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CHRISTINA FORSYTH #44 Abbington Way ~ London, United Kingdom Mobile: +44 12
5555 2123 ~ Office & Fax: +44 (5) 1123 6666 ~
support@resumeedge.com
QUALIFICATIONS
Award-winning, bilingual Exporter with an impressive background
in the strategic sale and marketing of high grade nickel-plated
steel, laminated steel, and tin mill products in North & South
America, Europe, and Oceania. Innovative and articulate in
negotiating contracts with major firms, increasing profits in an
otherwise conservative industry, and providing patent /
technical assistance to the commodity lineup. Former systems
administrator for the English government. Fluent in English and
Japanese.
CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROBINSMILL CORPORATION
2000
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Received the Metal Group CEO's New
Business Award, one of only two individuals among 1,120
business professionals and the youngest recipient in the
award's history.
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Increased gross profit by 1,000% to $3.3
million in three years, earning more than half of all team
members.
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Served as the youngest member of the
Historical Project team in a joint venture with the steel
division of Sutterton, a large integrated trading firm.
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Commercialized STR's first contract on the
next generation of tinplate and laminate steel; currently
negotiating for an annual contract of 12,000 metrics tons
(MT), a 100% volume representing $12 million in sales.
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Awarded the first 100% volume (26,000 MT
representing $18 billion) tinplate contract for South
America's Horton Steel by offering a 100% delivery
guarantee, a first in the company's tinplate export; tripled
the shipping volume in three years.
1999
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Played key role in contracting and
facilitating Ho Jung's technical assistance to Millerton
Steel; additionally served as official translator.
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Successfully sold Ho Jung's patent for the
Semi-Brighter to Millerton Steel.
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Seized 76% volume (15,000 MT representing
$12 million) from the Lancaster plant in the United Kingdom
by executing the first tinplate toll process deal with
Taiwan's Tonyi and Japan's Kawasaki Steel.
1998
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Renewed the Lacquered Tin Free Steel
export to Samoa (10,000 MT a year representing $10 million)
after an eight-year hiatus by arranging an exchange rate
risk hedge for a small Japanese lacquer maker.
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Acquired the first-ever trial contract
with the "big four" can makers in the U.S.
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Secured STR's sales of laminate steel, a
new product, to U.S. customers; initiated marketing.
1997
WORK HISTORY
ROBINSMILL CORPORATION, London, United
Kingdom, 1994 - 2000 An integrated trading firm
Tin Mill Product Export Team / Metal Group
EDUCATION
THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, Williamsburg,
Virginia Bachelor of Arts in Economics and
Government, 1993
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