Yigitcan Duran

Director, Account Management, Financial Institutions at Mastercard

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Leading Mastercard's commercial business with top tier financial institutions. Have history of working as leading sales manager at e-com marketplace. Skilled in Sales, Accout Management, Product Management, Payment, Purchasing , Marketing, Market Research, Financial hedging. Strong sales professional with a Undergraduate engineering degree from Boğaziçi University

Experience

  • Mastercard (Full-time · 2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Director, Account Management
      Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Manager, Business Development
      Nov 2023 - Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      • Responsible for managing Mastercard’s relationships with leading Retailers, QSRs, Airlines and OTAs in Turkey. • I drive the business development of Mastercard’s platforms, products and services with non-financial institutions. • I lead Turkey's merchants card issuing deals, co-brand partnerships and payment related opportunities.

  • Amazon (Full-time · 3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Manager
      Mar 2023 - Nov 2023 · 9 mos

      Leading Amazon Turkey top seller account management team.

    • Sales Team Lead
      Jan 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Responsible for the growth of self-service registered Selling Partners via 1-1 & mass account management. • Leading the self-service registration sales team. • Managing an outsource recuritment project team that aims to increase conversion from registration complete to launch of Sellers. • Building data driven prioritization models, implementing global initiatives and developing SQL based new mechanisms in TR marketplace. • Responsible for TR Sellers Late Shipment, Cancellation, Customer Satisfaction metrics, working together with external and internal product management teams to build tools & mechanims.

    • Key Account Manager
      Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Heidelberg Materials Trading (4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Trade Manager - Americas
      Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

      o In charge of 3.0 miot/yr USA & Colombia Steam Coal sourcing for Heidelberg Cement plants and 3rd parties o Being responsible for Heidelberg Cement’s all seaborne fuel sales accounts in NA, LATAM region o Key account management on particular markets ( Europe, Africa ) to develop and maintain long term relationships with large customers o Leading development of new solid fuels sales operations in LATAM by identifying opportunities and executing sales deals in coordinatination with supply and chartering team o Managing Heidelberg Cement Trading`s financial hedging books in coordination with treasury department o Participating in contract negotations in order to define contract terms and successfully close the sale and purchase

    • Assistant Trade Manager - United States
      Apr 2016 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      o USA Steam Coal sourcing for Heidelberg Cement plants and 3rd parties o Responsible for Heidelberg Cement`s LATAM & NA fuel business expansion o Key Account Management in Europe & LATAM o Contract management with counter parties

    • Management Trainee
      Sep 2015 - Apr 2016 · 8 mos

      o Being responsible for calculative analysis and coordinating other operational related documents of shipments with shipping & trade operations departments. o Handled trade operations and documentation of shipments including the ones with export and standby letter of credits o Analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data in reports in order to evaluate the direction in pricing, availability and demand for cement & coal

  • Management Consultant Intern at PwC
    Feb 2014 - Apr 2014 · 3 mos

    o Worked on Corporate Transformation Project for a Turkish Holding owns more than 15 companies on 5 different sectors o Assisted in re-designing organization for the companies in iron & steel, cement, mining, construction, and informatics industries o Took part in current status analysis, RACI charts generation, KPI settlements for strategy and business development , corporate improvement advices.