Experience

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  Discordia - global transport and forwarding

  Oct 1999 - Jan 2004

  Container division expert; senior freight forwarding agent; commercial dept. manager

  Close work with customers and shipping lines /vendors/ – negotiating prices for transportation.Regular contact with new and existing company clients – meetings, negotiations, contracts.Tailor-made solutions for specific customer needs. Lead and organize Division’s activities and team work. Analyses, reports and presentations of the Division’s activities for the needs of the management.

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  Abe logistics ltd.

  Jan 2004 - Jul 2004

  Manager of sofia branch

  Sales and operational work in the field of international sea, road and air transportations.Main duties and responsibilities are the same and duly listed below as for Discordia Plc

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  Mcc bulgaria

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2011

  Responsible for negotiating the buying conditions, front and back margins, revenue and profitability of the category. Risk management and mitigation.Forecast in details all KPIs for different periods. Yearly budgeting.Intensive interaction with all teams within the company – Advertising, QA, IT, Operations, Merchandising, Customer management, Logistics, Legal & different cross-functional teams. Participate in and support projects on corporate or country level.Lead and manage team’s work, define and set in the system yearly targets and priorities for every team member. Provide regular feedback and set in the system performance evaluation.Monitor market of FMCG for price levels, assortment solutions, presentation and merchandising, promotions, trends. Show less

  • Junior Buyer Meat

    Nov 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Assistant Buyer

    Jul 2004 - Oct 2010
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  Metro cash & carry bulgaria

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2017

  Strategic category management – develop, launch and follow the strategy for category of goods and supplier relations in compliance with global corporate strategy.Operational management of category of goods.Develop structure of the assortment within the category and subcategories.Yearly range review and restructure assortment in accordance with customer needs and market trends.Own brand development projects.Control stock availability, plan and perform import of goods due to category specifics. Show less

  • Category manager Fish and Delicatessen

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Buyer Frozen foods and Delicatessen

    Jan 2013 - Sept 2015

  • Buyer Frozen Foods

    Dec 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Junior Buyer Frozen Foods

    Sept 2011 - Dec 2011
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  Coca-cola hbc

  Oct 2017 - now

  Lead procurement process of raw and packaging materials for the production in Bulgaria. Align the needs of internal stakeholders and deliver SLA’s and KBI’s, source regional and local categories, lead relationship with suppliers according to contract management standards and corporate procurement guidelines.Implements Group Procurement Strategy in the BU to improve customer service and reduce costLead and manage Direct Procurement team, coach and develop direct reports to achieve full potential and secure succession line.Annual business planning for Direct procurement.Risk management. Show less

  • National Key Account Manager

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Indirect Spend Procurement Manager

    May 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Business Systems and Solutions (BSS) Functional Leader for Supply Chain

    Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Direct Spend Procurement Manager

    Oct 2017 - Mar 2020