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I am working as a Sales Coordinator for Getinge, a global Medtech company founded in Sweden. I am mainly responsible for Cardiovascular- and Critical Care Products. My tasks include Order Management, Billing, Logistics Support, Pricing and Customer Service for both Official- and Private Healthcare Providers in Finland using SAP as well as other External- and Internal Softwares. I also provide Sales Support for the Sales Team and help to Coordinate the Activities of the Service Team. Additionally I am in a supportive role in the Sap upgrade project that Getinge Finland started in May 2023. My tasks includes e g. Cleansing and Modifying the Customer Master Data in Sap as well as checking that Customer Prices are transferred correctly to the upgraded Sap version

Upfield, currently known as Flora Food Group, was one of the largest start-ups globally and I was originally hired to work with Sales Support and Pricing for the Finnish and Baltic Professional Customers. I worked as a Sales Support and Pricing Specialist for Upfields Retail Customers in Finland and the Baltic Countries. My tasks included setting up and change Prices and Discounts; Processing, Analysing and Calculating Rebates; as well as setting up Condition Contracts and Trade Promotions. I also helpied to set up Secondary Sales Management Tools and Trade Promotions Tools for Upfields Nordic Markets. From my professional achievements can be named that I was nominated as the Nordic Performer at Upfield in Q2 2021 due to the fact that I have helped to reduce the workload of the Finance Team because of my SAP Skills and my diversified professional skills.About Upfield: Upfield is a global company owning multiple brands of margarine and other food spreads, including Flora, Blue Band, Stork, Becel, Country Crock and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!. It is the largest plant-based consumer packaged goods company in the world, operating in 95 countries. Upfield was spun off from Unilever in 2018. Upfield was renamed to Flora Food Group in September 2024. More information about Upfield can be found on www.florafoodgroup.com

I was originally hired to work as a maternity leave replacement to work 50% for Chep and 50% for Ifco (a sister company of Chep) with Customer Service for the Finnish subsidiaries at both Chep and Ifco. Shortly afterwards, I was made a permanent employee at Chep, which meant working 100% of my working time for Chep. After that I worked at CHEPs Finnish Subsidiary and I was responsible of Sales- and Logistics Support, Customer Service, Order Management and Financial Administration. I also assisted with Contract Negotiations, Procurement, Office Administration, Project Management and I was Account Manager for the minor accounts at Chep Finland. During my time at Chep, the number of customers grew approximately 300% and for example in 2017 and 2018 the Net Promoter Score was 60% Promoters and 40% Neutrals for the Customer Service, which is extremely good achievement considering also the fact that the number of staff remained the same and at some point we had less staff compared to previous years. Furthermore, I successfully helped to improve some Customer Service and Accounts Payable procedures that improved our way of working. Additionally, I was responsible of several successful projects such as organising a large kick-off for Chep Nordics as well as I organised the office move and wrote several manuals for the Customer Service Team. About CHEP: CHEP is a company dealing in pallet and container pooling services, serving customers in a range of industrial and retail supply chains. It is a subsidiary of Brambles. CHEP has operations in 45 countries and employs approximately 7,500 people. More information about CHEP can be found on www.chep.com

I was hired to work for the Financial Service Centre in Prague. When I started at Regus, Regus transferred some of the Financial activities from the local offices to the Financial Service Centre in Prague. I attended a work shadowing and helped to set up the Nordic organisation in the Prague Financial Service Centre. At Regus I was responsible for the Billing, Contract Management and Cash Collection for the Nordic, German, Irish and the Baltic Corporate Clients. About Regus: IWG, formerly known as Regus, is the leading global workspace provider. IWG was founded in 1989 and they employ more than 10.000 persons. More information about IWG and Regus can be found on https://www.iwgplc.com/OurCompanies

I provided 1st level IT support for IBMs Nordic Corporate Clients.About IBM: IBM is an American multinational technology company. IBM was founded in 1911 and has operations in more than 170 countries and has over 350.000 employees. More information about IBM can be found on www.ibm.com

I was hired to work in the newly established Shared Service Center in Prague, when SAP transferred some of their Financial tasks from the local offices to the SSC in Prague. I received a training to my job during a 2-month long work shadowing at SAP Finland. My responsibilities included Administration of Vendor Invoices, Payments, Vendor Maintenance, Asset Administration and Closing Procedures for SAPs Nordic customers. I also analyzed SAPs organizational ability to meet the SLAs and provided suggestions to improve processes. About SAP: SAP is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP was founded in 1972 and has regional offices in 180 countries. The company has over 425,000 customers globally and they have over 100.000 employees globally. More information about SAP can be found on www.sap.com

I worked at Apples European HQ and I was responsible for Order Management-, Logistics- and Sales Support for Apples Nordic Resellers and Retailers. About Apple: Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. Apple was founded in 1976 and their workforce is over 137.000 employees. More information about Apple can be found on www.apple.com

I was responsible for Order Management, Supply Chain and Export Duties for Tellabs customers in South- and North America. The Annual value of the Americas orders were over 50 million euros and the average value per order was approximately 1 million euros. I successfully helped to reduce the number of complaints and product returns from the Americas to the warehouse based in Espoo, Finland.About Tellabs: Tellabs, founded in 1974, is a global network technology provider providing services to both private and governmental agencies. In 2013, Marlin Equity merged Coriant and Tellabs, which operated as Coriant. Coriant was acquired by Infinera in 2018. More information can be found on https://www.infinera.com/about-infinera

I was hired to work for Nikes European Headquarters in the Amsterdam area with Order Management and Sales Support for Nikes Finnish Corporate Customers when Nike changed their ERP system to SAP for a temporary 6 month contract. I received a formal SAP Training at Nike. About Nike: Nike is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. As of 2020, it employed more than 75,400 people worldwide. More information about Nike can be found on www.nike.com

I was responsible for Customer- and Sales Support for Swedish private persons and sales staff.About ACN: ACN is the world's largest direct seller of telecommunications-, energy- and essential services for home and business. As of 2019, the company reported that it operates in 24 countries. More information about ACN can be found on https://acn.com/us-en/company

My task was to organize speakers and the program for international commercial conferences. During my time at Marcus Evans, I organised a conference about Intelligent Homes, that had a turnover of more than 1 million SEK. I was based in Marcus Evans offices in Stockholm and Copenhagen.About Marcus Evans Group: Marcus Evans Group was founded in 1983, has over 3000 employees and has 59 offices globally. The group produces global business events, summits and conferences. More information about Marcus Evans Group can be found on http://www.marcusevans.com/