Emilio A. Canessa is a general manager based in Shanghai, China with over 10 years of experience managing his own apparel company, On Step Garments. He has expertise in business development, project management, negotiating with clients and suppliers, and ensuring on-time delivery. Canessa is proficient in Mandarin Chinese, English, and his native Italian. He holds a Master's degree in Brand Communication from Politecnico di Milano in Italy.

1. Emilio A. Canessa
General Manager
_ PERSONAL SUMMARY
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Business development
Project management
Chinese business environment
Customer facing
Negotiation
On time delivery
Employee relations
Controlling budgets
Profitability Awareness
Contingencies Management
_ WORK EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL
Enterpreneuship
International commerce
Cross cultural operation structures
Marketing
O.E.M.
Apparel
Mandarin - Full working proficiency
English - Full working proficiency Duties:
Italian - Native _ Incorporating holding and subsidiaries
_ Hiring and training staff
_ Developing positive direct relationship with customers and suppliers
PERSONAL SKILLS _ Directing various operations to ensure the smooth running of the company
_ Scheduling workload to meet priorities and deliveries
Result oriented _ Scouting trends and localizing them
Communicative _ Discussing strategies and products with clients
Lateral thinker _ Actualizing ideas into workable samples
Highly dedicated _ Negotiating commercial, production, logistic conditions
Influential _ Overlooking sensible documentation and compliancies
_ Relating with authorities
_ Coordinating branches including providing procurement support to clients
PERSONAL DETAILS _ Preparing presentations for potentials
_ Helping accountant in formulating budgets and balance sheets
Emilio A. Canessa _ Managing critical situations
501, Build C ** works portfolio available on request
700 Huang Pi South Rd.
200025 Shanghai, P.R.C
emiliocanessa@gmail.com
T.: +86 137 6421 5666 / +39 340 30 60 852 _ ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
D.O.B. : 30/08/1979
Academic Master II Level (Europe) - BRAND COMMUNICATION ( M.B.C.)
POLITECNICO DI MILANO - Year 2004 / 2005 - Milan (IT)
REFERENCES
University Degree (Europe) - SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION
I.U.L.M. UNIVERSITY - Year 2000 / 2004 - Milan (IT)
Available on requests
On Step Garments - Shanghai, P.R.C .- Apparel Converter and Buying Office
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR (G.M.) - Oct. 2006 > Present
Previous to 2006 - Milan, Italy:
ACCOUNT (ADVERTISING INDUSTRY) - PPG, CARL ZEISS, BMW
A multi-tasked, capable, result oriented general manager experienced in
founding and successfully managing his own company for nearly a decade
within a challenging business environment such as the P.R.C. Efficient in
finding opportunities, and designing proper strategies to achieve goals and
nurture profitable relationships. Possessing excellent communication skills
and able to build and motivate cross-cultural teams. Open minded in client
facing and negotiation, and keen about exploring win-win solutions. Diligent
in evaluating, setting, monitoring, and catching dead lines properly. Attentive
to financial facts, efficiency, and evaluations.
Currently considering a suitable managerial position with an ambitious
company.
Fully responsible for business operations since the very beginning, built a
solid international customer portfolio (available on request) and a reliable
suppliers base. Put in place a robust operational model, recruited and trained
the team in order to be able to match international standards with local
working environment. Excelled in: new business, strategy, negotiation,
optimization, motivation.