Roman Raidl

•Business Development Division Manager. •Act as overall Company Purchasing Manager for all Departments (out-sourcing, purchase and delivery conditions negotiations as well as sales of IT Equipment to overseas buyers). •Import and Purchasing Manager of Food, IT Equipment, Food, Mecial and Cosmetic Equipment, Health & Beauty Products, Industrial Machines, •Source products domestically and internationally •Established a successful online shopping-site (site traffic exceeded

•Import and Purchasing Manager in fashion, wholesale and retail. •Established Import Department and all administrative systems related to it. •Source merchandise abroad and select saleable products with a keen eye for emerging trends in fashion. •Contact manufacturers and negotiate trading terms with a view to long term relationships. •Invited foreign manufacturers to Japan with the intention of inspiring product modification/development to suit the Japanese market. •Expanded imports & domestic sales b

•Wholesale export business providing health food and cooking oil to Middle East. Moved one 60ft. container per month to UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iran. •Smaller quantities shipped every 3 weeks to Tunisia, Morocco and Libya. •Sales drives included bi-annual trade fairs in Dubai and Sharjha visited by major Middle Eastern, African and Central Asian buyers. •Annual sales figures of approximately $700,000USD. •Sold my half of business to come to Japan.

•Fully/solely owned jewelry design and Production Company. •Bought uncut semi-precious stones from Afghanistan, Russia, China, South America and Australia. •Had stones cut and mounted and product designed, manufactured and made ready for sale to Europe and North America. •Negotiated production quotas and contracts. •Possess an inherent ability to successfully select staff despite linguistic and cultural idiosyncrasies: silversmiths, warehouse and administrative. Trained the latter.

•Branch Manager, staff of 7 with a head office determined sales quota of $600,000 based on location and future outlook. •Started as a junior in sales and was promoted to assistant manager after 6 months. •Promoted to manager by the end of the first year based on in house sales and the development of new products through contacts in Asia that were sold to European travel agencies and tour operators. •Trained new staff on sales techniques/online flight and package booking systems.