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Kevin Prémel

Purchasing & Sourcing Manager, Senior Project Mger

€750/day
Istanbul, TR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Kevin

After co-founding and managing a restaurant in Istanbul, for 5 years, I am now looking for new opportunities in Purchasing or Project Management.

I believe in a company with close relations with its clients, the ability to assess what they expect and therefore to focus not only in satisfying these requirements but in outperforming other companies with its excellent clientele knowledge.

Expertise :
Multicultural and multilingual environment (France, Türkiye and China)
Purchasing & Sourcing : 3 years
Project Management : 6 years
Company management : 5 years

Spoken Languages :
French : mother tongue
English : bilingual
Turkish : fluent
Chinese : intermediate
German : scholar
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Turkish

    Conversational

  • German

    Basic

  • Chinese

    Basic

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • BME CONSULTING
    Purchasing Manager
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    December 2025 - Today (8 months)
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Procurement, Sourcing, Negociation, Call for bids
    France, Europe, China and USA suppliers

    Negociation savings up to 10K€ per month (average 8% negotiated amount, sucess rate of 25%).
    Wide type of complex industries (automoitve, aerospace, pharmaceutial, refrigeration)
    Class C purchasing (non-strategical)
    Négociation Achats Sourcing Conduite d'appel d'offres Relations fournisseurs
  • Kaişan Trade & Consulting Ltd
    General Manager
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    November 2025 - Today (9 months)
    Istanbul, Turkey
    I help European businesses optimize their supply chains by securing reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality sourcing solutions. With over 5 years of experience in strategic and operational purchasing, I act as your on-the-ground procurement partner, bridging the gap between European market standards and manufacturing realities in Turkey and Asia (local partner agents in China, HK, Taiwan, Thailan, Vietnam and Korea).

    Nearshoring Strategy & Execution: Guiding companies in transitioning their supply chains to the Turkish market to reduce lead times, lower shipping costs, and mitigate global supply disruptions.
    Sourcing stratégie achats Gestion d'entreprise Gestion de projet Achats
  • Mama Bowl
    Co-Founder & General Manager
    RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
    January 2021 - August 2025 (4 years and 7 months)
    İstanbul, Türkiye
    Healthy and organic salad bowl concept, 12 employees, 3 branches, 200 tickets per day . ⟶ Creation of a company and a concept restaurant in Istanbul, Türkiye, online and on site orders, including administation, accounting, menu creation, decoration, recruiting, sourcing, suppliers relations, customer relations, communication, team management.
    Gestion d'entreprise Sourcing Achats Comptabilité Ressources humaines

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Education

  • Master of Science (MSc)
    SKEMA Business School
    2014
    Master of Science (MSc)
  • Certificate, Logistics, ChinaTrade Simulation (CTS), Chinese Financial Sector
    Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
    2012
    Certificate, Logistics, ChinaTrade Simulation (CTS), Chinese Financial Sector

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