Experience

Pro Growth Consulting Oy

• Finland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • 2022 - Present

  Pro Growth Consulting helps growth-oriented companies to succeed, to build new business and to create new jobs in Finland. We are an educator, trainer, management consultant, and advisor. My job is to make a clear vision of what to concentrate and what to close outside, when customer companies start profitable growth with their business operations. I help companies to identify their goals, develop strategies, and guide their path towards successful execution. I am the lead… Show more Pro Growth Consulting helps growth-oriented companies to succeed, to build new business and to create new jobs in Finland. We are an educator, trainer, management consultant, and advisor. My job is to make a clear vision of what to concentrate and what to close outside, when customer companies start profitable growth with their business operations. I help companies to identify their goals, develop strategies, and guide their path towards successful execution. I am the lead trainer at the Further Vocational Qualification in Entrepreneurship –degree program at Business College Helsinki. I am also teaching sales management and business operations at other programs My tasks among others include to help companies to grow: - Increasing sales - Growing their business - Internationalization - Customer Relationship Management Please do not hesitate to contact me, if you and your company want to grow. We are here to help you with that. Show less Pro Growth Consulting helps growth-oriented companies to succeed, to build new business and to create new jobs in Finland. We are an educator, trainer, management consultant, and advisor. My job is to make a clear vision of what to concentrate and what to close outside, when customer companies start profitable growth with their business operations. I help companies to identify their goals, develop strategies, and guide their path towards successful execution. I am the lead… Show more Pro Growth Consulting helps growth-oriented companies to succeed, to build new business and to create new jobs in Finland. We are an educator, trainer, management consultant, and advisor. My job is to make a clear vision of what to concentrate and what to close outside, when customer companies start profitable growth with their business operations. I help companies to identify their goals, develop strategies, and guide their path towards successful execution. I am the lead trainer at the Further Vocational Qualification in Entrepreneurship –degree program at Business College Helsinki. I am also teaching sales management and business operations at other programs My tasks among others include to help companies to grow: - Increasing sales - Growing their business - Internationalization - Customer Relationship Management Please do not hesitate to contact me, if you and your company want to grow. We are here to help you with that. Show less



