Artem Tarkhanov

Currently I work as a purchasing manager in Russian company Patriot in Shanghai office. Patriot company is a distributor of garden tools, electrical and engine equipment, power tools, etc. My responsibility as a purchasing manager is communicating with Chinese manufacturers and factories, placing orders and tracking, organizing shipment documents, translation work.

Experience as a quality control manager in different Chinese factories in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang areas. Factory and manufacturer audition and quality product control which included different types of goods like plastic cups, gym equipment, sports clothes, furniture, toys, chainsaws, razor blades, grill mats, car spare parts, metal bending equipment, tablet-press equipment and others.

During my bachelor program in Moscow I participated in different activities as a freelance interpreter, here is the list of them: Acreditación of psychology majors in People friendship university of Russia - English interpreter Acreditación of psychology majors in Saint Petersburg university - English interpreter Commissioning of Chinese wrapping equipment - Chinese interpreter Youth forum in Samara, Russia - Chinese interpreter Business trip to Guangzhou with client - Chinese Interpreter Moscow Electro 2019 exhibition - Chinese interpreter Shanghai Music exhibition 2019 - Chinese interpreter China international import export exhibition 2019 - Chinese interpreter Canton China import export exhibition 2020 - Chinese interpreter Shanghai food exhibition SIAL 2021 - Chinese interpreter

Job Title as a Chinese clients manager. My job responsibilities were communicating with Chinese manufacturers and inviting them to participate in exhibitions where we would arrange B2B meeting with Russian manufacturers and buyers. Also my team and I would take business trips to different cities in China like Guangzhou, Shanghai, Harbin to organize face to face B2B meetings and help manufacturers and buyers in communicating with each other. Furthermore I also functioned as an interpreter to help creating new business relations and keep them in contact with each other.

Working with Chinese tourists groups, includes assistance for tour-guides to cooperate with Russian managers, assistants for Chinese tourists to purchase items and overcome the language barrier

After my bachelor graduation I received a university scholarship form Nanjing Normal university to study in Chinese taught master program of international relations and affairs. This master program required a lot of research work in foreign language and it took a lot of dedication and hard work to get through this.

Sinology studies of Chinese and Japanese culture: language, history, literature. In 2016 i was awarded by university for language courses in Nanjing university in Nanjing, China. During this time i participated in part-time jobs in different spheres like education and management.

Language courses in Nanjing university gave me an opportunity to meet people from all over the world and learn something new about people from differently cultures, during this time i started to use my knowledge in languages to educate people and get my first job opportunities.