FOUNDER'S BIO

Bora Birgin studied BA Industrial Economics and then, studied MSc in Textile Design Technology and Design Management at Manchester. His education have helped him to learn the base knowledge about the industry 

After his graduation, Bora started working at YUNSA Yunlu Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S as a designer and started to learn about dealing with bulk orders and help with the analysing and construction of the fabric. In the upcoming 6 years Bora was responsible in different areas as a Market Specialist and Head of Market. Throughout these responsibilities, he was dealing with Canada, Sweden, Finland, Holland, China, Japan & Korea. This has helped him to understand the variety of different needs of each market. 

Then, he moved to work with Nike as a merchandiser and coordinated process from prototyping to buying between Nike HQ and the factories. Also, negotiated prices of each style with different factories. He then started working back at YUNSA and he was responsible with the menswear department. In addition to this, menswear has become one of the increasing apparel in the world and he led the department with sales of $3 million to Canada. Between 2010 to 2020, Bora worked as Assistant General Manager. 

Under this role, Bora was responsible with the direct communication to the CEO & the Board. As YUNSA become one of the leading companies in Turkey, Bora has achieved wide range of targets. From high volume of sales to digital transformations, Bora was involved with all the process from scratch to finish.

In 2020, Bora launched BB Global Textiles,  his own consulting and marketing  company. BB Global Textiles specializes in sales and purchasing, product & order follow up, market research, sales representative services to customers and suppliers.