Matan Ehrlich: Director in Toronto, ON

A new start-up in Canada, Overseeing the operations and develop the sales and marketing for the Canadian market. • Establish a new office and team to support countrywide operations. • Build and train new local sales teams in Canada and the northern USA as well as maintaining a relationship with our customers in Asia. • Locating new procurement and supply chain opportunities in Canada. • Developing current and new customer markets

Drive daily sales and marketing operations and supervise personnel for the prominent diamond wholesale firm with global branches. Initiate new client programs and establish sales objectives based upon analysis. Oversee all major client accounts and cultivate new strategic alliances based on trust and rapport. * Established business operations and new branch offices around Asia, managing and training 15-25 employees, mostly in sales and business development. * Earned recognition from senior management for proactively identifying and developing global and multi-regional business development opportunities Across Asia, as well as developing new and existing customers. * Consulting, Operations and strategy management for overseas companies looking to start operations within China. * Create and implement financial and investment tools within the diamond and high-end jewelry industry, both for B2B and B2C clients. * Consistently demonstrated cross-functional expertise by spearheading a broad spectrum of business processes and operations, including purchasing, supply chain management, customer relations, contract and supplier negotiations as well as streamlining the process and restructuring the company. WORK EXPERIENCE Continued: * Planned and executed monthly and yearly budgets, as well as monthly, quarterly and yearly sales goals, both for the company overall and for each sales office in various regions. * Achieved Year by year gains (7%-20%) in profits, increased yearly revenues every year by 14% on average

Served as a Co-owner, for the first wholesale-retail store in the Shanghai Diamond Exchange. Led daily operations, drove sales and marketing strategies, and oversaw staff development and training * Formulated and executed the store concept. * Managing retail sales and marketing promotions * Retail promotions

Maintained oversight for regional business development. New client acquisition for the diamond firm. Ensured the delivery of quality services to existing clients. Drove daily operations of the sales office. * Established operations in the Shanghai Diamond Exchange. * Additionally functioned in an Acting Managing Director capacity for the firm.

Managed the regional sales of the South China Branch. * Effectively drove marketing and sales goals for the region of South China, and Indonesian and Malaysian Markets. * Developing new customers and customer programs.