As Hypermarket Store Manager (Nankai, Tianjin City, Tianjin Province) - Deputed from Carrefour, Korea to turnaround an underperforming store and improve sales.  Led a team of 600 staff members, 25 direct reporties for managing store with turn-over €30m, 4 million customers/year, 8,600m² sales area.  Stellar in increasing market share and penetration ratio in store catchment area in first 3 months.  Vital in maintaining store share over first year against current competition of 48 hypermarkets within Tianjin city.  Successfully reduced stock levels of 22% from 32 days to 25 days in 12 months.  Played major role in introducing staff training leading to 5% reduction in staff employed without detriment to smooth running of store.  Instrumental in reducing losses by €100k/year through reorganization of Security Team and re-enforcing internal management control procedures.