Muhittin Cilli
Logistics Manager
Istanbul,Sisli
Summary
Experienced logistics and supply chain professional with a strong background in international shipping, warehousing, and operations management. Skilled in team leadership, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance. Proven track record in optimizing logistics processes, negotiating transport solutions, and managing multimodal freight operations. Adept at problem-solving in force majeure situations and building strong relationships with local authorities and stakeholders. Holds a Master’s degree in International Shipping and Supply Chain Management and has extensive experience in managerial roles within global logistics firms.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Overseas Logistics Manager
Summa Holding
09.2024 - Current
- Transferring all equipments, machinery, spare parts among sites in overseas
- Organisation and assistance on warehousing operation
- Creating solutions in Force Majeure situations
- Control of all documents including declarations and BIETC
- Making contacts on local authorities such as ports, customs, tax offices and be informed about their processing
- Arranging and negotiating for new transport options
- Hiring new logistics members for construction sites
- Managing Archieves and how it should be done
- Setting up standards of logistics operation and external communication
Istanbul Air&Sea Manager
Wefreight Global Logistics
08.2022 - 09.2024
- Building up a sales team
- Creating targets and following targets for sales team
- Building up a effective and efficient team for operation
- Taking care of spot and tender pricing requests
- Hiring and educating new team members
- Being up to date for new shipping regulations and informing customers about them
- Customer risk evalulation and deciding credit limits
- Development of relations and business with agents
- Informing customers about how the documents should be done
- Risk evaluation for customers
- Educating new customers about the import and export processes, calculating costs and creating low risk operational flow for customers
- Following Iso 9001 requirements and check lists
- Following GDP certification processes and check lists
- Distributing responsibility among team and making it visible and written to follow
- Agreements with shipping lines and air lines like credit period, prices and target markets
Sea Freight Manager
Imperial Logistics
06.2021 - 08.2022
- Building up a effective and efficient team for operation
- Taking care of spot and tender pricing requests
- Hiring and educating new team members
- Being up to date for new shipping regulations and informing customers about them
- Development of relations and business with agents
- Informing customers about how the documents should be done
- Risk evaluation for customers
- Educating new customers about the import and export processes, calculating costs and creating low risk operational flow for customers
- Following Iso 9001 requirements and check lists
- Distributing responsibility among team and making it visible and written to follow
- Agreements with shipping lines like credit period, prices and target markets
Team Manager
Schenker Arkas Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş.
09.2013 - 06.2021
- Deciding and representing yearly budget to Product Manager and Seafreight Manager, evaluating risks and potential businesses and pointing out the reasons behind the numbers
- Motivating and leading import team, increasing the operational efficiency
- Finding new customers and markets to keep business flow in Istanbul & Gebze Area
- Understanding the customer need in order to shape operation according to their requirement
- Regular check of customers who divided among customer representatives in order to keep past won business going
- Guiding customers for the best shipping method and creating solutions
- Finding potential triangular business and creating regular customers that requires especially supply chain solutions all around the globe
- Following new regulations, embargos and limitations with customs department to evaluate potential risks for ongoing businesses
- Being in touch with agents for new potential business running pre-workout plans and providing cost breakdown in order to get new tenders
- Solving and following damage/loss/lost cargo issues which has been brought to court with company attorney
Steering/Pricing
Schenker Arkas Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş.
08.2012 - 08.2013
- Discussing rate levels with shipping lines and agents and providing rates for sales department
- Getting regular rates to apply annual tenders
- Following tenders
- Finding new customers and reporting their shipment capacity
- Reporting loss customers and reasons behind the loss to Management
- Assisting Management during the budget
- Constantly being in touch with agents all over the globe in order to develop ongoing business and decreasing the cost of sales
Chemical Compound Sale/operation Representative
TLS Global Lojistik A.Ş.
12.2012 - 12.2012
- Finding new customers who buy/sell chemical cargoes
- Working out rates especially the customers who require isotank, flexitank shipments for import and export
- Dispositioning S.O.C
- Isotank containers all over the globe and keep the equipments ready with following their sea worthiness, certificates, spare parts supply
- Reporting business growth in Monthly basis to member of board
- Creating warehouse solutions for the customers in Turkey
- Running door to door projects and giving cost breakdown for new potential businesses
International Liquified/bulk Cargo Operations Representative
TLS Global Lojistik A.Ş.
11.2012 - 12.2012
D.P.A. - Designated Person Ashore
Starlet Shipping Inc.
09.2010 - 08.2010
Logistics
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Inchcape Shipping)
07.2008 - 08.2008
Documentation Clerk
Polathane Denizcilik
05.2005 - 05.2007
Education
Master Program - International Shipping, Science and Supply Chain Management
University of Plymouth
01.2006 - 04.2007
Logistics And Supply Chain Management
Istanbul Universitesi
01.2000 - 04.2004
Lisesi - undefined
İstek Özel Acıbadem
01.1997 - 04.2000
Skills
Sap
Certification
08/01/17, Geleceği Birlikte Yaratmak
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/06/82
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Overseas Logistics Manager
Summa Holding
09.2024 - Current
Istanbul Air&Sea Manager
Wefreight Global Logistics
08.2022 - 09.2024
Sea Freight Manager
Imperial Logistics
06.2021 - 08.2022
Team Manager
Schenker Arkas Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş.
09.2013 - 06.2021
Chemical Compound Sale/operation Representative
TLS Global Lojistik A.Ş.
12.2012 - 12.2012
International Liquified/bulk Cargo Operations Representative
TLS Global Lojistik A.Ş.
11.2012 - 12.2012
Steering/Pricing
Schenker Arkas Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş.
08.2012 - 08.2013
D.P.A. - Designated Person Ashore
Starlet Shipping Inc.
09.2010 - 08.2010
Logistics
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Inchcape Shipping)
07.2008 - 08.2008
Master Program - International Shipping, Science and Supply Chain Management
University of Plymouth
01.2006 - 04.2007
Documentation Clerk
Polathane Denizcilik
05.2005 - 05.2007
Logistics And Supply Chain Management
Istanbul Universitesi
01.2000 - 04.2004
Lisesi - undefined
İstek Özel Acıbadem
01.1997 - 04.2000