Valentin LOU
VP Sales/Managing Director of SH Office at Amat Sinar Lighting- Claim this Profile
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French Full professional proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Shanghainese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Auggie Zhu
Valentin's strength is his ability to remain calm under pressure and to continually bring in new resources to the sales team. I have personally experienced his calming and reassuring nature from both a client and and team member perspective when called upon at a moment’s notice. Valentin is a great asset to the Dangoo team and a solid rock in a storm, and given the nature of his current role a key team player.
Charlie Shen
Valentin is a professional product manager with excellent skills in communication and product development, plus his rich experience in lighting industry. he can provide accurate information and constructive idea of design at the beginning of new product development. Furthermore, his suggestion often bring us addition benefits to reduce the rate of failure in production. He has a good interaction with us and provides positive feedback and gives us great help. It was a very pleasant experience to work with him.
Bertrand Delalande
Valentin is a great team member, with positive mindset. As a Marketing Product Manager, he leads his projects with energy and commitment. His deep knowledge in lighting design and LED market brought a lot to our marketing team. Besides marketing, Valentin also supported sourcing team, by exploring fairs and the internet to find new technologies, new ideas of products or accessories. Besides his professional qualities, Valentin is a nice person to work with, with a very optimistic personality.
Auggie Zhu
Valentin's strength is his ability to remain calm under pressure and to continually bring in new resources to the sales team. I have personally experienced his calming and reassuring nature from both a client and and team member perspective when called upon at a moment’s notice. Valentin is a great asset to the Dangoo team and a solid rock in a storm, and given the nature of his current role a key team player.
Charlie Shen
Valentin is a professional product manager with excellent skills in communication and product development, plus his rich experience in lighting industry. he can provide accurate information and constructive idea of design at the beginning of new product development. Furthermore, his suggestion often bring us addition benefits to reduce the rate of failure in production. He has a good interaction with us and provides positive feedback and gives us great help. It was a very pleasant experience to work with him.
Bertrand Delalande
Valentin is a great team member, with positive mindset. As a Marketing Product Manager, he leads his projects with energy and commitment. His deep knowledge in lighting design and LED market brought a lot to our marketing team. Besides marketing, Valentin also supported sourcing team, by exploring fairs and the internet to find new technologies, new ideas of products or accessories. Besides his professional qualities, Valentin is a nice person to work with, with a very optimistic personality.
Auggie Zhu
Valentin's strength is his ability to remain calm under pressure and to continually bring in new resources to the sales team. I have personally experienced his calming and reassuring nature from both a client and and team member perspective when called upon at a moment’s notice. Valentin is a great asset to the Dangoo team and a solid rock in a storm, and given the nature of his current role a key team player.
Charlie Shen
Valentin is a professional product manager with excellent skills in communication and product development, plus his rich experience in lighting industry. he can provide accurate information and constructive idea of design at the beginning of new product development. Furthermore, his suggestion often bring us addition benefits to reduce the rate of failure in production. He has a good interaction with us and provides positive feedback and gives us great help. It was a very pleasant experience to work with him.
Bertrand Delalande
Valentin is a great team member, with positive mindset. As a Marketing Product Manager, he leads his projects with energy and commitment. His deep knowledge in lighting design and LED market brought a lot to our marketing team. Besides marketing, Valentin also supported sourcing team, by exploring fairs and the internet to find new technologies, new ideas of products or accessories. Besides his professional qualities, Valentin is a nice person to work with, with a very optimistic personality.
Auggie Zhu
Valentin's strength is his ability to remain calm under pressure and to continually bring in new resources to the sales team. I have personally experienced his calming and reassuring nature from both a client and and team member perspective when called upon at a moment’s notice. Valentin is a great asset to the Dangoo team and a solid rock in a storm, and given the nature of his current role a key team player.
