Nineteen years of work experience in the food and retail sector with experience in multi-format retailing environments, including campus, restaurants, Hotels, hypermarkets, supermarkets, express stores and petrol filling stations. Experience in buying and procurement and category management of Fresh Foods and Non-food product groups. A track record of managing complex internal and external stakeholder relationships and intercultural and virtual team management, both as a team leader and team member. International work experience, based in the UK with involvement in projects in Central Europe and Far East (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Thailand, China, Malaysia and South Korea). Expert project management skills and wide experience of business improvement, deployment and optimization of processes, people structures, systems and tools.Highly driven and adaptable with strategic and analytical thinking, problem solving, communication, networking and change management skills. A sociable, competitive, innovative and passionate professional committed to learning and development.
-
Purchasing Manager For Divan HotelsDivan Jan 2021 - Feb 2022Istanbul, Turkey• Reporting to General Manager and Purchasing Director within matrix organisational scheme,• Leading a team of 7 personel, 4 supervisors of Purchasing, 3 supervisors for depot management.• Responsible for buying all Food and Beverges an all non-food items and services as well as the technical stuff within all Divan Hotels (Five Hotels, two in İstanbul, one in Bodrum, one in Ankara, one in Bursa)• Leading the Business Development Projects for Buying Team as well as Change Management.• Managing the yearly budget/Capex and Opex, • Strategies of cost price Budget Plan• Working Closely with Executive Members, different sales operation• Agile Project Management Experience. -
Purchasing Manager For Divan, Production, Sales And DistributionDivan Jan 2020 - Jan 2021Istanbul, Turkey• Reported to General Manager for Production, Sales and Distribution. • Responsible for buying all Food and Beverges an all non-food items and services for the factory, brasseries, bakery facilities.• Leading the Business Development Projects for Buying Team as well as Change Management.• Managing the yearly budget/Capex and Opex, • Strategies of cost price Budget Plan• Working Closely with Executive Members, different sales operations, Production Supplier, Finance and Marketing departments.• Team Management, both remote (during the Covit-19 pandemi) and on site. -
Category ManagerRammar Mar 2019 - Jan 2020Istanbul, Turkey• Reported to CEO.• Responsible for buying all Fresh Food (annual sales almost 90-100 million TL)• Leading the Business Development Projects for Buying Team as well as Change Management.• Strategies of Sales Price,Margin, Cost Price and Promotion and the Management of these strategies.• Budget Plan and Profit Plan • Worked Closely with Executive Members, Operations, Supplier, Finance and Marketing departments.• Team Management. -
Purchasing ManagerSoho House Istanbul Dec 2018 - Mar 2019İstanbul Province• Reported to CFO.• Responsible for buying all Food and Beverges an all non-food items and services a hotel, club,3 restaurants, gym,spa requires.• Working Closely with different functions with all functions.• Managing the yearly budget/Capex and Opex.
-
Category Buying ManagerAltunbilekler Jan 2017 - May 2018Ankara• Reported to Trade Director.• Responsible for buying Confectionary, Grocery and Bakery (annual sales almost 110 million TL)• Strategies of Sales Price,Margin, Cost Price and Promotion and the Management of these strategies.• Budget Plan and Profit Plan (Margin% :2016-2017 +4%).• Worked Closely with Executive Members, Operations, Supplier, Finance and Marketing departments.• Leaded the Change Management and the Projects (Change) Deployments• Team Management. -
Head Of BuyingBaşyazıcı Center Nov 2015 - May 2016Kayseri, Turkey• Reported to General Manager• Responsible for the buying teams of Fresh Food, Grocery and Non-Food items (annual sales almost 50-60 million TL)• Strategies of Sales Price,Margin, Cost Price and Promotion and the Management of these strategies• Budget Plan and Profit Plan.• Worked Closely with Executive Members, Operations, Supplier, and Finance• Leaded the Change Management and the Projects (Change) Deployments• Team Management
-
Project ManagerKipa Dec 2013 - Mar 2015İzmirFrom April 2014 to March 2015 was responsible for Commercial Projects• Reported to the Trade Category Director for Fresh Foods. • Responsible for the Commercial Fresh Food category (Meat, Poultry, Produce, Dairy, Deli Meat) strategy development plan and execution (annual sales of almost 700 million TL).• Managed all Fresh Food Category projects to deliver the results defined by the Strategy Governance findings. Including Product Range Optimisation, Sales Improvement of 10 to 30%, Margin Improvement of up to 1%, Better Customer Offering including service experience and environment, and Waste and Loss reduction of 1 to 5%. • Linked targets to KPIs including timelines and budget in line with the expected return on investment.From December 2013 to April 2014 was responsible for Supply Chain Projects• Reported to the expariate Supply Chain Director. • Worked alongside internal business partners including commercial and supply chain team members and external partners and suppliers, including Tesco Kipa’s and Turkey’s Top 20 FMCG suppliers.• Agreed on requirements and benefits to shape the business roadmap to increase three KPIs: - supplier service level to the warehouse; service level from warehouses to stores; and availability of products on the shelves. • Execution of the plan involved managing cross functional issues and tasks to ensure execution and results delivered on time leading to an increase in overall Supplier Service Levels by 2%. -
