• Developed international retail department in China from scratch, assisted in expansion of corporate customers database for UAE branch office; • Organized and participated in international exhibitions like Ambiente (Frankfurt, Germany) and Canton Fair (Guangzhou, China) as buyer and exhibitor with the view of “Empire” brand development; attended international exhibitions like: Pitti Uomo, Super, Modaprima, Vicenza Oro, Macef, Maison and Object for the purpose of development new business direction in China; • Attracted Italian and other European brands to the company boutiques on Chinese market; • Negotiated with customers and suppliers till finalisation of the deal: from selection and composition of collections for retail network or corporate customers to organization of logistics; • Organized boutiques' work spaces: from interior design development to merchandising; • Organized logistics of luxury items from Europe to China: conducted preparation of all necessary documentation, including specific documents, permitting import and sales of such goods on Chinese market; • Provided trainings for staff and worked on development of documentation necessary for reporting of sales and stock accounting for international sales department; • Partially prepared financial statement and stock accounting related to international retail sales.

• Conducted negotiations with key customers and held presentations of newly launched collections for them; • Searched and attracted new customers; • Handled dispute resolution issues with customers; • Controlled preparation of tender documentation, participated in tenders; • Compiled projects status report of the whole department and assisted in compiling Income Statement for financial department; • Developed structure of the department and systematized business process of the department: from description of business process to segmentation of customer database; • Discharged staff management functions (7-9 people): from goal setting to control of task implementation.

• Annually attended international exhibitions related to gifts and decoration items for the purpose of market monitoring and attraction of new suppliers; • Worked on development of “Empire” brand new souvenir lines in collaboration with designers for own collection and for corporate customers; • Visited factories on a monthly basis for production process inspection, quality control and control of order execution schedule; • Conducted negotiations and took on the projects with key suppliers: from reflection of an idea in an art work to delivery of goods to a destination point; • Organized delivery of goods: from negotiations with forwarders and development of delivery schedule to passing full package of documentation to customs broker. • Developed cost accounting system for logistics department, kept accounts and prepared financial reports (on a daily, monthly and annual basis) about projects status, actual gross expenditures and target costs for logistics departments in Kazakhstan and UAE; analysed cost price of manufactured items and forwarding services; • Participated in adopting of ERP system “Astrum” for logistics department; • Controlled work on rebranding and development of new company style; • In collaboration with designers conducted presentations of new “Empire” collections for corporate and retail sales department before launching them on the market; • Developed structure of the department and systematized business process of the department: from description of business process to drawing up job descriptions; • Discharged staff management functions (16-18 people) : from goal setting to control of task implementation.

Same responsibilities as on position of head of logistics and design development department, excluding responsibilities connected with management of design development process.

• Conducted negotiations with foreign suppliers prior to order placement about quality standards, order lead time and reduction of manufacturing cost; • Conducted quality control during mass production, inspected good before delivery; • Carried on control of the compliance of art works content with necessary technical requirements, translated art works; • Annually attended international exhibitions related to gifts and decoration items to search for new suppliers; • Warehoused articles of value, conducted quarterly inspections of these items, prepared monthly sales reports; • Translated commercial offers for sales managers and advertising articles for marketing department.

Department of the English language, Teacher of the English and German languages

Russian School of Management, Director of sales

«LogyCom» JCS, Integrated information system user

«Вектор Успеха» LLC, Logistics