016" at BSH for the product concept.

• Responsible Siemens Ultrasound- and Siemens X-ray products: Mammography, Operational C-arm devices, Rontgen devices, eswl unit; Sonosite ultrasound devices, Kubtec specimen mammography devices application and sales support specialist.

• Company Overview: Researcher at Electronics Department VLSI Laboratory, BSc and MSc Student Projects Supervisor, Lecturer Assistant.
• Researcher at Electronics Department VLSI Laboratory.
• BSc and MSc Student Projects Supervisor.
• Lecturer Assistant (Lectures: Lab Electronics1&2, Circuits and Systems, Java).
• Researcher at Electronics Department VLSI Laboratory, BSc and MSc Student Projects Supervisor, Lecturer Assistant.

• Teaching assistant (Lectures: PHY101, PHY102, PHY103).