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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Working with leading retailers across Europe, Africa and South East Asia in developing new business lines, from identifying key market opportunities, to building their strategy and concept, all the way into the execution with sourcing, recruitment, marketing, branding, … covering all aspects related to building a business through a complete turnkey solution.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Gottesman Company was established in 1985 by Eugene Gottesman, Lifetime CBI, and Chairman. (CBI is Certified Business Intermediary by the IBBA; there are only 600 CBIs in the U.S., of whom fewer than 20 are “Lifetime” CBIs.) The company is one of the largest M&A firms in the world, specializing in finding buyers for sellers and sellers for buyers. We currently have over 100 M&A intermediaries throughout the world, including coast-to-coast in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia. Our people are M&A experts with many years of experience arranging seller and buyer transactions with manufacturers, distributors, service firms, and retail chains. We are a “nationwide firm with a local presence.”

Vietnam

About the company: Central Retail (formerly Central Group HCMC – Vietnam), is a multinational corporation with 80K+ employees and Vietnam’s largest foreign-owned retailer. Tapped to take on the historically lose making Fashion business, yet rapidly converted aging inventory, improved sales productivity by rebuilding relationships with current brands & landlords while introducing new ones. Finally, the team restructuring and strong promotional efforts quickly payed off and brought store profitability back to positive. Report to CEO as a member of the executive committee and oversee a vertically integrated 77-person team (operations, merchandise, marketing).

Vietnam

As VP of Home Lifestyle Brands, I develop, launch, expand, and manage operations for six distinct retail brands for the Vietnam market, currently Central Retail’s highest-growth region after launching in 2014. In this role, I report to the CEO and serve as a member of the board of management / executive committee while leading a team of 450 people. For each new brand, my team and I lead the full life cycle for start-up activities including retail concept design, market analysis, branding, merchandising, operations implementation, hiring leadership and pre-launch teams, rollout, and P&L ownership.These brands include:LookKool – Family convenience and lifestyle accessory chain store with a diverse range of product categories presented in beautifully designed, modern stores.► Started from zero to launch 39 locations to date and are now the market leader for this retail segment. ► Achieved 37% sales growth YTD and high profitability with double-digit EBIT. Komonoya/Watts – A Japanese retailer with 10 franchise locations in Vietnam today.► Reorganized the location mix and rightsized operations by closing five stores and opening another three. Homemart – Large-format non-food supermarket with 10 categories including pets, gardening, home goods, home décor, and sporting goods at low prices. ► Launched this first-to-market concept in 2018 and opened six locations to date with more planned for 2020. ► Achieved 200% growth YOY with up to 12% EBIT. Kubo – An edutainment indoor playground offering children a high-quality, safe, clean place to learn and play. ► After starting with one concept location, we’ve opened seven stores to date with more planned for 2020. Early-concept brands also include:B2S – Stationery and booksNha&Beyond – Home and furniture

Vietnam

I initially joined Central Group HCMC – Vietnam (now Central Retail) to support new brand development and retail concept launches for the home and lifestyle category. During this time, I also launched and led our Central Trade Services (CTS) business to provide distribution and import/export functions across all categories corporate-wide. This team has grown to 20+ people enabling Central Retail to import valuable, in-demand global brands and to secure local distributor agreements for Vietnam.

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

About the company: PT Transretail Indonesia owns and operates retail locations including hypermarkets, convenience stores, and cash and carry outlets that offer grocery products, home appliances, fresh produce, textiles, and electronics. I was brought in to help lead the transition of 95 Carrefour locations into the Transretail brand after CT Corp’s acquisition of the equity in Indonesia. This transition included designing a new brand, customer flow, interior design, and merchandise mix for the new hypermarket concept store before a nationwide rollout. This new concept store became a revolutionary retail model for hypermarkets in Asia because of its unique customer experience, eye-catching building design, and high-quality brands not usually available in this retail channel. DELIVERED RESULTS:► Participated in the total company $1.7B in annual revenue generation.► Opened 20 new locations after launching and testing the initial concept store.► Built out a central bakery to supply 30+ locations across greater Jakarta reducing CAPEX by 70% through greater purchasing power and reduced staff costs. ► Owned a new wine category for the retail market that grew to $5M in new annual revenue.

Shanghai City, China

About the company: Privately held company headquartered in China with entities providing logistics and supply chain services for the retail sector. Shortly after joining the company, I initiated a market and service expansion by offering end-to-end retail concepts for retailers. This turnkey service included everything a new retail location would need to launch operations including the furnishings, visual merchandising, marketing assets, and even products/merchandise across many categories. In this role, I reported to the chairman while leading a 45+ person team. DELIVERED RESULTS:► Doubled annual revenue in just two years. ► Launched into new international markets including Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. ► Developed new market expansion plans for expansion into the Middle East region (UAE & Saudi Arabia). ► Secured partnerships to design custom retail concepts for industry leaders like Carrefour in China, Malaysia, and Indonesia; Dairy Farm (Giant) in Indonesia; and CityMart in Myanmar. ► Build out new supplier bases in Cambodia and Bangladesh.

Shanghai City, China

About the company: Kungao is a full-service fashion design, development, and production solution. They serve as a bridge between international buyers and domestic manufacturing while overseeing the end-to-end supply chain and production process. I initially joined Kungao shortly after they launched to help drive sales but quickly earned promotions to general manager and then managing director reporting to the CEO during a time of rapid change and growth. DELIVERED RESULTS:► Catapulted sales from US$1.3M to US$17M over my tenure (2005 – 2010).► Expanded from China to launch in new international markets including in France, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. ► Led and grew the team to 122 across merchandising, logistics, quality control, and production.► Increased profit margins by 15% after renegotiating more favorable contracts with customers and suppliers.

Shanghai City, China

Shanghai City, China

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Double Major In Computer Information Systems And International Business Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management