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RESUME

PERSONAL PARTICULARS Name : Christopher Vijendra Mahendra (Chris) Address : 70 Jalan Putra Bahagia 8/3M, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Age : 37 Date Of Birth : 4 November 1978 Gender : Male Marital Status : Married Nationality : Malaysian Mobile :+6013-3410486 Email : chris.vijendra@gmail.com EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over 18 years’ of proven experience in spearheading organizations coupled with hands on experience across sales & marketing, business development, procurement as well as operations in driving phenomenal business expansions. Highly competent and achievement oriented senior management professional with solid track record in delivering outstanding results. Determined, efficient and self-motivated in going beyond boundaries to achieve set targets. CORE COMPETENCIES * Sales & Marketing * Company Setups * Marketing Strategies * General/Operations Management * General Finance & Administration

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Level : Diploma Field of Study : Business Administration

Olympia College in collaboration with Bournemouth University UK

Graduated on : Dec 2000 COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in windows, MS Office and power point presentations. Also proficient in Mac OSX. SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

No Period Company Name Last Position Held

1. Sept 2012 – Present Bheema Resources Sdn Bhd/ Domus Vita Design

Sales Director (International)

2. Jan 2007 – Aug 2012 Lifestyle Solutions Asia Sdn Bhd

International Sales Manager

3. Jan 2006 – Dec 2006 Hill Risk Consulting (M) Sdn Bhd

Business Relations Manager

4. Dec 2002 – Dec 2005 Lifestyle Solutions Asia Sdn Bhd

Purchasing Manager

5. Oct 2000 – Nov 2002 Direct 2000 Sdn Bhd Senior Sales Executive

6. Aug 1998 – Oct 2000 Asia Pulp And Paper Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Inventory Control Assistant

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Period Sept 2012 – Present

Company Bheema Resources Sdn Bhd/Domus Vita Design

Designation Sales Director (International) Scope of responsibilities/duties:

• Responsible for entire company operations of furniture E-tailing and trading in house brand Domus Vita Design and OEM brands for the regions of North America, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Middle East.

• Specialize in providing the most extensive, bona fide manufacturing and product services for furniture E-tailers worldwide.

• Formulating sales strategies and implementation which include liasing with existing and potential clients, formulating new business and charting future direction of company.

• Ensuring smooth documentation flow in export shipping process. • Liaising with existing vendors and sourcing for new vendors both local and

overseas. • Managing domestic sales division for local retailers/wholesalers and hospitality and

contract furniture. • Prospected for new clients through business networking, attending overseas trade

shows, events and cold calling. • Managing and overseeing finance and administration for the company and a

headcount of 12 staff including payroll, and staff welfare and claims, • Overseeing, working closely and supporting the Purchasing, Research &

Development and Quality Control departments in all aspects of product development, pricing, orders and shipment.

Accomplishments:

• Pioneer member of the company and incorporated and set up the company in 2012. • Managed to increase sales by 400% from 2013 -2015. • Secured new clients in Malaysia, Canada, Sri Lanka and France among others. • Involved in initial set up of company’s key customer account in Canada

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Period January 2007 – August 2012

Company Lifestyle Solutions Asia Sdn Bhd

Designation International Sales Manager Scope of responsibilities/duties:

• Responsible for International Sales of furniture for the regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and South America.

• Formulating sales strategies and implementation which include liasing with existing and potential clients, conducting and arranging sales presentations.

• Responsible for achieving monthly sales targets as set by top management. • Working closely and supporting the Purchasing, Research & Development and

Quality Control departments in all aspects of product development, pricing, orders and shipment.

• Ensuring smooth documentation flow in the export shipping process. • Any Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the management.

