Pentti Puhakka Email & Phone Number

Experienced executive director with proven restructuring capabilities looking new challenges. Most of my experience (30 years) has been working for major, international corporations, always with a tie to business development, customer focus, production, engineering, sourcing and leadership. Several senior level positions, which give me a strong business and process understanding. I have both strategic capacity as well as pragmatism and ability to work “hands-on” when needed. I’m very keen on Industrial 4.0 and improve productivity to using new technologies like robots and automated production lines. Anyway, the most important part of my business role is helping people to growth to the next level.Experienced change leader with proven track record to execute strategy and business goals and set a clear objective and vision for an organization. Achievements:-Turning a company with sliding sales, low margin, no funds and bad spirit to world class competence and high quality supply center with happy people and healthy profit.-Leading Global Manufacturing Strategy work- From traditional to team model (lead time -50%)- Productivity +10%/a, payback times <3 years- Leading in several business-critical turn-around projects (integrate factories and businesses, outsourcing non-strategy products/components => fixed cost -50%, improving profit, better quality and shorter lead time)-improving customer and employee satisfaction (annual measurement)Key words: #Executive #director, #Business #operational #management #development#Business #oriented #mindset with good understanding of financials and KPI’s-#Mentoring #coaching-Establishing partnership networks#Business #case and pay pack calculations validation and approvals#Manufacturing #technologies-Process and quality management#MES #Lean (5S, continues improving, one piece flow…)#Industrial 4.0 (#robotics, #Cobots, #AGV, #automated production lines)+358 40 551 0380puppena2010@gmail.com

Listed skills include Manufacturing, Leadership, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, and 19 others.

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  Lappeenrannan Teknillinen Yliopisto / Lappeenranta University Of Technology

  Mechanical Engineering