Graduate case studies
Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.
Being in charge of business fields, including: oil & gas; wooden products; hotel & restaurant; bidding packages; site & office leasing.
• Oil & gas: set/update discount policy, competitive and in accordance with regulations and competitors’ discount policies; compose business plan so as the company provides budget for meeting customers’ demand; work with authorities to add locations to oil retailing system, then to level up to national distributor; negotiate with suppliers and customers for high quantity orders; promote investment cooperation in trading hub; complete legal profile of oil vessels;
• Wooden products: negotiate to supply wooden products such as wooden panels and wooden pallet; calculate break even points so as to determine acceptable price of wood material; plan procuring machine/equipment and expanding factory/storage in order to meet customer’s order; participate in interviewing management board of wood processing factories;
• Hotel & Restaurant: evaluate and compare profitability of each item in order to focus on the most efficient ones; take full advantages of business relationship to attract customers to buy products and services of Anh Phat hotel and restaurant;
• Bidding packages: implement bidding process, starting from taking care of strategic partners, building and expanding information network, negotiating, completing bidding profile, to establishing implemenation capacity;
• Site & office leasing: negoticate to buy liquidated office and equipments; negotiate to lease office to contractors providing services in operation phase of refinery company; do procurement for office and accommodation for lease;
HISTORY OF WORK
08/2015 to 09/2016
Nghi Son Economic Zone, Vietnam
Social Performance Officer - NSRP Project
• Supporting the research and development of SSI initiatives and implementation of the Investment Program.
• Coordinating with the Stakeholder Engagement team to consult with project-affected communities.
• Identifying and developing relationships with potential partners for Investment Program initiatives.
• Researching local resources necessary in the implementation of the NSRP SSI Plan.
• Coordinating and managing external program partners including consultants, contractors and partners.
12/2014 to 08/2015
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Business Director & Chairman - Start-ups
• Playstation Game Shop: Doing market research; Drawing up Survival Budget; Conducting investment analysis; Hunting for rental house; Managing monthly finance; Negotiating an Acquisition Deal; Motivating employees; Applying management software; Implementing online and offline marketing campaigns.
• Foods & Fruits 3A: Positioning products by applying Blue Ocean Strategy; Modelling business in accordance with business strategy and financial availability and keeping other members on track; Taking specific responsibilities for planning, accounting and legal procedures.
10/2014 to 08/2015
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Chairman’s Assistant - LASUCO
• Reviewing documents of business plans and investments of the corporation.
• Arranging meetings and negotiations between the chairman and his foreign partners.
• Participating in preparing for 2014/2015 sugarcane seasons (meetings with authorities and sugar farmers for developing sugarcane fields).
• Project Secretary in 60-billion-VND-worth project of 5ha greenhouses, 0.3 ha nursery and 10 ha open-fields (Israeli Netafim contractor): Contract Negotiation/Making + Project Management.
08/2014 – 10/2014
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Secretary and Business Administration Specialist in Corporation-Restructuring Project at Lamson Sugar Joint Stock Company
• Coordinating with five sub-project teams to deliver their products on time, of quality and within budget. 5 teams: Operational Efficiency Mangement Team (strategic planning, operational planning, budgeting, forecasting, admistration reporting and KPIs); Organisation and People Management Team (people strategy writing, department function writing, job description writing, KPIs, responsibility empowering, competence handbook building); Process Team (process auditing); Internal Auditing Team (internal auditing process writing); Accounting and Finance Team (standard sale contract building, ERP reviewing, accounting and finance policy refining).
02/14 – 08/14
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Office Director Assistant at LASUCO-GIZEF office promoting cooperation and investment between Vietnam and Germany
• Managing office: procurement, branding, event organisation…
• Designing functions of office buildings
• Planning and implementing recruitment process
• Writing operational rules and processes
• Managing people at a small scale
• Managing communication with headquarter and German partners: planning business meetings with German partners Vietnam and business trips to Germany
• Organising to do feasibility studies of green, high-tech technologies offered by German partners; doing commericality studies
• Preparing documents
• Organizing negotiations
11/13 – 02/14
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Private Tutor– Self-employment
• Teaching students IELTS, TOEFL and communication-driven English
10/13
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Event Organizer–Center of Investment and Trading Promotion
• Made arrangements with domestic and international investors
• Prepared for the Forum on Investment Promotion to Nghi Son Economic Zone and neighboring areas
• Tour-guided investors in trips to economic and industrial zones
QUALIFICATIONS
01/16-07/16
Hanoi, Vietnam
• Bachelor in Software Engineering
FUNiX Online University of FPT University (ongoing, done Cer 1)
03/16-now
Hanoi, Vietnam
• Bachelor in Accounting
Thai Nguyen University in cooperation with TOPICA Education (ongoing)
I plan to maintain current job to gain more experience for 3 years. During this time, I will also complete the degree of accounting and gain two additional certificate of software engineering course. I can see that I will end up start up a business in one of fields I have been getting involved so far.
Last updated: 24 Jun 2017