Talha Erciyes

Interim Finance Business Partner for a global consumer goods company for the Central Europe region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland). Reporting to the EMEA Commercial Finance Director. Responsible for financial analysis, monthly reporting and forecasting, as well as commercial decision support for senior stakeholders.

An internationally active supplier to the railway industry, supplying cantonal transport companies in Switzerland, acquired a competitor specializing in couplings. The project's goal was to assess whether relocating service and delivery locations to Germany and Italy was relevant from a customer perspective – especially for Swiss operators whose parts would subsequently be transported across the border for repair or new delivery. On behalf of the supplier, qualitative customer interviews were conducted in Switzerland to validate whether a location consolidation was viable from a customer's perspective, under the hypothesis that service times, quality, and price are more important than physical proximity.