Accomplishment:

• Managed to increase sales by 60% yearly from 2007 -2010. • Managed to secure new clients in Turkey, Panama, South Africa, United Kingdom,

France, Uruguay, Argentina, and Dubai among others. Period January 2006 – December 2006

Company Hill Risk Consulting (M) Sdn Bhd

Designation Business Relations Manager Scope of responsibilities/duties:

• Responsible for all Marketing Activities in support of the Malaysian operation. • Formulating marketing strategies and implementation, which include liasing

with existing and potential clients, conducting and arranging marketing presentations. • Liasing with the various chambers such as AMCHAM,BMCC on marketing

activities, seminars and talks. • Responsible for achieving monthly budget as set by top management. • Working closely and supporting the operations team and in solving problems as

required by clients. • Any Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the management.

Accomplishment:

• Co-organized and managed security for an international organization’s event held in Kuala Lumpur.

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Period December 2002 - December 2005

Company Lifestyle Solutions Asia Sdn Bhd

Designation Purchasing Manager Scope of responsibilities/duties: • Responsible for finished goods purchases for Asian region on behalf of American head office to ensure

availability of products to support sales plans and marketing related activities which lead to market growth.

• Communicate and build good business relationships with all vendors to ensure timely deliveries of all orders.

• Accountable for increasing velocity of finished goods replenishment to customers, improving on responsiveness to demand and ensuring continual supply.

• Price negotiations with all vendors in ensuring finished goods are purchased at the most competitive price to meet increasing sales growth.

• Ensuring all Letters of Credits or other payment terms as agreed between vendors are fulfilled before shipments.

• Responsible in ensuring forwarding and logistics companies are providing the service levels as expected by the head office and solving shipping problems before they occur. Timely deliveries are very important when demands for products are high.

• Worked very closely with Research and Development department for sourcing and development of new products to be given to vendors for manufacturing and shipment.

• Worked very closely with Marketing Department for Products Photo Shoots as required by Head Office. • Any Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the management.

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Period Oct 2000- Nov 2002

Company Direct 2000 Sdn Bhd

Designation Senior Sales Executive

• Managed a clientele of over 100 companies in sales of office supplies and stationery. • Generated leads by cold calling local businesses, profiling clients, and effectively presenting products to

enhance the workplace. • Communicate and build good business relationships with all customers to ensure repeat orders and

continuing business. • Implementing sales promotions and plans in ensuring monthly and quarterly sales targets are met. • Responsible for collection of payments from customers when accounts are past overdue. • Worked very closely with operations and logistics department in planning daily deliveries of products to

customers based on urgency and planning urgent deliveries personally if required by customer. • Managed to increase personal sales from RM 50,000 to RM 100,000 proportionately during my tenure

there. • Any Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the management. Accomplishment

• Secured new business of RM 50,000 within a calendar year.

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Period August 1998 – October 2000

Company Asia Pulp And Paper Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Designation Inventory Control Assistant Scope of responsibilities/duties: • Responsible for inventory and warehouse management of paper products at company’s warehouse and

bonded warehouses at Port Klang. • Maintaining proper stock records of incoming and outgoing products to ensure proper stock levels are

given to sales and marketing department. This includes monthly stock counts. • Planning and organizing daily deliveries of products to customers, which include liaising with, transport

agencies and customers for delivery requirements. • Warehouse space planning for proper arrangement of products. • Liaising with forwarding and logistics companies involved in incoming product shipments. • Any Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the management.

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Extra-Curricular Activities Secondary Education (Sekolah Menengah La Salle Brickfields)

• Assistant Head Librarian • Vice-President for Counselling Society • Secretary of English Society • Vice President of Catholic Society • Committee member for school magazine • Reserve School Badminton Player

Company (Asia Pulp and Paper Malaysia) - Sports Club Committee Company (Lifestyle Solutions Asia Sdn Bhd) - Recreational Club Committee Personal Strengths

• Good leadership skills • Good interpersonal & communication skills • Strong achiever (go-getter) • Very independent • Able to multi-task responsibilities

Expected Salary RM15,000.00 (Negotiable) Notice Period 3 months Reference can be provided upon request