Snezhana Kamburova has worked as a business consultant in Hamburg since 2014 providing consulting services to companies in East and Southeast Europe, the Black Sea region, and Middle East on topics including agricultural commodities, feed production, contract management, logistics, and investing. She has over 20 years of experience in international trade, raw material purchasing, and strategic project management for agriculture and food processing. Her background includes roles with ADM, Toepfer International, and Amylum Group managing purchasing, sales, and operations across Europe, USA, and North Africa.
2. Business Consultant
(January 2014 – present)
Based: Hamburg
Clients
Big, middle size local and regional companies, based in East
and South East Europe, Black Sea region, Middle East
Companies interested in East and South East Europe, Black
Sea region , searching to :
establish contacts
invest
diversify traded origins or
raw material supply for food processing and feed
industry
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3. Area of Activity & Consulting
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Agricultural Commodities and Feed components :
Production, Processing, Marketing and Trading
Contract (FOSFA, GAFTA) and Logistics Management
Change Management
Management / Owners consulting
Innovations, new markets
Training courses/conferences within the area of activity
national and international
Consulting / Representing investors in East and South East
Europe
4. Experience/ Key achievements/Strategic Projects
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International Trade (export/import) of agricultural commodities and feed
components
Raw material purchasing for Food Processing Industry
Logistics , transportation , storage , port operations (river , seagoing vessels)
Establishment of Local Representative office/Local Entity for Multinational
companies
Profound knowledge in production of cereals, oilseeds, feed components,
quality control procedures
Work with Specialized IT modules
5. Experience/Key achievements/Strategic projects
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Work in Multinational and Intercultural environment – Europe, USA,
Russia, Ukraine, Morocco, Turkey
Initiation, development and implementation of strategic projects (grains &
oilseeds purchasing, trading, logistics and storage)
Creating network of long term,reliable,local and international partners
Studies for port and storage facilities investments
Raw material purchasing structure , diversity in origination areas
Studies on potential acquisitions(ports, storage facilities)
Risk management tools for raw material supply
Grains and oilseeds market analysis/forecasts
6. Previous experience
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Raw Material Purchasing Director BI Europe
(2011-2013)
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), based in Hamburg
Position in a JV between ADM, USA and Tate & Lyle, UK Member of the
Management Board Europe
Area: Raw material purchasing for Food Processing industry
Manage the purchasing process of about 2 Mln.T raw material
for 6 production plants:Bulgaria,Slovakia,Netherlands,Hungary,
Morocco and Turkey
7. Previous experience
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Managing Director
(2003 -2011)
Toepfer International Bulgaria with its headquarters in Hamburg,
Germany
International grains, feedstuffs, oilseeds, vegetable oils and fertilizers
trading
Raw Material Purchasing and Co-products Sales Manager
East Europe
(1993-2003)
AmylumGroup (JV between Archer Daniels Midland (ADM, USA) and Private
Belgium company)
Wheat/corn wet milling
Area of responsibility: Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary
8. Education/Certificates/Trainings
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Master’s Degree in Agronomy
GAFTA (Grain and Feed Trade Association) London, UK
Contracts and Arbitration Courses -UK,Spain,Germany
Basics of futures and options, UK
Management skills training, Bulgaria
Corn wet milling process training, USA
Memberships
GAFTA London UK Member as Principal
Bulgaria :
American Chamber of Commerce
Business Association of Employers
Grain and Feed Trade Association