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Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Sourcing, buying and selling indoor/outdoor furniture, home decoration items, best ager products, watches and small electronics.Working as an agent for major retailers in Europe.Also responsible for Human Resources and Quality Assurance.

Hong Kong

Present Time produces and sells home-decoration products (such as clocks, photo-frames, lamps and ceramics), toys and gift items. It has offices in Europe, Asia and the US and sells worldwide.Production in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, India and Taiwan Tasks: Placing all the company’s orders and ensuring prompt delivery; Conducting factory audits, quality inspections & vendor rating; Producing and sourcing new and existing items according to specifications; Arranging logistics to the warehouses or clients, saving money by changing policy Reducing the number of factories from 350 to 200; Creating an office that performs a leading role within purchasing.

Hong Kong

Offering consultancy to companies doing business with China and teaching Asia Trade Management master classes. Also providing advice to anyone wanting to start with import from China.Projects: Sourcing and consultancy concerning buying and producing in China; Commercial Manager for Dutch Vegetarian Associaton: Increased turnover with 50%;; Commercial Manager for RTV Haarlem 105: selling radio and TV commercials;  Teaching Master Classes ‘Asia Trade Management’ to students of Shandong University; Country Director Present Time HK Ltd: got offered permanent position in January 2012.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Doing Business in China:Workshop for alumni, students and teachers of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. A workshop about how Chinese factories work, how products are made and what means are necessary to conduct a successful operation.International Entrepreneurship:Teaching two masterclass to a group of (Chinese exchange) students about entrepreneurship and setting up business relations between Europe and China for INHolland - Diemen.

Hong Kong

A company that designs, produces, sells and exports wooden toys, bicycles with international licenses (Sesame Street, Dora, Thomas), electronics and gadgets/premiums. Tasks: Setting up the offices in The Netherlands and Hong Kong; Designing, producing and selling wooden toys with international licenses (up to 40 items); Sourcing, producing and selling electronics, gadgets and promotional items; Conducting factory audits, quality inspections & vendor rating;  Arranging logistics to the warehouses or clients in Europe and US; Exhibiting at Toy Fairs in Japan and Australia and finding business partners; Conducting sales in Japan and provide product training in Tokyo and Yokohama.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

MISCO is a reseller of computer hardware and software with 100 FTE and part of US based Tiger Direct.Tasks: Running call-center with 47 FTE and taking care of budgeting; Executed a re-organization and introduced new sales style (where clients were analyzed based on potential and the past) which resulted in a 20% increase in sales.

Amsterdam

Handling outbound & inbound callcenters for international clients and day-to-day client contact

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Scarlet is a telecommunication and Internet Service Provider. Scarlet bought One.Tel in the summer of 2001. Tasks:  Managing 250 FTE at Amsterdam location and member of the board; Executing several downsizing operations arranged the closure of the Amsterdam office; Performing several interim jobs: Head Project Manager new CRM system, A/R Manager and Call Center Manager in Frankfurt, Germany

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Data Information company specialized in the collecting and selling of consumer and business information based on socio-economic information. Tasks: Setting up and running the internal Sales Department,  Planning business analysts and arrange department invoicing

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Language Learning Center - Hong Kong Eurocentre/China Inside - Beijing

Mandarin Chinese

Prince 2 - Foundation

Bacc., International Advertising & Marketing

Bacc.(Hon)., Commercial Economics