BARIŞ KIRIKKAYA
Haier Europe Tumble Dryer Factory Factory Manager
Eskişehir
Summary
Versatile and results-driven professional with over 22 years of comprehensive experience in developing innovative, efficient, and sustainable manufacturing systems. Demonstrated leadership in managing cross-functional teams, optimizing production processes, and driving operational excellence. Strong expertise in product development, process engineering, and production management, combined with a proven ability to rapidly adopt and implement emerging industrial trends. A strategic thinker and hands-on leader with a passion for continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and agile methodologies—committed to elevating organizational performance and delivering measurable outcomes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
FACTORY MANAGER
Haier Europe
ESKISEHIR, TURKEY
08.2024 - Current
- Directed the operations of a seasonally fluctuating workforce of 400–800 blue-collar employees and a core team of 40 white-collar professionals, ensuring seamless productivity and workforce engagement across peak and off-peak periods.
- Managed an annual operational budget of €20 million, maintaining strict cost controls, improving financial efficiency, and delivering under-budget performance while sustaining operational excellence.
- Effectively led production operations within a multicultural environment, collaborating with Italian and Chinese teams to integrate global best practices and align production strategies.
- Drove operational efficiency through lean manufacturing initiatives, process reengineering, and automation, resulting in reduced waste and enhanced throughput.
- Led company-wide operational excellence programs, improving KPIs such as OEE, scrap rates, and on-time delivery, while embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
- Developed and executed strategic resource planning, aligning workforce capacity, equipment utilization, and supply chain to meet dynamic production demands.
- Oversaw implementation of technology transfers and new machinery, ensuring timely commissioning and integration into existing workflows.
- Ensured compliance with international HSE standards, cultivating a safety-first culture and minimizing incidents.
- Promoted a high-performance environment by developing talent, mentoring team leaders, and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
QUALITY MANAGER
Haier Europe
ESKISEHIR, TURKEY
09.2020 - 07.2024
- Led digital transformation initiatives within the quality department by implementing automated quality control systems, data analytics tools, and real-time monitoring dashboards, increasing accuracy and reducing inspection time.
- Developed and executed a customer-centric quality management strategy, enhancing responsiveness to customer feedback and significantly improving satisfaction and retention metrics.
- Applied agile problem-solving techniques (e.g., 8D, A3, root cause analysis) to quickly identify, contain, and eliminate quality issues, reducing non-conformities and customer complaints.
- Fostered a collaborative quality culture by working closely with production, engineering, procurement, and R&D teams, ensuring end-to-end product and process quality alignment.
- Spearheaded automation projects for quality data collection and reporting, improving traceability, reducing manual errors, and enabling predictive quality controls.
- Drove continuous improvement efforts using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, achieving measurable gains in product consistency and process capability.
- Maintained compliance with international quality standards (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, etc.) through regular audits, risk assessments, and systematic process reviews.
- Acted as key liaison with customers and suppliers on quality-related issues, managing audits, technical reviews, and corrective action processes with transparency and speed.
- Established a data-driven decision-making culture, using KPIs and quality metrics to guide improvements and align with strategic business goals.
- Championed employee training programs on quality awareness, digital tools, and root cause analysis, building a skilled and quality-focused workforce.
QUALITY MANAGER
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
TEKIRDAG, TURKEY
11.2014 - 09.2020
- Lead and pioneer quality organization (12 white collar, 31 blue collar) to fulfill zero defect strategy and advance the competences of team in this direction with appropriate training concepts.
- Develop and adapt new strategy models for both product and production processes to ensure Luxury Brand consumer' quality requirements and oversee all deviations based on regular audits and analysis.
- Drive supplier selection, commissioning and management strategies considering company and client requirements and ensure continuous improvement of supplier performance via based Q-VSM/D (Quality Value Streams Mapping/Design) approach.
- Drive compilation and analyze all external data about product performance, failure costs and potential product risks.
- Manage identification and elimination of non-conformities and risks with proper problem solving methodologies and tools (eg. 6 Sigma, 8D, System CIP).
- Provide framework for the problem solving process and fosters open failure culture in all organization and lead task forces or projects in case of severe incidents to guarantee fast and professional handling.
- Define and coordinate strategic IT solutions and new industrial applications for core QM processes like failure rate prediction, early fault detection, supplier performance tracking, trend chart and task measurement, traceability.
- Execute coordination of internal and external audits to safeguard ISO 9001 certification and manage sustainability of quality system requirements.
HEAD OF SECTION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
TEKIRDAG, TURKEY
01.2006 - 11.2014
- Lead FRFI1 product quality organization (4 white collar, 1 blue collar).
- Develop strategies for comprehensively clearing up end customer quality requirements and steer whole organization to ensure absolute customer satisfaction.
- Lead and coordinate quality functions of both multinational and local platform projects from soft phase (definition of quality requirements) to fulfilling stabilized field performance after launch.
- Manage efficient prevention, identification and elimination of non-conformities and risks with proper prevention and problem solving methodologies and tools (eg FMEA, DFMA, 6 Sigma, 8D, System CIP etc.).
- Support and train customer services from technical aspect to advance diagnose capability in the field for enhancing both customer satisfaction and business profitability.
- Design quality department processes by using zebra location synergy via collaborating with other four factories' process design teams.
- Lead factory strategy team to impose cultural transformation that come out of strategy workshop upon all level of factory organization and track efficiency of deployment in order to re-act in case of slowing down.
- Forecast and track internal and external quality costs to manage identification and elimination of root causes with proper tools and approaches.
- Track quality of Air Conditioners that sold in local market.
QUALITY ENGINEER
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
TEKIRDAG, TURKEY
11.2002 - 01.2006
- Manage quality level of solo static cooling refrigeration appliances.
- Analyze and report end customer complaints to upper management to define hunting fields to improve quality.
- Lead and coordinate quality function of mid level projects.
- Manage efficient prevention, identification and elimination of non-conformities and risks with proper prevention and problem solving methodologies and tools (eg FMEA, DFMA, 6 Sigma etc.).
- Support and train customer services from technical aspect of solo refrigeration appliances to advance diagnose capability in the field for both boosting customer satisfaction and enhancing business profitability.
- Manage process quality of static cooling refrigeration line.
- Execute spot-on process audits in the light of customer complaint analysis and track defined improvement activities to be actualized on time.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Aeronautical Engineering
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
ISTANBUL 09.1994 - 06.1999
Skills
Facility management
undefinedCertification
Six Sigma Green Belt
Timeline
FACTORY MANAGER
Haier Europe
08.2024 - Current
QUALITY MANAGER
Haier Europe
09.2020 - 07.2024
QUALITY MANAGER
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
11.2014 - 09.2020
HEAD OF SECTION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
01.2006 - 11.2014
QUALITY ENGINEER
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
11.2002 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Aeronautical Engineering
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
09.1994 - 06.1999
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