Chairperson of The Board at Sun Tekstil | General Manager at Jimmy Key | Development Policies Roundtable Vice President at TüSIAD | UN Global Compact Network Vice President – Turkey
Entrepreneur and business management professional who currently acting as Chairperson of The Board at Sun Tekstil, General Manager of Jimmy Key, Development Policies Roundtable Vice President at TÜSİAD, UN Global Compact Network Vice President – Turkey. Has a great passion of creating brands adopting innovation and quality. Possesses in-depth knowledge of textiles along with quality management and lean manufacturing as well as human resources management, market analysis, business development and international business management. Adept at production planning, sales management and market development.
Sun Tekstil, one of the biggest suppliers of global ready-to-wear brands, was founded in 1987. Sun Tekstil is a garment manufacturer with production capacity preferred by global brands, with its production facilities located in Manisa and Sri Lanka as well as its production center in Torbalı, and its organized supply network. Should you require more information about our companies please do not hesitate to contact us via various channels!
Jimmy Key which adopts “A fashion that reflects the spirit of Aegean” motto, was founded in 1997 with a desire to create a fashion brand based on high quality under Sun Grup companies at İzmir. It continues to grow with 36 concept stores and e-commerce platform jimmykey.com while creatively adapting current trends to the brand identity. Jimmy Key keeps sustainability as its guiding framework to drive positive and lasting changes in the textile industry. Via the “Key For Life” project our brand works with a fashion approach that respects nature, environment and people as well as produces garments with less water and less energy consumption.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD | SUN TEKSTIL | IZMIR 2016 – PRESENT
Founded by an established family in 1987, Sun Tekstil has come a long way from a small clothing manufacturer to a corporate company, and today became a leader in ready to wear textile export in Aegean region. Dedicated to customer service and satisfaction, Sun Tekstil is a large family with 2000 employees and amongst the first 200 companies in Turkey.
Preferred by prestigious global brands Sun Tekstil designs, produces and offers trendsetting styles for customers worldwide. Mainly manufactures circular knit fabrics, knitted and woven fabrics and ready-made garments. By support of a large production network, %95 of its production is women’ wear and %5 of it is children’s wear.
With expertise and experience in manufacturing ready-to-wear fashion, Sun Tekstil develops innovative textile products and offers all-inclusive design services at global standards to provide seasonal and capsule collections exclusive for world renown fashion brands.
GENERAL MANAGER | JIMMY KEY 2020 – PRESENT
Sun Tekstil set off to create its own brand in 1997 and created the first Jimmy Key collection. Today, Jimmy Key is serving with 36 stores in Turkey along with its internet website as the fashion retail brand of Sun Grup. Jimmy Key offers comfortable, sporty but elegant, always stylish and dynamic clothes for those who prefer to look distinctive and fashionable with their outfits. Jimmy Key reunites its customers with its experience in retail industry with its stores increasing day by day as a brand which adopts “A fashion that reflects the spirit of Aegean” motto.
The criterion that makes Jimmy Key the first choice is that it offers convenient, high quality and trendy pieces which can be combined with key apparels. The brand produces comfortable and stylish products which are compatible with world trends with high quality standards. It incorporates strong basic designs that can be easily combined with accessories with an affordable price understanding.
GENERAL MANAGER | SUN TEKSTIL | IZMIR 1995 – 2016
Positioned in various levels in the company to understand the nature of textile and provide the best quality blended with sustainability and trends. Within this framework; served as Human Resources Manager (1995-1997), Production Planner (1997-1999), Sales Manager (1999-2005) and most recently the General Manager (2005-2016) at Sun Tekstil.
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ROUNDTABLE VICE PRESIDENT | TÜSİAD 2014 - Present
VICE PRESIDENT – TURKEY | UN GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK 2019 – PRESENT
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree | Ege University | Textile Engineering | 1992
MEMBERSHIPS
Board Member, Ege Hazirgiyim Konfeksiyon İhracatçı Birlikleri, 2012- 2020
Member of Advisor Committee, AIESEC, 2011 - Present
Member, TAİDER (Family Business Association), 2012 - halen
Member, KALDER (Turkish Quality Association), 2005 - halen