Assistant to Director

Sivieng Thao

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SUMMARY

Dedicated, highly motivated veteran of the energy beverage industry with fifteen years of cross functional experience specializing in sales (domestic and export), finance, accounting, and production EXPERIENCE

Red Bull Co. Ltd, A ssistant Director, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam 2000 2015

● Managed millions of dollars in sales for Red Bull energy drink with sole consignment agent

National accounts included: Trung Nguyen (largest coffee shop chain), Co.opMart (largest supermarket chain), Metro (Vietnam’s Costco equivalent), Big C Supercenter (2nd largest supercenter chain, from France), and Lotte Mart (supermarket chain from Korea/Japan)

Coached sales team, developed and executed sales and pricing strategy

Achieved 100% satisfaction rate for customers and consumers

Managed overseas exports (accounted for 20% of overall sales, qualifying for government grant)

● Increased annual interest income by one million dollars

Optimized cash flow from accounts receivable through accounts payable

Dealt with foreign and domestic banks to earn high yield rates for interest return of cash fixed deposit and minimized losses on the exchange rate of credit terms for domestic and overseas payments

● Decreased company’s costs and expenses to all time low

Forecasted production rates to anticipate imported raw material needs

Analyzed income statement and balance sheet of current year/previous year to maximize sales/profit after tax, and minimize costs/expenses

Evaluated inventory reports for spare parts, raw materials, work in process and finished goods to maintain optimal lead times and minimal stock accumulation

Executed cost savings for purchases of new machines, equipment and spare parts used in production

● Updated tax law, labor law and Food and Drug Administration regulatory documents SKILLS

● Multi lingual written and oral communication

● Team work and collaboration

● Strong work ethnic

● Problem solving

● Critical thinking

● Multi tasking

● Excel, Word and Power Point software

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. B.S. Business Administration

LANGUAGES

English, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese & Teochew), Vietnamese, Thai, Laotian

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