Josef Kujanpää (匡家和), MBA

Entrepreneur

Provo, Utah, United States Contact Info
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About

I like to understand what makes people tick. I’m passionate about finding those answers to see what the issue is behind their problem. I enjoy making connections and being a consultative partner to my customers. I like to figure out which tick will stick for which customers!

Outside of work I enjoy rock climbing, camping, hiking, backpacking, fire-building, adventuring, and spending time with family.

Core Competencies:
Sales | Business Development | Account Management | Customer Service | Project Management | Negotiations | Strategy| Operations

Language Fluency:
English | Mandarin | Russian (basic) | Finnish (basic)

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Experience

  • Co-Founder and COO

    Preloved

    - Present 2 years 9 months

    Provo, Utah, United States

    Finnish-inspired boutique thrift market, disrupting the thrift and consignment space.

  • IBC Advanced Technologies Graphic

    Sales Manager

    IBC Advanced Technologies

    - 2 years 5 months

    Houston, Texas, United States & American Fork, Utah, United States

  • Manager of Texas Operations

    SepraMet, Ltd.

    - 7 years 10 months

    Houston, Texas Area

  • Supply Chain Manager

    Beijing Double L

    - 1 year 1 month

    Beijing City, China

    A global farm equipment manufacturer, this was my first role out of college, and I managed around $300,000 in inventory. I also served as a translator for documents, meetings, and negotiations while building supplier networks. During my time in China I was able to:

    -Achieved 30% cost savings by creating a local supplier network.
    -Implemented an inventory tracking system to save counting hours.

  • Brigham Young University Graphic

    Student

    Brigham Young University

    - 6 years 8 months

    Undergraduate degree in Chinese language/culture
    Minor in Business
    Minor in Russian
    Global Management Certificate (similar to minoring in international business management)

  • Purchasing Manager Assistant

    The Ready Store

    - 5 months

    Draper, UT

  • Assistant to Managing Director

    Beijing Double L

    - 7 months

    Qingdao, China

    Heading market research, helping to setup the new manufacturing facility and finding suppliers.

  • Rosetta Stone Graphic

    Language Learning Consultant

    Rosetta Stone

    - 4 months

    University Mall

    Sales Rep

  • Nu Skin Enterprises Graphic

    Sales Rep-Mandarin Speaker

    Nu Skin Enterprises

    - 1 year

    Took in-bound Mandarin Chinese calls to help customers fix and answer computer and product questions/concerns.

Education

  • Rice Business - Jones Graduate School of Business Graphic

    Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University

    Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration, Management and Operations

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  • Brigham Young University Graphic

    Brigham Young University

    Bachelor of Arts (BA) Chinese

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    Activities and Societies: Intramural sports (soccer, badminton, volleyball, basketball, flag football, inner tube water polo).

    Spent as much time as I could learning abroad, both through school and on my own. While I value formal education, I feel it lacks strength, strength that is only gained from hands-on, in the field, out-n-about experience, which is why I tried to balance as much as possible, my on campus vs. off-campus education while enrolled at BYU.

  • Nanjing University Graphic

    Nanjing University

    Chinese Language and Literature

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Social Media Certification - Hubspot Academy

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    Issued Expires

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Chinese

    Professional working proficiency

  • Russian

    Limited working proficiency

  • Finnish

    Elementary proficiency

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