Charlie Shen
Valentin is a professional product manager with excellent skills in communication and product development, plus his rich experience in lighting industry. he can provide accurate information and constructive idea of design at the beginning of new product development. Furthermore, his suggestion often bring us addition benefits to reduce the rate of failure in production. He has a good interaction with us and provides positive feedback and gives us great help. It was a very pleasant experience to work with him.
Bertrand Delalande
Valentin is a great team member, with positive mindset. As a Marketing Product Manager, he leads his projects with energy and commitment. His deep knowledge in lighting design and LED market brought a lot to our marketing team. Besides marketing, Valentin also supported sourcing team, by exploring fairs and the internet to find new technologies, new ideas of products or accessories. Besides his professional qualities, Valentin is a nice person to work with, with a very optimistic personality.
Credentials
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Registered Practical Lighting Designer (Level 2)
China Illuminating Engineering Society (CIES)Dec, 2020- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Amat Sinar Lighting
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Malaysia
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP Sales/Managing Director of SH Office
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May 2023 - Present
Responsible for - US market sales development - US outdoor product portfolio management - Promotion of OEM/ODM assembly service in Malaysia - OTC sourcing for new lighting solution for Malaysian domestic market Responsible for - US market sales development - US outdoor product portfolio management - Promotion of OEM/ODM assembly service in Malaysia - OTC sourcing for new lighting solution for Malaysian domestic market
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Dangoo Tech
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China
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Project Manager
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Apr 2022 - May 2023
- 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩: Crafted and maintained a US market lighting product roadmap, aligning product requirements with robust business justifications. - 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: Successfully led alpha, beta, and general project milestones, formulating go-to-market marketing strategies that resulted in 20 serial products release a year. - 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐬: Maintained a comprehensive database of technical and commercial specifications, ensuring seamless communication with the sales team. - 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬: Established regular contact with key account customers, ensuring informed and customer-centric product decisions. - 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Defined product development requirements, iterated product designs, and collaborated with engineering teams to provide feasibility solutions for ODM projects. - 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐄𝐌 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: Worked closely with supplier engineers and cross-functional partners to research and realize OEM projects, achieving $800 turnover. - 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Spearheaded digital marketing initiatives on diverse commercial and industrial platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, Amazon, and Temu. - 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬: Responsible for marketing research and competitive product analysis, leveraging analytics to measure product release success and inform future strategies. Show less
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Shanghai Wellmax Lighting Industry Co., Ltd
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China
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Purchasing Manager
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Aug 2018 - Mar 2022
- Conduct marketing research and analysis to develop customer OEM plan for Europe/US, specifically commercial/industrial lighting products presence in new emerging markets. - Prepare OEM/ODM plan based on regional sales strategy plan. - Manage the product portfolio and develop programs to achieve sales target. - Manage the pricing activities according to pricing policy to ensure enough profit and maintain products' competivities. - Coordinate with oversea sales team to plan new project development and launch. - Support the key account sales team to develop customers, to support customer services sales team to achieve sales growth and maintain long-term relationship with these key customers. - Participate in the customer seminars, international lighting fair, conduct the product trainings. , etc. - Market insight generation and value proposition creation with the market study and feedback. Show less
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Home Light Helper APP Creator/Co-Founder
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Mar 2018 - Dec 2020
- App creator/co-founder of ‘Home Light Helper’ APP on Apple iOS system，a mobile software application designed to help householder/consumer/lighting designer to test the indoor luminous condition at domestic with help of their iPhone/iPad, together with the functionality like calculating the appropriate luminaire quantity needed in domestic and simulating the color temperature of luminaire via image. - App creator/co-founder of ‘Home Light Helper’ APP on Apple iOS system，a mobile software application designed to help householder/consumer/lighting designer to test the indoor luminous condition at domestic with help of their iPhone/iPad, together with the functionality like calculating the appropriate luminaire quantity needed in domestic and simulating the color temperature of luminaire via image.
