Mete Kirkit has extensive work experience in marketing and sales management roles. Mete is currently the Head of Marketing for the MENA, CIS, and Israel regions at Beko Global since June 2022. Prior to this, they held various regional marketing manager positions in the Middle East, Gulf, and Near East regions. Mete was responsible for managing marketing activities in multiple countries, handling both offline and online marketing. Before joining Beko Global, they worked as a Regional Sales Manager in Central Africa, where they established sales and distribution networks in 26 countries. Mete also held senior international sales and marketing executive roles in the CIS region and North Africa, overseeing distribution management, commercial operations, and strategic planning. Mete started their career as an Area Sales Manager at RAM Dış Ticaret A.Ş. and later became the Representative Office Responsible for North Africa.
Mete Kirkit's education history includes various academic and professional qualifications. Mete obtained a certification in "Critical Thinking for the Information Age" from the University of Michigan in 2018. In 2014, they attended Koç University for a program in "Global Manager." Before that, they studied at Bournemouth Business School International (UK) from 2002 to 2003, focusing on "Management & Business Administration." Mete Kirkit's undergraduate education was completed at Istanbul Technical University from 1997 to 2002. Mete'ssecondary education took place at Lycée Français Saint Benoît from 1988 to 1996.
In addition to their formal education, Mete Kirkit has pursued several certifications and professional development programs. Mete completed the "Disruptive Strategy" certification from Harvard Business School in March 2023. In December 2021, they obtained certifications in "Digital Strategies for Business" from Columbia Business School and "Finance for Non-Finance Managers" from Plato Training and Consulting. Mete also earned a "Google Analytics - Certificate" from Google in March 2021. In the same year, they completed the "Leadership: People, Teams and Organizations" program from Columbia Business School, the "Koç Dialogues Development Program" from Emeritus, and the "eCommerce & New Technologies in Digital Marketing" program from Circus Street.
Prior to these certifications, Mete Kirkit completed the "Digital Media Buying and Planning (DBPC)" program from EFKG in an unknown year. Mete also earned a "Critical Thinking For The Information Age" certification from the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business in 2018 and a "Digital Marketing" certification from Circus Street in the same year. In 2017, they completed the "Consumer Insight & Consumer Decision Journey" program from FutureBright Research. In 2014, they obtained a "Finance for Non-Finance Manager" certification from Koç University and completed the "Leadership Journey" program from Dale Carnegie Training.
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Arçelik Group, which was founded in 1955, operates in consumer durables and consumer electronics sectors under the scope of Koç Holding with its production, marketing and after-sales services. Arçelik Group has 26.000 employees worldwide and 15 production facilities throughout the world; in Turkey, Romania, Russia, China, South Africa and currently in Thailand. The Company has recently entered to the US market as Beko US Inc with its Sales & Marketing Office in Chicago and its R&D Offices in Boston and Silicon Valley will be open in 2016. Beko, the global brand of Arçelik, has been the brand which increased its market share the most in European white goods market within the last six years and thus has been the brand with the fastest growth in the sector. Beko remains the second biggest brand in European white goods market It is the leader brand of U.K. white goods market for years and claimed top position in French free-standing white goods market following its leadership in the Polish white goods market. Additionally, Beko has become the fastest growing white goods brand of the German market, the biggest white goods market of Europe, in the last 5 years with a more than 2-fold market growth.
