Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Certification
Languages
HOBBIES AND INTEREST
Affiliations
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KADIR CAVDAR

ACCRA

Summary

Accomplished Senior Sourcing & Operation Director with a proven track record at Tiryaki Agro, enhancing operational efficiency and strategic planning across West Africa. Skilled in operations management and team leadership, I've successfully managed complex supply chains and logistics, significantly improving project delivery and cost savings. Expert in staff development and strategic planning, I drive results through innovation and team collaboration.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Sourcing &Operation Director of West Africa

11
06.2022 - Current

Job Description:

Responsible for all Sourcing – Operation and trading related duties in West African Countries and Supply Chain Engineering

  • Raw material supply for West Africa
  • Annual agreements for raw material supply
  • New product and country research, creation of supply chain
  • Operations and logistics infrastructure setup
  • Turkey sales and cost planning
  • Nigeria Soybean meal and raw material Project management
  • Burkina Faso & Benin Cotton Seed & Cake supply management
  • Oilseed and animal feed supply
  • Wheat Flour & Sun Flower Oil sales sales distributing in Ghana
  • Deep Sourcing
  • Soy Bean, Soya Bean Meal, Soya Bean Cake, Sheanut cake, Palm Kernel Cake, Cocoa Bean Shell, Cotton Seed, Cotton Seed Cake , Bamboo grinding for Biomass ..etc.

West Africa Operation Manager

5
06.2021 - 06.2022

Job Description:

· Responsible for all Feed & Oil seed raw material Supply Engineering and operation management works in Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria with all Turkish Ports

  • West Africa operation cost control
  • bulk & container operation management
  • Customs clearance process management
  • Warehouse discharge control management
  • Resolve client issues with help from center, regional and corporate staff.

· To be responsible for all processes from the loading of raw materials from Africa to their delivery to the customer and to minimize the risks in this process.

  • Documents
  • Custom Regulations
  • Transfers
  • Discharge Costing

Team Leader of West Africa Desk

3
06.2015 - 06.2021

Job Description:

Tiryaki Agro Africa desk was established in 2015 under my leadership reporting to Mr. Mehmet Tiryakioğlu (chairman).

Planning the operations logistics and documentation processes of the Africa department

GHANA

  • Establishment of the Ghana office
  • West Africa operations and process management
  • Africa department establishment process follow-up

TURKEY

  • Document and system entries management
  • Warehouse discharge management
  • Customs clearance & Documents follow-up

Feed & Oil Seed Operation Executive

1
06.2014 - 06.2015

Job Description:

Responsible off all South American Soya – Maize - Ddgs – Soya Cake Meal Shipment to Turkey and / or İran – Iraq

  • Preparation of Contracts under Gafta - Fosfa Compliance
  • Bulk Motor Vessel or Containers planing
  • Costing of Shipment
  • Quality Supervision costing and management
  • Documentation
  • Discharge Port Planing
  • Ware house and Lojistic planing before vessel
  • Custom Clearance management
  • Lc & other international payment transfers

Pulses & Grain Operation Specialist

0
06.2011 - 06.2014

Job Description:

Responsible off all Pulses and Grains exported from Turkish Ports as follow;

  • Preparation of Contracts under Gafta - Fosfa Compliance
  • Bulk Motor Vessel or Containers planing
  • Costing of Shipment
  • Quality Supervision costing and management
  • Documentation
  • Discharge Port Planing
  • Ware house and Lojistic planing before vessel
  • Custom Clearance management
  • Lc & other international payment transfers

Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Zeugma Museum

0
03.2010 - 04.2011

Job Description:

Making daily and monthly purchases during the construction of the Zeugma Museum Procurement of products suitable for the project at a reasonable cost

  • Price Research
  • Quality Research
  • Daily and monthly worker management

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration And Management

UNIVERSTIY OF MUGLA
MUGLA, TURKEY
05.2009

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Operations Management
  • Staff Development
  • Team Management
  • Windows, MS Office, Axapta
  • Leadership, team building and motivation

Additional Information

Age / Date of birth: 16/03/1982 • • Gender: Male Nationality: Republic of Turkey • • Driving Licence: B

Certification

TFFHGD - Turkish Football Federation Referee and Observer (İstanbul ) 2007

TUFAD - Turkey Federation of Football Trainers ( Muğla ) 2006

English Courses - American Institut (Istanbul) - 2006

Languages

English
Upper intermediate (B2)

HOBBIES AND INTEREST

Volleyboll, Football, Cycling, Camping, Driving

Affiliations

  • Uğur Kara, Group Accounting&Finance director/ Tiryaki Agro Gıda San. Tic. A.Ş, 0530 7822757
  • Tekin Mengüç, CEO / Tiryaki Agro Tahıl ve Yem Tİc.A.S

Timeline

Senior Sourcing &Operation Director of West Africa

11
06.2022 - Current

West Africa Operation Manager

5
06.2021 - 06.2022

Team Leader of West Africa Desk

3
06.2015 - 06.2021

Feed & Oil Seed Operation Executive

1
06.2014 - 06.2015

Pulses & Grain Operation Specialist

0
06.2011 - 06.2014

Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Zeugma Museum

0
03.2010 - 04.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration And Management

UNIVERSTIY OF MUGLA
KADIR CAVDAR