Marketing, Business Development, Product Manager Resume

Desired Industry: Management	SpiderID: 3932
Desired Job Location: Toronto, Ontario	Date Posted: 10/21/2005
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: November 2005
Desired Wage: 100000
	U.S. Work Authorization: No
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50%
Highest Degree Attained: MBA	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
Management position using proven skills of DIRECTING, PLANNING, ANALYZING, EVALUATING, AND ESTABLISHING in an organization with specific focus on consumer goods.

Experience:
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 10 years progressive experience and expertise in managing marketing operations and research, planning and consultancy projects
• As General Manager of a major sportswear brand licensee, raised company revenue from zero to almost $4M and returned 75% of owner’s equity after two years of operation
• Formulated corporate plans and feasibility studies for businesses, and a strategic plan for a city
• Current candidate of Queen’s University Executive MBA (2004-2005); Industrial Economics Graduate Studies; Certificate in Managing Marketing as Competitive Intelligence
• Proficient in the use of Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Lotus Notes and
Microsoft Office Suite and SQL Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Consultant, Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), Queen’s University
August 2004 - present
Business consulting projects undertaken to fulfill program requirements:
• Formulating the Canada marketing plan for a new product of a leading elevator company
• As project leader of a team of business executives:
o Formulated the business plan for the computerized reservation system of a top luxury hotel
o Reviewed the objectivity of management reports and accounting style in the annual reports of two major hotels

Senior Competitive Intelligence Analyst, Grand & Toy, Toronto ON March 2004
A one-month work placement arrangement sponsored by the Toronto District School Board.
• Designed the contents of the Company’s competitive intelligence (CI) intranet website
• Researched and analysed the strategy for the delivery business of a major competitor
 RESULT- Intranet website design was adopted, and analysis provided basis for the Company’s counter-actions against the studied competitor

General Manager, PT Indosports Jaya (a licensee of PUMA AG), Jakarta, Indonesia 1999-2002
• Ensured adherence to brand management standards of license holder
• Developed business plan, and detailed plans for strategic and priority programs
• Analyzed market and competition research findings; managed the implementation of strategic programs
• Determined staffing requirements and directed hiring of key employees; evaluated performance and recommended rewards and promotions to the Board
• Decided on development and allocation of new products for different store categories
• Established policies and procedures; evaluated and controlled operations and financial performance
 RESULTS
 Established distribution network of 55 dealers and 12 company-owned stores
 Raised revenue from zero to almost $4M
 Paid back 75% of the $220,000 owner’s equity
 Provided retained earnings of almost $2M

Technical Advisor, Prasetio, Utomo & Co. (formerly a member firm of Arthur Andersen), Jakarta, Indonesia
1996-1999
• Managed business consulting projects on business planning, budget financial modeling, annual reports production, and share valuation for clients
 RESULTS: Projects enabled clients to obtain funding or board approval and/or satisfy
government regulatory requirements
• Facilitated formulation of Philippines business plan for an Indonesian automobile franchisee company
 RESULT: French automobile franchise holder approved the business plan and selected the
Indonesian franchisee to be the lead investor for the planned franchise in the Philippines
• Taught a business consulting course in Fort Worth, Texas and obtained excellent ratings from trainees from the US, Asia and Europe

Business Planning Consultant, Self-employed, Makati, Philippines 1991-1996
 Facilitated planning workshops and wrote the Strategic, Sectoral Development and Investment Plans
for a city government
 RESULT: Plans served as the platform that propelled the re-election of the city mayor
• Researched, developed and established the Cooperative Sector Strategic Planning System/Manual of the Cooperative Development Authority, Office of the President of the Philippines
 RESULT: Provided a standard methodology for planning governmental support to
developing cooperatives all over the Philippines
• Lectured in seminars on cooperative development and strategic planning

Head of Project Development, SKR Managers and Advisors, Makati, Philippines 1987-1991
• Monitored and evaluated outsourced consultants’ implementation of USAID project on the formulation of operating guidelines for commercialized basic services of local government units
• Analyzed the financial feasibility and evaluated the consistency of different modules of community-based integrated agro-processing projects (e.g. poultry project’s modules for farm household, regional hatchery, and feed processing plant) for a program funded by the Canadian International Development Agency

Education:
• Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) candidate, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario
Graduation 2005
• Bachelor of Arts - Economics, University of the Philippines, Manila
• Certificate, Managing Marketing as Competitive Intelligence, University of Toronto
• Industrial Economics Graduate Studies, University of Asia and the Pacific, Manila, Philippines
• Web Site Implementation and Management, University of Toronto

Skills:
• Proficient in the use of Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Lotus Notes and
Microsoft Office Suite and SQL Server

Reference:
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