Çağlar Kaya

Experience

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  TSK (Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri)

  Sept 2014 - Feb 2015

  Military Service - Material Acceptance Commission Personnel

  -Sampling from goods that enter the military camp-Acceptance or rejection of the goods during the intake step based on physical examination and analysis reports (CoA).-Supplier Management such as evaluation of the contract terms (such as; delivery time, type of the product, and information about the product)

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  GİMDES

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

  Auditor

  -Certification audits and Surveillance (unannounced) audits under Food Safety and Halal Management scope (approx. 50 audits per year) including abroad audits such as South Korea, Russia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Client supplier management as compliance document screening of the ingredients-Ingredient process analysis-Assisting in managing communications with the CB's all around the world-World Halal Summit and Workshop project member.

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  Kalite Sistem Mérieux NutriSciences

  Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

  Technical Sales Representative

  With my knowledge about the food industry and GFSI and ISO standards as I have done audits in many categories in the food industry, my duty was finding and advising the certification and training what our customers need such as market requirements or competency.

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  Yıldız Holding

  Feb 2018 - now

  Digital Transformation Project Management under Board Member· Transition to Audit management and workflow software for Food Safety and Food Defense· Keeping internal law practice management software (LPMS) up to date· AI integration for the Legal team· Website projects· Internal approval toolsQuality / Food Safety-Defense / Ethical Labels auditing of group factories globally on BRCGS · AIB · IFS · FSSC 22k · Halal · Kosher · Vegetarian/Vegan · Plant-Base. Responsible for 35 factories in 10 countries - UK, Türkiye, France, Netherlands, Nigeria, S.Arabia, Egypt, India, Romania, and Kazakhstan.Reporting to C Levels.Known Brands: Pladis (Ülker, McVitie's, BN, Verkade, Godiva, Flipz), SuperFresh, DFU, Aytaç. Show less Quality / Food Safety-Defense / Ethical Labels auditing of group factories globally on BRCGS · AIB · IFS · FSSC 22k · Halal · Kosher · Vegetarian/Vegan · Plant-Base. Responsible for 35 factories in 10 countries - UK, Türkiye, France, Netherlands, Nigeria, S.Arabia, Egypt, India, Romania, and Kazakhstan.Reporting to C Levels.Known Brands: Pladis (Ülker, McVitie's, BN, Verkade, Godiva, Flipz), SuperFresh, DFU, Aytaç. Establish close communications with authorities on Regulations of Halal, Kosher and Vegan-Vegetarian and direct/support our factories/products on regulatory and customs compliance,Key Achievements:· Prepared a comprehensive Food Defense System and provided training and guidelines to make alignment globally,· Led a website project for public and corporate access on Food Safety, Food Defense and Consumer Sensitivities (Halal/Kosher/Vegetarian-Vegan). Website: www.ggk.com.tr· Transferred "Best Practices" between factories. Show less -Establishing Food Safety & Defense and Consumer Food Sensitivities (Halal/Kosher/Vegetarian) standards and development of existing ones-Managing compliance to Board standards on a global scale via audits (Industry benchmarked such as GFSI and with corp. experience checklist)-Managing the change process - Change Management-Routine and tailored training and consultancy service - especially on consumer sensitivities, regulation compliance, food defense and food fraud-Supplier compliance Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Food Safety & Defense Executive

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2023

  • Food Safety & Defense Specialist

    Sept 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Food Safety & Defense Assistant Specialist

    Feb 2018 - Aug 2019