Santa Farma, one of the most deep-rooted and powerful pharmaceutical companies in Turkey, has combined the IT and Business Processes departments under the roof of the newly created Technology and Business Excellence Division as of August 1, 2018. The company intends to manage technology and business excellence operations coherently under a single roof and improve the efficiency of business processes with this recent organizational structure. The new division will allow Santa Farma to focus on digital transformation as the core of its strategy. Santa Farma currently implements a transformation strategy in line with the standards of Industry 4.0 according to which it focuses on improving efficiency of all internal resources by means of big data strategies. Akın Duman has been assigned as the Technology and Business Excellence Director owing to his significant experience in strategy, planning and business processes.
Who is Akın Duman?
Having graduated from Saint Michel French High School in 1991, he received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from Faculty of Economics in Istanbul University. After starting his professional career as a Budget Planning Specialist in Eczacıbaşı Group in 1998, Akın Duman was assigned as the Management Accounting Specialist, Sales Efficiency Systems Senior Specialist and SAP Project Manager at the same group respectively. Duman worked for Honda Turkey from 2007 to 2009 before he joined Santa Farma as the Sales Force Effectiveness Manager in 2009. Duman was promoted to the position of Planning and Business Processes Manager in 2012 and Planning and business Processes Director in 2016 throughout which he managed important projects for the industry. Akın Duman speaks English and French.
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