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Kerava, Fi

Finland

Finland

8 months project In charge of Change Management and Customer Experience project at Remeo Oy Customer Service team. 3 months project reorganising Vantaa Logistic function to ensure future competitiveness in the challenging market.Remeo Oy is a Finnish Environmental Management Company that develops new solutions for recovering the waste of yesterday for use as the raw materials of tomorrow.

Focus on enhancing effectiveness, sales and profitable growth of the business. Responsibility of commercial change management and implementing new strategy for Asko and Sotka Furniture Chains. Responsibility of category management, supply chain functions and marketingLeading the team of 23 persons. Member of the Management team.Key achievements:- Significant increase in profitability in 2019 - 2021- Leading and implementing new strategy in category management and pricing- Leading and implementing integration of business model and backend processes for Asko and Sotka

Helsinki Area, Finland

Responsibility of Silmäasema’s product and service mix in optical retail and eyehealthcare segments, responsibility of digital business, customer service, marketing, category management and supply chain. Strong focus on sales, profitability and customer experience.Leading the team of 23 persons: Marketing team, Customer Service team, Digital Services team and Category Managent team. Member of the Management team.Key achievements:- doubling the sales volume in optical retail between 2012 – 2017- developing, planning and implementing a commercial growth strategy- change management: from expert organisation to a sales driven organisation- being responsible and developing Silmäasema’s digital transformation- focusing on restructuring and upgrading people’s competencies and skills - developing Silmäasema's unique business model enabling cross-selling of services and products

Helsinki

Responsibility of Silmäasema's category management and supply chain functions including assortment, pricing, space management and product marketing in optical retail. Leading the team of 6 persons. Member of the Management team.Key achievements: - developing, planning and implementing a commercial growth strategy- building up value chain to meet customer needs- planning and implementing a new supply chain system- reorganizing purchasing functions from local to centralized decision making - developing product and service product mix from supply driven to demand driven category management model

At Nursery Leave - Looking For New Job

Expertise in supply chain, category management and process development both in retail and wholesale.

Responsibility of Tiimari Retail’s supply chain functions and category management. Main responsibilities: category, product and pricing strategy, efficient material flow and managing the purchasing team. Leading the team of 37 persons. Member of the Management team. Tiimari was Finnish retail chain with 160 shops selling stationary, arts and cratfts, home decoration and party items. Turnover of Tiimari was 62 million € in 2011. Tiimari Oyj went bankrupt in 2013.

Responsibility of company's purchasing department and carriage contracts. Turnover of Tamore Oy was 36 meur in 2004. Main duties: responsibility of efficient material flow, category and product strategy and managing the purchasing team (8 persons).

Developing and consulting customers’ procurement and purchasing processes. Project management, developing e-business and logistics. Coordinating data flow integrations between customers and suppliers.

Product, contract and supplier management, e-business project management, developing e-business and logistics, team leading.

Master Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: AIESEC, Ylioppilasteatteri RamppiMajor Subject: International Marketing Subsidiary Subjects: International.

Exchange Program, Asian Trade And Culture

Erasmus Exchange Program

Activities and Societies: Europäisches Bildungs u. Studienwerke

Education record

Master'S Degree, International Marketing