Buying ManagerKipa Jun 2012 - Dec 2013Izmir, Turkey• Reported to the Category Buying Manager.• Responsible for buying ultra fresh products such as poultry and red meat (annual sales budget of over 110 milion TL).• Managed the retail price strategy including the switch to private label lines resulting in a 1.5% margin improvement.• Creation and successful launch of a variety of new products, including Free Range Chicken and Loose Chicken products which led to an overall increas in sales of 25% within 6 months.• Achieved of the budget plan and profit plan.• Worked closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing, Operations Support, Finance.• Contributed to management of change projects, lead the change to new ways of working successfully in commercial department, such as poultry barcoding project, loose chicken launch.• Developed a reputation for being the key “go to” person for structural and process changes.• Acted as “Promotion Manager” reporting to Trade Category Director for Fresh Foods for five months in Commercial Department, was responsible for product selection, pricing and order & delivery in coordination with marketing and supply chain. -
Project ManagerTesco Plc May 2011 - May 2012London, United Kingdom• Worked with Business & Information Technology teams to deliver information systems solutions, support business changes and increase competitive advantage; and define and deliver project success criteria to deliver benefits for a better customer offering. • Initiated and prepared detailed deployment programme plans to align the timelines and resources across all countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Thailand, China, Malaysia and South Korea).• Ensured issues and risks identified and escalated and managed cross functionally.• Delivered to financial targets and manage programme on project level budgets.• Leaded, mentored and developed the project teams in the countries.• Leaded and developed a team of 2 Deployment Analysts (initially based in India) to relocate to other countries (Thailand, Malaysia) and support country plans.• Communicated programme/project work and progress to the executive board. -
Project ManagerKipa Aug 2009 - May 2011Izmir, Turkey• Assisted or initiated and prepared detailed task / resource plans for business development projects.• Contributed to the best practices of Tesco in Turkey as a pilot which was unique among all organized retailers in Turkey.• Delivered to financial targets and managed project budgets.• Leaded and managed the projects to deliver goals.• Ensured issues and risks identified and escalated and managed cross functionally.• Leaded, mentored and developed the project team.• Worked with relevant stakeholders and teams to deliver customer focused projects on time.Projects : Space Range and Display; Promotion; Produce, Space Range and Display Deployment Projects. -
Senior Business AnalystKipa Jun 2005 - Jul 2009Izmir, Turkey• Initiated, scoped and designed business development projects of business solutions meets specific business needs.• Defined business processes, designed solutions and worked with IT to progress development and strategic direction.• Leaded, coached and assisted other project team members and managers through the cross functional teams.• Leaded projects or streams of work as project manager/lead when required.Projects: Space Range and Display, Commercial Operating Model, Club card, Express Format, Petrol Filling Stations. -
Operations Group ManagerKipa Sep 2004 - Jun 2005Izmir, TurkeyLeaded the Fresh Food department chiefs and Fresh food staff (such as Ready to Eat, Bakery, Fish and Poultry, Dairy, and Meat departments) in the hyper stores in terms of Stock, order, waste management and sales management. -
Production ChiefTezel Gıda Mar 2004 - Jun 2004Manisa, TurkeyLed and support the production teams, assure quality in terms of customer requirements and also hygienic conditions.
-
Quality Assurance EngineerAnt Gıda A.Ş. Fora Zeytinleri Mar 2003 - Feb 2004Balikesir, TurkeyWorked as Quality Assurance Engineer in olive production units.
Ugur Yigit Skills
Ugur Yigit Education Details
-
Food Engineering -
Manisa Fatih Anatolian High SchoolMathematics
Frequently Asked Questions about Ugur Yigit
What is Ugur Yigit's role at the current company?
Ugur Yigit's current role is Purchasing Manager.
What schools did Ugur Yigit attend?
Ugur Yigit attended Middle East Technical University, Manisa Fatih Anatolian High School.
What are some of Ugur Yigit's interests?
Ugur Yigit has interest in Social Services, Children, Jogging, Economic Empowerment, Environment, Reading, Science And Technology, Tango, Human Rights.
What skills is Ugur Yigit known for?
Ugur Yigit has skills like Management, Change Management, Project Planning, Retail, Project Management, Team Management, Supply Chain, Fmcg, Procurement, Supplier Development, Merchandising, Strategy.
Not the Ugur Yigit you were looking for?
-
-
-
1biggergames.com
-
Ugur Yigit
Group Director - Business Development At Nurol Construction And Trading Co., Inc.Istanbul -
2gmail.com, borusanotomotiv.com
Free Chrome Extension
Find emails, phones & company data instantly
Aero Online
Your AI prospecting assistant
Select data to include:
0 records × $0.02 per record
Download 750 million emails and 100 million phone numbers
Access emails and phone numbers of over 750 million business users. Instantly download verified profiles using 20+ filters, including location, job title, company, function, and industry.
Start your free trial