Yin Zhan

Experience

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  The Peninsula Hotels

  Aug 2000 - Aug 2003

  Assistant to Director of Rooms Division

  Coordinated within Rooms Division and all other departments, sections; Administrative work to prepare all needed documents for Division Heads’ review; Dealt with internal correspondence. Provided individualized service to guests; handled guests’ complaints; Trained Concierge staff.

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  Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne

  Feb 2004 - Dec 2005

  Research Assistant

  - Assisted Real Estate Finance Project Research, Database research & Statistics course, prepared case study for undergraduates and graduates; - Participated in designing e-learning module in Rooms and Revenue Management. - Mystery Shopper Projects for Intercontinental Hotels Group in Geneva and Paris

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  Foodservice Europe & Middle East

  Jul 2004 - Aug 2004

  Analyst

  Summer Job, conducted Survey and Ranking of Top 100 FoodService Companies in Europe, published in Edition 4/2004 pp24-32 FoodService Europe & Middle East magazine.

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  Nestlé

  Feb 2005 - Jun 2005

  Project Manager

  Team leader of the consulting project (as MBA graduation prerequisite), orient project process; motivate team members to achieve the goal; coordinate among different stake-holders; keep track and ensure productive working environment,

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  HVS

  Jan 2006 - May 2006

  Associate - Valuation & Consulting

  Consulting Projects: Proposed Five-star Deluxe Hotel in Bali, Proposed Deluxe Villa & Spa Resort and Valuation of International Hotels in Singapore, Indonesia and China. Participated in write up of Asia Hotel Watch Magazine, author of markets in Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Macau,

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  Karlsson Spools

  Nov 2006 - Jan 2013

  Sales Manager Europe

  - Key Account Manager in Europe: Germany, UK, Spain & Italy between 2010-2012.- Key Account Manager for USA between 2008-2010.- China Specialist & Procurement Coordinator between 2006-2008.- Business trip on a regular basis.- Market research in Chinese hydraulic industry.

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  Your International Network (YIN)

  Dec 2006 - Jan 2016

  Founder

  Arrange business meetings for Chinese government/business delegations with European government bodies/companies/institutions/NGOs. Countries mainly covered: UK, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway.

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  Optoga AB

  Feb 2013 - Dec 2018

  Sales Director Asia

  - Optoga China: Establish Optoga AB's daughter company Optoga China (Shenzhen) Co,. Ltd, in mainland China to cope with demands from Chinese domestic customers; Streamline process of establishing a foreign-invested company in China from scratch; Localize the daily operation in sales, accounting and administration; Marketing Optodrive in Chinese social media and via various exhibitions. - Support sales force in EU to enhance Optoga's position as a strategic supplier in manufacturing LED modules.- Commercial responsibility for Asia Pacific markets: China, India, Thailand and Australia.- Procurement role upon requests from European customers in search for Lighting fixtures manufacturers in China.- Responsible for company Website, newsletter and social media.- Business trip to Asia on a regular basis. Show less

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  Bombardier Transportation

  Jan 2019 - May 2020

  Bid Manager

  Tendering bid process, cost analysis in China, Thailand, Russia and in Europe.Tracked record: Bids submitted and won on newest technology TC1500 propulsion systems with Permanent Magnetic Motor in China.

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  Alstom

  Jun 2020 - now

  - Delivering newest technology TC1500 propulsion system with Permanent Magnetic Motor for Chinese market.- Leading Projects’ core team in propulsion Control Engineering and Procurement located in Västerås Sweden and Pittsburg USA.Tracked record:  Project BJL11 for Beijing Winter Olympics 2022; R&D Demonstration projects Chengdu L7, Nanchang L4 and Hefei L4; 56 Train Sets Shenzhen L12, the largest Metro line in South China, etc. Automatic People Mover (APM) and Monorail projects in Asia. Tracked record: Hongkong APM, Chengdu APM, Singapore BPLRT, and Beijing Capital International Airport People Mover etc.- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified upon completion of project in process improvement for Best Cost Country work package; Use Value Stream Mapping to improve product development process in Train Control; Develop an agile, efficient and sustainable way of initiating Lean Kaizen thinking in project execution.* Project Manager for China APM and Monorail projects. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Feb 2025 - now

  • Project Manager

    Jun 2020 - Jan 2025