John Penarubia: Senior Project Manager in Shanghai, 31

• The primary driver of store opening to handover: Stores opened on time and within budget by managing closely the schedule, cost, and all deliverables: Result to profit increase by 10%. • Quality control of every stage from manufacturing, construction, shop fit out: Increased significant quality standard by monitoring stages, identifying issue early-preventing escalation. • Work closely with brand and landlord in preparation and submission of engineering drawing to secure approval. • Managing internal and external vendor for store maintenance: Client is happy and above satisfied through pass response and action. • Make periodic site visits before and/or during the construction of the store to ensure standards and design are met.

- Shanghai, China • Lead in developing BI to support business plans: Launching of new store concept during trade show differentiating the normal store from an outlet store, well received by China sales team and key partners and franchisee. • Forecasting and cost allocation: Increased number of stores 15% stores opened all within budget. • Manage all store design development to ensure brand awareness, enhance space performance whilst brand consistency: Achieved by providing guidelines and local training. • Managing the tender process of vendor selection for local manufacture: Increased transparency and selection of reliable partners.

China • Lead in-store design and drawing development with clients and consultants: China and Overseas Stores opened inconsistent with the brand design and guideline whilst adapting localization resulting to increased number of new projects by 15%. • Responsible for the entire project management plan, design and development, quotation, procurement, production, communication with all internal and external, cost, schedule, installation, handover and close out. • Managing maintenance works within China: Successfully completed 30 boutiques in a less than a month by appointing and working with reliable professional partners. • Quality control of work done at the construction site.

Philippines

China and Hong Kong • Helped build the company from the ground up. Work closely with the company director of all bidding: Increased business revenue by 200% as awarded by large store rollout project. • Worked with big company Puma and VF Corporation through hard work cooperation maintained in 5 years-time. • Oversee a team of the construction: site supervisor, project coordinators, designer, and quality assurance in the regional execution of store opening, ensuring that the store opened on time and within budget. • Prepare 2D / 3D architectural plans and elevation proposals of a key store for client review. • Weekly site meetings (on site or phone) throughout the project to ensure schedule and design standard are met.

China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore

China

China