Korhan Turhal

C-Level Professional @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University

About

Responsible for all commercial activities of Turkish entity

Country

Türkiye

City

Istanbul

Industry

Chemicals

Skill

Chemical Management, Project Management, Director level, Commercial Management, Chemical Raw Materials, Member Of A Team, Communication Skills, Social Networking, Adhesives, Industrial Chemicals, Graphic Arts, Consumer Package Goods, Hardwork, Self-driven, Technical Know How, Sales, Project Planning, Procurement, Sales Management, Polymers

Experience

C-Level Professional

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Istanbul, Türkiye

Commercial Director

Brenntag

2019-2 - 2025-12 · 6 yrs 11 mos

Istanbul, Turkey

Responsible for all commercial activities of Turkish entity

Business Manager

Brenntag

2017-1 - 2019-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Istanbul, Turkey

Head of Cleaning, Cosmetics and Water Treatment Businesses

Business Development Manager

Huntsman Corporation

2012-8 - 2017-1 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Istanbul, Turkey

Market Segment Manager

Henkel

2010-5 - 2012-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Istanbul, Turkey

Responsible of Graphic Arts market segment in Industrial adhesives with a revenue of € 5M and %25 Gross Profit. Management of business in terms of sales management, providing technical support, new applications, launching new products, technical consulting. Managing 4 regional employees in dotted lines. Supporting neighbor countries such as Turki Countries, Israel, Iran and Iraq. Managing the economical aspects of business in terms of budgeting, planning, pricing, cost evaluating. Build up long term business development strategies that helped in gaining leading market share. Responsible of 60 direct customers and 2 dedicated distributors. Increase the company’s growth by launching new products with more profitability and with more giving value. Build up first service and solutions at customers through technical assistance(on site trials); Conclude the process at customers from set up trials to final approvals Provide technical consulting and the application of technologies to processes.

Regional Sales Engineer

Henkel

2008-1 - 2010-4 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Ankara, Turkey

Responsible of all Graphic Arts, Labelling, End-of-Line, Paper Converting, Flexible Packaging, Tissue&Towel, Tapes&Labels&Coatings market segments in region Have customers from Central Anatolian and BlackSea regions.

Procurement Specialist

Demir Export A.Ş

2007-1 - 2008-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Ankara

Responsible of all procurement and supply chain activities. Chemicals used in mineral enriching nand spare parts of trucks and crushers are theDo main objective of purchasing department.  Done annual aggrements with the suppliers from USA, France, Germany and FarEast. Supplying the chemicals, goods and spare parts on time is the main goal of the department. Documentation of purchasing activities ISO standards on Procurement processes became valid in 2007. New ERP system (Microsoft Axapta) was started to use while I was responsible form the integration of the ex and new systems in procurement department. Gained the certificate of Internal Auditor of ISO standarts and took part in internal inspections in 2007.