22 Mar 16
News

Burak Erdem of Lilly is Turkish Fleet Manager of the Year

For the fifth time LeasePlan Turkey and Ekonomist magazine organised the “Fleet Managers of the Year-Turkey  2015 Awards”. The Fleet Manager of the Year Award 2016 went to Lilly İlaç, Merck got the Fleet Safety Award and Loomis Security was the winner in the category Green Fleet Award.
 
The “Fleet Manager of the Year Award Turkey” is aimed at drawing attention to fleet management’s contribution to corporate performance and national economy, to help raise awareness about environment and traffic safety, and to promote and reward efficient use of sources. Corporate fleet managers having passenger cars or light commercial vehicles were eligible to participate. Their fleet management case studies were evaluated by an expert jury. 

Skoda Fleet Safety Award to Merck  
The Skoda Fleet Safety Award 2015 was awarded to Tuncay Guclu, Administrative Affairs Manager of pharmaceutical company Merck. The company provides advance drivier training to all company employees with driving license. The company has not had any accident-related injuries for 9 years and achieved decreasing traffic accidents with property damage by 55%.

Michelin Green Fleet Award to Loomis Security 
The Michelin Green Fleet Award went to Burak Sardag, Security IT and Operation Manager of Loomis Security, who measures and records CO2 emissions, identifies and replaces fuel inefficient vehicles, and manages lowering CO2 emissions every year.

The Fleet Manager of the Year: Burak Erdem, Lilly İlaç
The Fleet Manager of the Year Award given by Ekonomist magazine and LeasePlan Turkey went to the Fleet Support Manager of pharmaceutical company Lilly İlaç, Burak Erdem, for achieving significant drops in CO2 emissions, number of accidents, damage costs and for renewing its fleet with a 2015 vehicle replacement project. 
 
Special Jury Prize for Fresenius Medical Care  
The Special Jury Prize was given to Özlem Oral of Fresenius Medical Care  for her clear and comprehensive fleet management strategy that combines employee satisfaction with cost control and fleet management harmonisation. She received her prize from LeasePlan's Managing Director Turkay Oktay.

Authored by: Steven Schoefs