Manager Sales

Kurt (Xiaodi) Tong

**** ****** **, ******* *****, OH 44138 Work: 216-***-**** Cell: 440-***-**** E-mail: abmlij@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Lead Treasury Analyst, December 2005-Present

Eaton Corporation (Fortune 200 Company Ranked #164 in 2008, Annual Sales $15B) WHQ, Cleveland, OH

Major responsibilities:

- Implement centralized personal property purchasing/leasing initiatives, and directly report to VP-Financial Services

- Analyze and make lease financing decisions for the Business units and Corporate IT

- Manage the entire North America personal property leasing portfolio with over $100 million asset cost

- Co-drafted and reviewed Eaton Leasing Policy (now part of Eaton Financial Policy)

- Negotiate with lessors on lease rates and contract terms and conditions

- Accomplish annual cost savings of $2 million ($1.5 million during the economy downturn)

- Develop strategies and procedures to maximize cost savings and minimize admin efforts

- Interface with Accounting and Tax departments on all leases, and ensure all transactions are recorded accurately

- Assist with assessing and developing lease analysis tools, new software packages and upgrades of existing systems

- Roll out and support the centralized leasing procedure to all Eaton facilities world-wide

Other responsibilities:

- Analyzed dividend paid out by Eaton’s competitors (16 leading diversified industrial companies such as GE, Honeywell

and Emerson etc.) and DOW 30 companies, built models to evaluate the effectiveness of their dividend change, and

provided insights and suggestions to Eaton’s dividend strategies

- Conducted monthly interest rate forecast, actual and mark-to-market analysis

Assistant Manager, May 2004 – December 2005

Jeco Pigment (USA) Inc., Piscataway, NJ

- Conducted marketing research in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois

- Performed weekly inventory control analysis and monitored stock level of all three warehouses in Illinois and Georgia

- Designed strategies to minimize costs and to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of all logistic arrangements

- Maintained customer relationships in above mentioned regions, understood their specific needs, collected feedbacks on

sample testing results, introduced new products to customers and handled their urgent requirements timely

- Attended various trade shows to demonstrate Jeco’s product, established new business relationships, interviewed potential

suppliers and studied competitors’ strategies

International Trade Specialist, June 2001-July 2002

Jeco Pigment China Co. Ltd., (Leader in Chinese phthalocyanine/pigment market) Tianjin Office, China

- Researched target international market, analyzed the potential market development, unique legislations and policies on

imported products, business culture, entry and exit barriers and potential risks of doing businesses

- Performed daily export operations including customs declaration, Domestic and international shipping arrangement and

Communications between plants and customers

- Managed existing customer relationship in North America and Middle East regions

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, August 2002 – May 2004 (Full time)

Major in International Business (GPA 3.9)

BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE, Berea, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts, September 1997 – June 2001

Major in International Economics and Trade

Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China

SKILLS

- Microsoft Office software including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage

- Bilingual – Proficient Chinese and English

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