Growing with SF—An interview with Maxim Khisamutdinov, a Russian Employee from SF International

2017-03-07 18:07:03

With the promotion of the national strategy of the Belt & Road Initiative and the development of cross-border e-commerce, China is emerging as a global consumer market. As more overseas products are flowing into China, products made in China are also becoming more and more favored by global consumers. The outrageous shopping behaviors of delegations from other counties during the G20 Summit in Hangzhou last year set a good example of this new development.

Maxim Khisamutdinov from Russia who has been in China for six years also follows this trend. He often buys Chinese products for his friends in Russia. He said with a smile, "Russia’s market situation is characterized by its well-developed heavy industry and high-proportioned light industry import; coupled with the slowly growth of its economy. Because of the current market situation, Russians like high-quality Chinese products with competitive prices, especially costumes, articles for daily use, food and electronic products."

Meanwhile, as an employee of SF International, Maxim is entitled for Northeastern Europe cross-border logistics products planning, design and optimization, such as to Russia and Ukraine. He and his team have optimized the delivery routes of SF E-Parcel Ordinary and Registered services to Ukraine; they even made it possible for the full waived of E-parcel registered fees to Ukraine, which had received widely appraisals from customer whose logistics costs have been saved. Being appraised by customers, Maxim, who was born in after 1985 said shyly, "This is what we should do!"

It was a coincidence that Maxim joined SF Express. After he finished his Chinese course in Nankai University, he continued to pursue his postgraduate degree of international trade in Renmin University of China as he would like to further strengthen his communication and exchanges with Chinese people, as well as enhance his Chinese proficiency and accelerate the China-Russia trading. SF offered him a unique development opportunity right in time. "A Vietnamese friend of mine worked for SF at that time, and he strongly recommended SF to me as SF was a fast-developing company and was in the initial phase of its globalization. I am pleased to have the opportunity to grow with SF. So here I come!"

As a native Russian, Maxim knows about local conditions, customs and market conditions in Russia better than anyone else when SF entered the market. He said, "In recent years, online shopping in Russia is developing more and more quickly with a positive prospect. Nowadays not only young people love to shop online, but more and more housewives prefer to shop on the well-developed Internet. They buy all kinds of Chinese products from furniture and household appliances to articles of daily use and costumes. These popular Chinese products open a door for SF International to enter Russian market, which is a necessary condition of the company’s development”.

In his daily work, Maxim not only studies and analyzes Chinese customers' needs and overseas markets, but also visits customers with his colleagues frequently. The handsome appearance and fluent Chinese speaking with a familiar Northeast China accent make him quite popular among customers and help smooth the cooperation with customers." You must understand the demands of the sellers (customers), only then you can create a better and more competitive product", he said.

Maxim Khisamutdinov and his colleagues from 13 countries are gathered for a common goal and make joint efforts to realize SF International's dream of "Connecting China, and taking off to the world". Currently, SF International has eight products  and value-added services, including E-Parcel, Standard Express, Economy Express, International Heavy Freight, SFBUY, Overseas Fulfillment/Warehouse , Insurance Service and Direct Signature Service, covering over 200 countries and regions.

Maxim is mainly responsible for cross-border special logistics routes for Northeastern Europe which involve products and services such as Standard Express, Economy Express, E Parcel, E-Parcel+ and Overseas Fulfillment, and have covered Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Poland and the Republic of Belarus. These services not only satisfy customers' diversified cross-border delivery demands, but it also helps Chinese products to go global, which is worth appraising.

Maxim from Russia and colleagues from other countries all over the world, customers have faith in you and so do we!

 

To learn more, please contact:

SF International Online shipping system dedicated for Eastern and Northern Europe: http://b2c.sf-express.com/

Telephone (For enquiry): 9533883

Email (For enquiry):  sfgjdxz@sf-express.com