EXIM Service Europe Oy

• Finland
• Business Consulting and Services

• Director, Chairman, CEO, Category Director, Senior Consultant

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  Worked as a Senior Consultant with Moderna Försäkringar / Tryg Affinity from 01/2015 to 08/2020. I was responsible for the insurance activities in Finland. My task was to seek new customers from the market and develop the business with existing customers. Reporting to Sweden and Denmark. The cooperation was brought to an end August 2020 due to a new Nordic market strategy from Moderna / Tryg management. EXIM Service Europe Oy´s mission is to provide a variety of dynamic… Show more Worked as a Senior Consultant with Moderna Försäkringar / Tryg Affinity from 01/2015 to 08/2020. I was responsible for the insurance activities in Finland. My task was to seek new customers from the market and develop the business with existing customers. Reporting to Sweden and Denmark. The cooperation was brought to an end August 2020 due to a new Nordic market strategy from Moderna / Tryg management. EXIM Service Europe Oy´s mission is to provide a variety of dynamic services in the export / import industry. EXIM Service Europe Oy also provides services like CEO as a Service, Sales Director as a Service, VP of Sales / Business Management as a Service, Sales Process Training, Analyzing and Planning, Retail & Wholesale Consulting and other interim positions needed. EXIM Logistics has handled FTL road transportation east, south, west and north in Europe. EXIM Travels has organized travel excursions on request. Mainly to small groups (5 - 30 people) going to see Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga football, Formula 1 or staying at certain private vacation site with various activities. Cango & Rinaldi Nordic was exclusive distributor in Nordic Countries importing Italian handmade Cango & Rinaldi premium categoty leather goods which are decorated with Swarovski crystals during 2012 - 2016. Managed the category of Cango & Rinaldi products . Our selection included shoes, bags, mobile phone cases and all kinds of jewelries. CangoRinaldi.fi was selling products online. Achievements: In 2013 CangoRinaldi.fi online store´s whole year bounce rate was 4.98 % on new customers. Half of people in Finland has seen Cango & Rinaldi products on TV during London 2012 Olympics’ Studio, Sport News and on 2012 Independency Day reception at the President´s palace. Show less Worked as a Senior Consultant with Moderna Försäkringar / Tryg Affinity from 01/2015 to 08/2020. I was responsible for the insurance activities in Finland. My task was to seek new customers from the market and develop the business with existing customers. Reporting to Sweden and Denmark. The cooperation was brought to an end August 2020 due to a new Nordic market strategy from Moderna / Tryg management. EXIM Service Europe Oy´s mission is to provide a variety of dynamic… Show more Worked as a Senior Consultant with Moderna Försäkringar / Tryg Affinity from 01/2015 to 08/2020. I was responsible for the insurance activities in Finland. My task was to seek new customers from the market and develop the business with existing customers. Reporting to Sweden and Denmark. The cooperation was brought to an end August 2020 due to a new Nordic market strategy from Moderna / Tryg management. EXIM Service Europe Oy´s mission is to provide a variety of dynamic services in the export / import industry. EXIM Service Europe Oy also provides services like CEO as a Service, Sales Director as a Service, VP of Sales / Business Management as a Service, Sales Process Training, Analyzing and Planning, Retail & Wholesale Consulting and other interim positions needed. EXIM Logistics has handled FTL road transportation east, south, west and north in Europe. EXIM Travels has organized travel excursions on request. Mainly to small groups (5 - 30 people) going to see Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga football, Formula 1 or staying at certain private vacation site with various activities. Cango & Rinaldi Nordic was exclusive distributor in Nordic Countries importing Italian handmade Cango & Rinaldi premium categoty leather goods which are decorated with Swarovski crystals during 2012 - 2016. Managed the category of Cango & Rinaldi products . Our selection included shoes, bags, mobile phone cases and all kinds of jewelries. CangoRinaldi.fi was selling products online. Achievements: In 2013 CangoRinaldi.fi online store´s whole year bounce rate was 4.98 % on new customers. Half of people in Finland has seen Cango & Rinaldi products on TV during London 2012 Olympics’ Studio, Sport News and on 2012 Independency Day reception at the President´s palace. Show less



Louhos Digital

• Finland
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2021 - Jun 2023



Atea Finance Oy

• Finland
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Manager

  • 2021 - Aug 2022

  My role as a Sales Manager was to provide financial and lifecycle solutions to existing and new public and private sector customers. I was developing new sales and marketing models to support the sale of Atea and Atea Finance services. Atea Finance Oy is a finance company owned by Atea Finland Oy, whose mission is to acquire and strengthen Atea's customer relationships by providing innovative and competitive financial services to Atea's customers. Atea Finance Oy works closely… Show more My role as a Sales Manager was to provide financial and lifecycle solutions to existing and new public and private sector customers. I was developing new sales and marketing models to support the sale of Atea and Atea Finance services. Atea Finance Oy is a finance company owned by Atea Finland Oy, whose mission is to acquire and strengthen Atea's customer relationships by providing innovative and competitive financial services to Atea's customers. Atea Finance Oy works closely with Atea's sales and offering development at both the national and Nordic levels. Show less My role as a Sales Manager was to provide financial and lifecycle solutions to existing and new public and private sector customers. I was developing new sales and marketing models to support the sale of Atea and Atea Finance services. Atea Finance Oy is a finance company owned by Atea Finland Oy, whose mission is to acquire and strengthen Atea's customer relationships by providing innovative and competitive financial services to Atea's customers. Atea Finance Oy works closely… Show more My role as a Sales Manager was to provide financial and lifecycle solutions to existing and new public and private sector customers. I was developing new sales and marketing models to support the sale of Atea and Atea Finance services. Atea Finance Oy is a finance company owned by Atea Finland Oy, whose mission is to acquire and strengthen Atea's customer relationships by providing innovative and competitive financial services to Atea's customers. Atea Finance Oy works closely with Atea's sales and offering development at both the national and Nordic levels. Show less



