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| Desired Industry: Business/Management |
SpiderID: 12181 |
| Desired Job Location: Calgary, Alberta |
Date Posted: 4/8/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
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| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, More Than 75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: MBA |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
MBA Candidate pursuing a management position in Alberta Province. Nine years of international experience in China, Japan, and Canada has instilled the following core competencies: cross-cultural mediation with in-depth knowledge of international business rules and customs, strategic planning with a combination of intuition and innovation, and a versatile learning style with multilingual skills-fluent in English, Japanese, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Experience:
Manager
Foreign Investment Consultation and Service Center, Yanchen, China 2004-2005
Plan, organize, and evaluate the operations of Foreign Investment
Identify and evaluated new ventures in various projects
Negotiate joint venture agreements with foreign business partners
Plan, develop and organize the policies and procedures of the establishments such as management consulting, market research, and personnel services to clients
Develop action plans, provide expertise in response to clients needs, and support and advise project teams
Formulate operations, maintenance and business development strategies for Foreign Investment
Directed and advised staff for clients in the development and implementation of business solution strategies
Assisted staff with administrative or technical problems
Lead client communications via personal meetings, written correspondence, group seminars and award ceremonies
Product Manager
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Hong Kong, Japan 1999-2004
Business Development
Devised and implemented Business development strategic plans, and successfully commercialized five new products in highly regulated markets, resulting in a sales increase of 100% in two consecutive years
Strategically collected and analysed market information, produced key market recommendations for R&D departments
Recruited two value added companies as Ajinomotos major distributors, which brought $1 M new business in the first year and a continuous annual growth of 20% in the following three years
Developed new customers and executed market promotion plans
Market Promotion & Sales Management
Proactively developed and maintained a strong distribution network in five geographic areas in South China (Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, and Guizhou), and executed marketing strategies representing the General Manager in Tokyo Head Office
Managed customer relationships, sales, and after sales of products and technical services
Harmonized relationships between distributors and mediated conflicts within the distribution network
Oversaw the implementation of export sales contracts with importers and distributors to ensure the issuance of import permits, timely production planning, shipments, and payments
Motivated high performance team and maintained leading position in Food Ingredients Market. Major clients included: Sichuan Haoji, Guizhou Juxing, Chongqing Fuling, Fujian Taoda, Guangxi Heiwulei, Guangzhou Kellogg, Shanghai Taitaile, and etc.
Joint-Venture Investment Central Liaison
Actively involved in joint-venture set ups and negotiations with business partners and local government agencies in getting favourable policies. Liaised with local government agencies and departments to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations. Major joint venture projects included：Ajinomoto and Star Lake, Ajinomoto and Xiamen Ruyi, and Ajinomoto and Hongmei Corporation
Initiated and organized technical cooperation between Ajinomoto and its Chinese business partners. Conducted technology seminars in Shanghai Taitaile, Fujian Hongfa, Fujian Ruyi, and etc.
Contributed as central Liaison between Japanese and Chinese government agencies in a Guangxi market research project initiated by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries of Japan.
Assistant Manager
Toyota Tsusho Co., Inc., Beijing, China 1998-1999
Intelligence Transportation System Project
Passionately engaged as an active member in Intelligence Transportation System (ITS) Project Team, engaged as central Liaison between Toyota Group and Ministry of Communications of China
Associated in developing Non-stop Toll System project and approached the system to various Highway Corporations under Ministry of Communication in China. These corporations included: Guangshen Highway, Jingjingtang Highway, Beijing Airport Express, and so on.
Associated in developing GPS Navigation Development Project with cooperation with State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping,
Electronic Products Marketing Promotion
Created and implemented sales plans to promote electronic products to several governmental agencies including Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Information Industry, and Ministry of Communication
Assistant Manager,
Hakusuikosan Co., Inc., Osaka, Japan 1996-1997
Actively involved in joint-venture Deqing Towel set up. Passionately engaged as the central liaison and interpreter for Japanese investors, negotiated with Deqing Foreign Economic Relation & Trade Commission in getting favourable policies for foreign investment
Oversaw towel production in Chinese manufacturing site, managed international trading from China to Japan via Hong Kong
Education:
Master of Business Administration 〔MBA Candidate〕 2006- Present
Queens University, Kingston, ON
Member: Oil & Gas, Finance, New Venture, and International Development Clubs
Japanese Culture Research Program
Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kobe, Japan 1994-1995
BA, Japanese 1993
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China
Affiliations:
Associate Member Certified Management Accountants of Ontario
Volunteer: Volunteer Coach at Community Tennis Club 2000- 2005
Travelling, swimming, tennis and reading history and biographies
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