As a store manager I currently lead two medium-sized store units as a representative of the employer. S-Market chain's business idea, strategy and chain operations as well as the values of HOK-Elanto act as the framework and guidelines for the work of the store manager on the daily basis.The store manager is responsible for sales, results and the development of store KPIs, like product loss, availability, personnel costs, customer satisfaction and service quality metrics. Additionally, staff planning, assortment development and responding to customer feedback are some of the weekly key tasks the store manager looks after.Finally, the store manager closely follows the local competitive landscape and reports possible changes further to top management, as well as ensures the realization of brand and tactical marketing procedures within the local store environment.

Assistant store manager operates as a deputy to the store manager, and advances their work in achieving the result targets set for the store. S-Market chain's business idea, strategy and chain operations as well as the values of HOK-Elanto act as the framework and guidelines for the work of an assistant manager on the daily basis.The primary responsibilities for the assistant store manager are to ensure information flow throughout the store's team and encourage them towards open and interactive teamwork. Additionally, the main task is to manage the daily work and operations within the store in collaboration with the store manager.Finally, the assistant store manager's responsibility is to ensure and maintain grocery product safety and quality standards throughout the supply chain from the suppliers to the customers.

S-trainee is S-group's own trainee program, which aims to build its participants towards challenging specialist or management positions. The program includes a personally tailored progression and career development plan, based on the individual's own interests and competences.Knowledge and expertise is constructed through continuous rotation periods within S-group's various businesses and support functions, paired with coaching and consulting from the company's top management and industry professionals.My trainee program focuses on retail business, whereas it emphasizes on the S-market chain's store operations and business functions.

My position kicked off with leading the re-branding project from the former brand "Bailataan.fi" to the current "Kide.app". Afterwards, I was responsible for the company's marketing function, while also building collaboration and developing processes with our sales team.My main tasks were wrapped around planning and executing our marketing strategy. This meant increasing the awareness and consideration of our brand in our selected customer segment, and creating inbound leads by SEM, SEO & content marketing. I played a key-role in organizing several events for our clients and potential leads - by planning and designing the concepts and running the marketing actions to attract attendees. In addition, I was responsible for managing our marketing communications and advertising in the selected channels - and of the business development on the advertising aspect of our platform. The advertising business model which I developed for the company, yielded respectful corporate customers, like Mobilepay, Jokerit, Linnanmäki and Lähitapiola. Numberwise - during my time in Treanglo, the company almost tripled its turnover.

Lovira Oy was a 2018 founded, Finnish start-up company, that imported and sold health and well-being products in the Scandinavia area. We started out with the vision of bringing a more convenient and suitable solution to the modern working environment, constantly changing rhythm of life and the well-known (especially in the Nordics) seasonal affective disorder. We tackled these issues by introducing the award-winning AYO light therapy glasses in Finland. After three years of operating, we mutually decided to sell the business.

In this position I got my very first touch-points with the business of Management Consulting. I was fortunate to work under the coaching and supervision of a marketing specialist and visionary, Tero Puranen.What my job consisted of; booking customer meetings, customer acquisiton, market intelligence and search engine marketing for our own account but also for our customers'. I attended one of the company's core-product-courses, called Ammattimarkkinoijakurssi (informal translation: professional marketer course), which I highly recommend to every amateur or professional marketer, who is interested in making money with the means of marketing.

For a brief time, this project-minded position granted me the opportunity to advance my skills and knowledge in Search engine marketing, focused on Google. My main tasks were optimizing campaigns, adgroups, ads and keywords for customers' accounts, aiming to reach improved performance in the search engine. I was also responsible for providing monthly result-reports for my account-owners.

As you might expect, also I started off as a casheer, which I learned to master in 9 months. After that, for a year, the e-commerce service of groceries, called KauppaKassi, offered me challenges and an opportunities to gain insights on the fiercely growing business area.In the beginning of 2014 my interests began to focus on the Sports section and the variety of products there. I was given the opportunity to get a transfer which I gladly accepted. During the last years as a salesman at the Sports section I have significantly increased my knowledge on the products related to sports and furthermore developed my sales skills and understood the essentials in customer service.

At first I took part planning the company's marketing strategy for the following years. After, I was responsible for planning and producing the service's marketing materials' content. I played a big role with our channels in the social media and I took part in sales and the processes related to it. I attended our customers' events and aimed to develop the existing - and build new customerships. Before moving on towards new challenges, I created a marketing plan for the next employees to get started with.

During my four-month internship, my task was to plan and execute the foundation process of an e-commerce for the company. From platform providers to logistic aspects and from transaction services to product descriptions, the process resulted a functional and ready e-commerce (launched in August 2015 and still operating http://www.ktinteriorstore.fi/).