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Cihan BerberoğluCB

Cihan Berberoğlu

Analytics & Operations Leader

€900/day
Berlin, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Cihan

I build and scale global data and operations functions.

15+ years across Pfizer, Delivery Hero, and BSH (Bosch Group) — leading teams from 7 to 40 people, modernizing infrastructure (SAP→GCP, Data Mesh), and turning fragmented, manual operations into structured, automated, scalable functions.

What's been keeping me curious lately: the intersection of operations leadership and applied AI. I've been independently developing production ML systems in Python — XGBoost ensembles with walk-forward retraining, agentic AI multi-agent orchestration, full ML Ops discipline. I'm interested in how AI is changing what "good" looks like for data and operations functions at scale, and how senior leaders should adapt their playbooks.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

  • Turkish

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Delivery Hero SE
    Senior Manager, Data &Analytics | Finance Systems
    February 2022 - September 2025 (3 years and 7 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    Scope: 7-person Finance Analytics team
    • • Global finance entities
    ◦ • Operating-model redesign
    • • Org Design & Agile Transformation: Restructured Global Finance Analytics team into agile pods with clear ownership; boosted project turnaround 30% via new operating model
    • • Demand & Capacity Management: Built new demand-and-capacity framework prioritising high-impact commercial initiatives; improved project delivery accuracy by 40%
    • • Governance & Compliance: Established Finance Data Governance framework and Data Quality dashboards ensuring 100% compliance and secure data access across all global entities
    • • Cloud Migration & Reporting Operations: Led enterprise SAP → Google Cloud Platform migration with Data Mesh architecture (cut infrastructure costs 30%); delivered near real-time P&L dashboards and automated O2C reconciliation pipelines, significantly reducing month-end close time
    • • Adoption & Change Management: Drove internal data literacy programs and stakeholder marketing campaigns; 20% adoption uplift, 4.2/5 user satisfaction
    Google cloud SAP Business Objects Python Machine learning Finance sector
  • Pfizer
    Head of Commercial Operations Center
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    February 2018 - February 2022 (4 years)
    İstanbul, Türkiye
    Scope: 30+ person organization (4 managers + specialists)
    • • 45+ countries
    ◦ • $100M+ Sales Force Incentive program
    • • Zero-to-One Build & Operating Model: Established the Global Commercial Operations Center from scratch — defined the target operating model, designed end-to-end process flows, and successfully migrated commercial processes from 45+ countries into a centralized hub
    • • Organizational Leadership: Led a 30+ person organization through three layers (4 direct-report managers and their specialist teams); built the org structure, hiring framework, and performance culture from the ground up
    • • Process Maturity (S-O-A) & Automation: Drove operational maturity through Standardization → Optimization → Automation phases; designed custom RPA tooling in Python that became a key driver of 20% Y/Y FTE efficiency gains
    • • Commercial Execution at Scale: Owned operations for a $100M+ Sales Force Incentive program with strict accuracy and compliance metrics; processed 10,000+ annual service requests across 45+ markets
    • • Service Excellence: Established a metric-driven service culture using Jira Service Desk and structured account management — achieved 4.5/5 client satisfaction; modernized stack with Alteryx, Tableau, and Salesforce as unified global commercial operations layer
    Commercial Operations Revenue Management GDPR Business intelligence Sales Operations
  • B/S/H/ Home Appliances (Bosch Group)
    Manager, Head of Advanced Data Analytics Delivery
    MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
    August 2010 - February 2018 (7 years and 6 months)
    İstanbul, Türkiye
    Scope: 40 BI consultants across 3 teams
    • • Enterprise-wide analytics delivery
    • • Scaled global analytics delivery organization to 40 BI consultants across 3 teams (backend + frontend); established delivery governance and capacity planning
    • • Founded Data Science function from scratch via internal Big Data hackathons; first predictive analytics project delivered €100K annual savings
    • • Directed strategic transition to SAP BW4/HANA and established a hybrid AWS data lake

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Education

  • Executive MBA
    Koç University
    Executive MBA
  • B.Sc. Industrial
    Boğaziçi University2010
    B.Sc. Industrial

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