Summary

Work experience

• Team leader for international leasing department (subordinates:4)

  Ganso Real Estate

  2015.07-2016.06

  (a year)

  Main responsibilities were new international business development and creating our English promotional material. I led my team in acquiring new brands who wish to enter China by promoting our project amongst foreign business councils and chamber of commerce’s and by participating in trade exhibitions and promotional events both in China and abroad. During my time at Ganso I successfully negotiated deals with several new clients to open their business at our center. Used Chinese as a working language during my time at Ganso.
• Business Development Manager

  Kinnarps (office furniture company)

  2013.06-2015.06

  (2 years)

  Main responsibilities were to set up and manage new sales office that Kinnarps was planning to open in Shanghai. In charge of conducting a market research about the office furniture market in Shanghai, and later to implement business development plans based on the research. Kinnarps has grown significantly in Shanghai since implementing these business and sales development plans. One of the main results from the research was also the decision to start own production in China. I worked with close communication and coordination with our General Manager at Beijing office and with headquarters in Sweden to implement new business development plans and to acquire new clients based on the leads from Sweden.
• International sales representative

  Beijing Brightcast (LED lighting company)

  2011.05-2013.05

  (2 years)

  In charge of managing our existing international customers (mainly in USA and Australia) and to develop new business by taking part in industry exhibitions both in China and abroad. I successfully acquired several new resellers through sales work at exhibitions. Updated our English website, other English promotional materials and product manuals to ensure they were more professional and easy to understand.
• International sales and customer service rep

  Exel Composites (Industrial Sales for composite products)

  2008.09-2011.04

  (3 years)

  Contact person for all incoming enquiries from our international customers. I was in charge of registering orders into the system and making sure the order process ran smoothly from customer placing the order all the way to customer receiving the order. I also handled all the billing and export documentations. I coordinated closely with our other departments (technical team, factory) and forwarding companies so that we were able to fulfil all the technical requirements that our customers had for their products and that the products were manufactured and delivered on time. I started working as an intern but thanks to the praise I received for my hard work and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously I was asked to stay on as a full-time employee.

Educational experience

• Lappeenranta University of Technology

  Industrial engineering and management

  2003.01-2010.06

  (7 years)