Alain Ah Yuen's Resume (CV)

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Mr. Chong Ful AH-YUEN

Personal Information
Date of Birth : 18 August 1963
Dual Nationality : both French and Mauritian.
Home Tel No. : (86-755) -- 26490789
Mobile Tel No. : (86-755) -- 81102940
Email Address : ac.ahyuen@yahoo.com
Address : 中国深圳南海区桂庙中信海文花园海月阁2C1 -- Shenzhen Nan Shan District Wen Hua Garden Wen Yue Block 2C1
Languages: English, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, Creole
Marital status : Single

Employment Summary
Date Organisation Position
Apr 2002 to May2008 Allworld International Co. Ltd. General Manager

Jul 1998 to Apr 2002 Galana Raffinerie et Terminal International Bunkering Sales Manager

Jun 1995 to Jul 1998 Linmark Westman Group of Companies Country Manager for Mauritius and Madagascar

Jul 1991 to Jun 1995 China Win (Mauritius) Knitting Fty Co. Ltd. Marketing and Sales Officer

Jan 1983 to Sept 1986 Casual Garments (Mauritius) Co Ltd Line Supervisor and Interpretor

Highlights of Experience and Skills
- Years of experience leading either a department or a branch office independently, having solid leadership skill
- Proficient in both French and English, able to communicate in Mandarin and Cantonese
- Excellent salesmanship and negotiation techniques, well versed in Trading, Marketing, Merchandising, Logistics, Manufacturing.
- Multi cultural heritage, easily adaptable to any environment, positive, result oriented, pragmatic.

Work Experience
- 2002 - May2008 : General Manager of an import/distribution/export/retail business in Mauritius / Allworld International Company Limited.
- Sourcing a variety of products ranging from finished garments, imitation jewellery, sports shoes, school bags, handbags, beauty products,….
Achievement : Creating a small profitable honorable and growing business involved in a wide choice of products.
Reason for leaving : To start a new life in China with my Chinese bride to be.

- 1998-2002 : International Bunker Sales Manager / Galana Raffinerie et Terminal Co Ltd.,(petroleum industry)
- Responsible for all bunkering activities, meaning supply of petroleum products to vessels for Madagascar and the Indian Ocean region
- Set up the bunkering marketing and sales strategy, to promote bunkering activities and develop sales of petroleum products to vessels
- Costing of bunker products, fix the sales price, discuss terms of payments and follow up on payments
- Set up the administrative, accounting and sales procedures
- Communicate with customers, coordinate product delivery with the teams in Madagascar and elsewhere
Achievement : Virtually starting the bunkering business from scratch, solidly implanting it, growing the business by 250% yearly.
Reporting : directly reporting to the Chairman.
Client List : some transiting vessels for topping up, some French and Spanish fishing fleet, a Mauritian shipping line.
Reason for leaving : When the Malagasy government stopped our refinery’s operations, imposed a heavy fine.

- 1995-1998 : Country Manager / Linmark Westman Group (international textile buying agency)
- Responsible for all operations in Mauritius and Madagascar, meaning Administrative, QA, Merchandising, and Development.
- Visit the local textile factories, conduct factory visits and evaluation, report to Singapore Head Office.
Achievement : Redressed and maintained the office’s overall performance which was highly praised, we convinced a top US customer to appoint us
as their agent by dire perseverance and professionalism.
Reporting : directly reporting to the General Manager of Linmark-Westman Singapore office.
Client List : Jockey International, Oxford Shirtings, The Bay, Zellers, ………..etc….
Reason for leaving : The South East Asia 1997 Financial Crisis adversely affected us, we lost a number of key customers’ orders, and the office was closed
except for a QC presence to continue inspections on the existing orders.

- 1991-1995 : Marketing & Sales Officer / China Win Mauritius Co Ltd (textile, factory closed down in 1996)
- Responsible for the printing department in all-over and panel prints, and for sampling selection and despatching.
- Responsible for storage, marketing and sales of all stock products both locally and internationally.
Achievement : From a few thousands in local sales of stock products to several million a year.
Reporting : directly to the Managing Director.
Reason for leaving : Board room disagreement led to the closure of the Mauritius factory and its resale.

- 1983-1986 : Line Supervisor and Interpretor / Casual Garments Mauritius (textile)
- Responsible for one production line of 125 workers manufacturing men’s shirt
Achievement : Quickly grasped the manufacturing process and doing an outstanding job.
Reason for leaving : To pursue university studies in Guangzhou’s Jinan University in China.

Education

1980 ~1983 : Cambridge School Certificate, education in English & French, Cambridge Higher School Certificate, also in Mauritius
1986 : Certificate in Chinese language at Jinan University
1987 – 1991 : Bachelor Degree in Commercial Science (Jinan University, Guangzhou, China).

Personality Traits and Characteristics
- Wide general experience in a number of fields : Administrative, Manufacturing, Trading, Sales, Marketing, Retail, Import/Export, Clearing, Shipping, Merchandising, Sourcing, Purchasing, and more
- Fluent in English, French, Mandarin, Creole, less proficient in Cantonese and Portuguese.
- Well travelled and familiar with North American and European work ethics and practices.
- Have worked in international companies successfully and with good resounding results.
- Will describe myself as confident, utterly reliable, with positive work attitude, a leader by example, ethical, hard worker, result oriented, sensible, open minded, pragmatic
- With a good perception of things, can bear pressure, like challenges, also a strong liking for field work and human contacts.

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