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TAO light
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Manager
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Mar 2016 - Feb 2018
- Collect and analyze market information and competitor benchmark, SWOT analysis, to establish marketing concept and business strategies with Design/Innovation Team. - Develop long term Strategic Product Roadmap and marketing (4P) strategy for the category of Light source, Recessed Downlight, Outdoor lighting and Indoor Luminaire. - Align plans across the Marketing & Brand team to leverage common themes where ever applicable & ensure the output is consistent with brand & strategies. - Secure the implementation of critical processes and governance tools (budgeting & schedule). - Manage product range realization status (new SKU creation, certification status, new configuration development, commercialization and phase-in phase out). - Coordinate all activities relative to product portfolio with R&D, Supply chain, Quality and Purchasing function. Scope include own production, EMS, ODM and Merchandize product. - Drive, motivate and challenge cross functional teams to deliver project development in a cost-effective & speedy way. - Steer supervision/validation of standard packaging and catalogs and website pages’ update together with regional marketing managers and all relevant functions (MKT, PKG, R&D, Design). - Support and coach sales team to achieve sales performance target. Propose sales/margin policy per product line to management based on market price target. - Prepare commercial presentation of product range and training materials for internal organization and external customers and distributors. Show less
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Keysourcing
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Sweden
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sourcing Manager
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Oct 2013 - Oct 2015
- Manage sourcing activities, benchmark price for project needs - Sourcing potential suppliers, qualify suppliers with quality team, develop and manage long term strategic partnership relations with suppliers - Manage and monitor sourcing progress of sourcing team - Preparation of Invitation to Bid, inquiry, price analysis, arrange for technical clarification and commercial evaluation with suppliers, negotiation of contractual terms & conditions - Contribute to the project procurement management, including purchasing procedure standardization, document standardization. -Monitor and assist to push the supplier to perform their obligation timely with high quality. - Evaluate vendor's performance based on their product and service. - Review and approve P.O., Invoice and amendment - Maintain updated status on requisitions/assigned works of sourcing team - Develop procurement plan, strategy, vendor list and lead procurement activities; - Procurement progress reporting and weekly procurement review meeting with management. - Maintain records on supplier service level, buying terms and evaluate supplier efficiency. Show less
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KA Project Manager
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Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
- Identify and create business opportunities, targeted customers and implement the key account management strategy effectively to grow our business and acquire new customers. Key Account: Carrefour, Auchan, Kingfisher，Leroy Merlin, Arena,Siplec, Hama, Rewe.,etc - Execute the sales plan (direct and indirect) under merchandising and ensure to achieve sales target through retaining existing business, making product recommendations to customers and increasing premium product sales. Main Products: Intelligent switch&socket, Multi-socket outlet with multi-function, CFL bulbs, LED lamps and bar light.,etc - Build and maintain good relationship with key account and relative influencers. Organize the internal and external resource and manage/drive a cross functional project team to lead a continuous business from targeted account - Coordinate with third-party laboratory to process the supplier’s quality management and regular plate audit - Organize the supplier sourcing, factory visit and manage the OEM/ODM project in progress - React the change productively and handle other essential tasks such as Order Management and Customer Service Show less
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上海仪电电子股份有限公司
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China
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Semiconductors
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OEM Business Manager and Project Coordinator
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Mar 2010 - Jul 2011
- Business development for OEM SMT Assembly - Key account management of OEM customers - Customer Service Management of JinLing new plant - Project Coordinator of New SMT plant for Nokia Cellphone Substrate - Business development for OEM SMT Assembly - Key account management of OEM customers - Customer Service Management of JinLing new plant - Project Coordinator of New SMT plant for Nokia Cellphone Substrate
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Education
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2007 - 2009
Université Paris - Val-de-Marne (Paris XII)
Master's degree, International trade -
2006 - 2007
Université Paris - Val-de-Marne (Paris XII)
Bachelor's degree, International trade and Exchange -
2003 - 2006
上海外国语大学
Associate's degree, French Language -
2000 - 2003
Shanghai Guangming Middle School
High School Diploma
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