Levent Gencoglu
Product & Technology Leader | Sr. Director, International Strategy & Product Management
- Role
- Sr Director, International Strategy & Product Management at DHL eCommerce
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Levent Gencoglu
I\'m passionate about solving complex business problems through innovative technology solutions. Throughout my career, I\'ve been leading cross-functional teams for several global IT projects to bring in new and innovative technologies and to help develop new solutions to the e-commerce market.• 15 years of experience in eCommerce, supply chain and shipping industries.• Natural curiosity to explore new ideas and assess changes through new technological solutions.• Broad technical background with solid systems design, product development and project management accomplishments in a multi-disciplinary environment.• Experience in service-oriented architecture as well as API architecture in the eCommerce business.• Energetic and results-oriented business leader with management skills in building and motivating high-performing teams.• Experience in defining and developing regional IT plans in alignment with global business and IT strategies and key strategic business initiatives.• Executive MBA degree at Georgia Institute of Technology with a specialized curriculum focusing on cutting edge technology and building product strategies for global businesses.Key Career Highlights- Engaged in every stage of new product developments such as day definite and last mile delivery products in the US and Chile- Digital transformation projects to improve our customers\' digital journey by implementing a chatbot solution and to reduce the customer onboarding time by having defining and implementing improvements in SAP and Salesforce systems- Finalist in DHL\'s first Start-up Lab in Oct 2017; with a new business idea developed with my team around dynamic first mile collection and returns, named Kangaroo, Got selected to top 8 out of 160+ applications worldwide and pitched the idea to the DHL Senior Management in Bonn, Germany in a shark-tank like environment.International Work Experience: Germany, Chile, Thailand, India
Experience
Sr Director, International Strategy & Product Management
Jan 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Develop and communicate on ongoing basis overarching strategy and detailed assessment of the international shipping market environment• Lead/drive international product innovation and the implementation of new solutions throughout the new product development lifecycle, including new products and digital solutions• Facilitate collaborations with in-house development and/or integration with key external partners to design and implement new solutions • Assess and implement new concepts to allow offering our products to the SMBs on digital platforms and marketplaces. • Lead the full product development and go-to-market execution of new product offering to the SMB segment.
Education
Ege University
Bachelors, Economics
2002 — 2007
Bornova Anadolu Lisesi
Science & Math
1995 — 2002
Georgia Institute of Technology
Executive MBA, Global Business
2018 — 2019
Skills
- Business Process
- Team Leadership
- Uml
- Leadership
- Software Development
- Project Planning
- Supply Chain
- Change Management
- Process Improvement
- Software Project Management
- Management
- Business Planning
- Systems Analysis
- Business Process Improvement
- Strategy
- Project Management
- Business Requirements
- Test Management
- Integration
- Business Strategy
- IT & Business Strategy Alignment
- Strategic Planning
- Business Analysis
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