Rakennuskartio is the affiliated company within Lehto Group which build apartments in growth and provincials centres throughout Finland, but at the time I was recruited they weren’t present in Turku. Therefor my task was to establish an office for Lehto Group in Turku and main responsibilities to govern it, track down and develop plots and buildings possible for housing areas.This position demanded very good communication skills and abilities to “read the game” during prolonged negotiations between the company, authorities and private sellers on the market.

Koivukoski is the affiliated company within Lehto Group which build business premises.As a marketing manager the biggest task was to make the strategical decision on how to implement the Swedish market – this was made by evaluating different options, both economically and strategically, comparing two totally different markets. Now afterwards I’m happy to say that the decision we made seems to be the right one and their business is today blooming.This was a short stint and ended when Lehto Group wanted me to take bigger responsibilities within Rakennuskartio.

In 2012 the company had grown so big that we recruited a purchaser for Finland and I could focus more on the stores (interior and outlook) and expanding the network. The responsibility was still very comprehensive and since the Byggmax-concept has very specific needs for the store-layouts, the only solution was to build them up from scratch - i.e. find empty plots, negotiate with the owner (private or municipality), superintend the construction of the store, and implementing concept layouts.This period resulted in the opening of Oulu (September 2012) and Espoo, Kangasala and Seinäjoki (all in June 2013). In March 2014 we opened in Pirkkala.In November 2014 we begun implementing the "Byggmax 2.0"-concept in Finland - this included a total face-lift for all the stores, including a massive product expanding and total reconstruction of the interior.Vantaa and Vaasa was the first two stores, and since they worked out so well my team converted Turku, Lahti, Raisio, Jyväskylä, Porvoo, Oulu and Pori during winter and spring 2015. This was a very hectic period that pressed the ability of working with multi-tasking to the limits - fun but very demanding.

In 2011 Byggmax expanded rapidly in Finland opening four new stores; Porvoo in February, Pori in March, Raisio on April and in Vantaa in July. My responsibility was comprehensive; everything from contracts negotiations (empty plot or existing building) and building up the stores, to recruiting managers and sellers.At the same time we worked very close with the purchase-department to expand and get the product assortment in shape.

As a Regional Manager I was responsible for the day-to-day business at all of the Byggmax stores in Finland - including operational costs, selling and recruiting.I was also involved in negotiating two new contracts, which resulted in opening stores in Lahti (April 2010) and Jyväskylä (June 2010). At these build-up's I worked as a Team Coordinator for the Establishment Team from Sweden.

I was recruited as a Store Manager for the first Byggmax-store we opened in Finland (February 2008).At the time of signing up with Byggmax my main responsibility was the day-to-day business at the store (recruiting staff, customer service), but it quickly turned out to be more complex. During my first years I got involved in (among other things) product assortment, marketing, publicity issues and opening up the second Byggmax store in Vaasa in April 2009.

As a project leader my main responsibility was coordinating different product development-processes between the polytechnic, their students and involved companies. I also lectured in logistical and product development classes.

As a R&D engineer I was mainly working with developing different rear lights for the automotive industry; everything from sketching new ideas to doing testing on prototypes (electrical and construction).