Kevin Yeap

Kevin Yeap

Product Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Co-Founder, Managing Director at Avenirlab

  • Education

    • Multimedia University

      2007 - 2010
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Electronics majoring in Telecommunications

      Activities and Societies: Engineering society, IEEE, IEM, MMU Career Fair

  • Experience

    • GPSBAY (M) SDN BHD

      Aug 2011 - Nov 2011
      Product Engineer

      In charged of R&D, tech support, as well as giving technical training to employees and educating consumers. Throughout the service period in the company, I've developed a product for the market and was successfully launched on December 2011.

    • UNIQLO

      Dec 2011 - Aug 2017

      Promoted to S3 Store Manager and was assigned to open a new medium-scaled store in Sky Avenue, Genting Highlands. Engaged with all HQ departments in the whole initial store planning process from marketing to sales and promotion planning, inventory to layout planning, equipment and back office ordering, and most importantly staff hiring and strong team building and training in order to achieve a stable and strong store opening. And finally was able to successfully open the store and achieved 3x more than initial company sales target. Show less Promoted to S2 Store Manager and was assigned to Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu. Being first assignment as a store manager in a small scale store, I was able to put all the experience gained from years of training in Japan as well as Management skill in flagship store into this store. Struggling with sales and profit throughout first few months of assignment, I've studied the local market, changed store business strategies, played an active role trying to create brand awareness in the new area through marketing and CSR activities, and finally was able to turn the tide to increase profitability of the store. 5 times Global Model Store achiever. Show less

      • Senior Store Manager, S3

        Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
      • Store Manager, S2

        Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
      • First Assistant Store Manager, J2, J3

        Sept 2014 - Feb 2016
      • Assistant Store Manager, J1

        Sept 2013 - Aug 2014
      • Global UMC

        Dec 2011 - Aug 2013
    • Avenirlab

      Sept 2017 - now
      Managing Director

      An IoT based company that believes in creating a better world and changing people's lives as well as improving the standard of living though the implementation of smart technology. Currently focusing mainly on smart automation solution for residential and commercial to improve the quality of everyday life. In charge of operations division which includes marketing planning, sales operations, and product development.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Digital Marketing Professional Certification

      Digital Marketing Consultancy Sdn Bhd
      Oct 2017
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Kevin Yeap
      Best Store Award Uniqlo Malaysia Sdn Bhd Oct 2016 Received Best Store Award for achieving highest promotion ratio, operating profit, minimized major costs, actively participating in marketing efforts, and delivered improvement in store's P&L.
    • Awarded to Kevin Yeap
      Best Trainer Award Uniqlo Malaysia Oct 2016 Achieved best trainer award for having highest staff promotion ratio in 2016FY 2H