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ARDA GUNLER

Sr. Regional Sales Director
Istanbul
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Summary

  • Experienced executive sales professional with over 14 years of experience in Renewable Energy with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices.
  • Skilled in team management under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
  • Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

GE Onshore Wind Senior Sales Director / Turkey & Georgia

General Electric
Istanbul
07.2016 - Current

o Improving GE Onshore Wind Business in Turkey with a full client customer focus


keeping a close relation with key accounts, with a significant network over 2000 indivisulas in Turkey, CIS & ME

leading client contract negotiations and closing brought in > 50 new accounts to GE


o Leading the technical & commercial team in contract negotiations,


o Prepared project specific solutions, coordinated EEMEA commercial and technical team, negotiated and signed contracts with clients. Met regional and internal targets, Interacted, and brought in new potential clients

o Created a strong, profitable pipeline > 1 GW to 5 years period for a sustainable business. Sold first GE Inverter’s Hybrid & Wind PP 30 MW

GE Onshore Wind Senior Sales Manager / Turkey

07.2016

GE Regional Sales Director

06.2017 - 06.2017
  • Hydro / Middle East CIS & Turkey (ad-hoc role/concurrent assignment), 20 o Developed Turkey’s first greenfield Hydro Pump Storage Project 1.000 MW with Chinese EPC and local partners o f2f meetings with over 630 license owners covering Turkey, Greece, UK, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Macedonia, Ukraine and CIS o Involved in contract execution / negotiations of 500 MW LK HPP + 550 MW UK HPP,Co-developed legislative infrastructure of
  • Pump Storage PP’s, Hydrokinetics, floating PV’s

Senior Sales Director

VESTAS Wind Systems
06.2008 - 07.2016
  • O Closed contract negotiations & signed 21 Projects, totalling 585 MW o Prepared project specific prices, coordinated commercial and technical team, negotiated and signed contracts with clients
  • Met regional and internal targets, Interacted, and brought in new potential clients o Responsible for generation of customer solutions that lead to sales of WTGs and/or Service Maintenance contracts and managed all sales process
  • Represented on external events and meetings, negotiated suppliers, built relations with key stakeholders, financial lenders, consultants, regular contact with public administration and ministry of energy and governmental authorities.

Automotive Industrial Regional Sales Manager

DOGUS
09.2003 - 06.2008
  • O Built the dealer network for new industrial vehicles, sold 42 % of annual sales with highest average of profit o Promoted to Manager position (Aug
  • 06), built all Infrastructure for spare parts and aftersales business o Established Scania Marine business from scratch, prices, logistics and import procedures
  • Technical data’s, marketing, Sold 8 engines within first 6 weeks to different VIP Private Yacht clients
  • Marine business tuned out to a new division with more than 40 employees and revenue > 14 mil
  • Euro.

Military Obligation
Harput
12.2002 - 07.2003
  • Hobbies: motorbike, bicycling, painting, attend and lead multiple social & professional organizations

Sales & Project Engineer

Buderus Heizkraftanlagen
08.2000 - 12.2002
  • O Sales of HVAC and equipment, managed and designed heating & air conditioning projects, created and managed new dealer network, trained the dealers & services for new products.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
09.1996 - 08.2000
  • Member of ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Member of ITU Engineers Club
  • Member of TTMD
  • Member of Turkish Mechanical Engineer' trade association MMO

High School Diploma -

Sankt Georg Austrian College, Istanbul
09.1987 - 09.1996

Maths, full scholarship Turkish, German, English (all professional level)

  • Member of ALD alumni association


Skills

Sales generation

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Timeline

GE Regional Sales Director -
06.2017 - 06.2017
GE Onshore Wind Senior Sales Director / Turkey & Georgia - General Electric
07.2016 - Current
GE Onshore Wind Senior Sales Manager / Turkey -
07.2016
Senior Sales Director - VESTAS Wind Systems
06.2008 - 07.2016
Automotive Industrial Regional Sales Manager - DOGUS
09.2003 - 06.2008
- Military Obligation
12.2002 - 07.2003
Sales & Project Engineer - Buderus Heizkraftanlagen
08.2000 - 12.2002
Istanbul Technical University - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
09.1996 - 08.2000
Sankt Georg Austrian College - High School Diploma,
09.1987 - 09.1996
ARDA GUNLERSr. Regional Sales Director