Family

• Helsinki Area, Finland

• Blogger on Private Housing Project

  • 2018 - 2022

  I started a blog about our project to build a house in Helsinki, Finland. Blog is in Finnish. I had several partners for this project with different kind of cooperations. The actual blog can be found from www.ekaraksaprojekti.fi #EkaRaksaprojekti - https://www.instagram.com/ekaraksaprojekti/ - https://www.facebook.com/ekaraksaprojekti/ - https://twitter.com/raksaprojekti - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZv-HI99Ysh3qu57uy9O5g I started a blog about our project to build a house in Helsinki, Finland. Blog is in Finnish. I had several partners for this project with different kind of cooperations. The actual blog can be found from www.ekaraksaprojekti.fi #EkaRaksaprojekti - https://www.instagram.com/ekaraksaprojekti/ - https://www.facebook.com/ekaraksaprojekti/ - https://twitter.com/raksaprojekti - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZv-HI99Ysh3qu57uy9O5g



Zeffi

• Finland
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Manager

  • 2021 - 2021

  Zeffi is helping companies to succeed with surveys. It is a modern survey tool that let’s you build delightful surveys, share them instantly, and analyze easily with patented AI methods. Join our 5000+ users who have already collect over 150 million responses. 96.5% of our users recommend Zeffi. Zeffi is helping companies to succeed with surveys. It is a modern survey tool that let’s you build delightful surveys, share them instantly, and analyze easily with patented AI methods. Join our 5000+ users who have already collect over 150 million responses. 96.5% of our users recommend Zeffi.



Suomen PK-Luotto Oy

• Finland
• Financial Services

• Founder - Chairman of Board - Partner - Director

  • 2015 - 2019

  Suomen PK-Luotto Oy was a Finnish financial services provider. Suomen PK-Luotto Oy offered short-term unsecured loan to Finnish SMEs. The product, SME Credit is an unsecured loan that is a fast and reliable solution for SME's acute loan needs. We offered 1 – 10 K € loans for 1 – 12 months with personal guarantees. We gave over 1 M € worth B2B-loans making profitable business. My role was in the planning the business from scratch, productization, go to market, making start up look… Show more Suomen PK-Luotto Oy was a Finnish financial services provider. Suomen PK-Luotto Oy offered short-term unsecured loan to Finnish SMEs. The product, SME Credit is an unsecured loan that is a fast and reliable solution for SME's acute loan needs. We offered 1 – 10 K € loans for 1 – 12 months with personal guarantees. We gave over 1 M € worth B2B-loans making profitable business. My role was in the planning the business from scratch, productization, go to market, making start up look bigger it was, implementation, raising capital and then making the decision to end the business. I had overall P&L responsibility from the planning to the very end. Show less Suomen PK-Luotto Oy was a Finnish financial services provider. Suomen PK-Luotto Oy offered short-term unsecured loan to Finnish SMEs. The product, SME Credit is an unsecured loan that is a fast and reliable solution for SME's acute loan needs. We offered 1 – 10 K € loans for 1 – 12 months with personal guarantees. We gave over 1 M € worth B2B-loans making profitable business. My role was in the planning the business from scratch, productization, go to market, making start up look… Show more Suomen PK-Luotto Oy was a Finnish financial services provider. Suomen PK-Luotto Oy offered short-term unsecured loan to Finnish SMEs. The product, SME Credit is an unsecured loan that is a fast and reliable solution for SME's acute loan needs. We offered 1 – 10 K € loans for 1 – 12 months with personal guarantees. We gave over 1 M € worth B2B-loans making profitable business. My role was in the planning the business from scratch, productization, go to market, making start up look bigger it was, implementation, raising capital and then making the decision to end the business. I had overall P&L responsibility from the planning to the very end. Show less



OTM Games

• Finland
• Computer Games

• Director, Chairman, CEO, Managing Director

  • 2015 - 2018

  Start-up exploring as OTM Games was planning the new best Fantasy Sports game series. We aimed to start with NHL and move forward with other sports. I was responsible for everything. I had overall P&L responsibility from the planning to the very end. #AreYouOnTheMove??? #RUOTM??? www.otmgames.com https://www.facebook.com/OTMGames https://instagram.com/OTM_Games https://twitter.com/OTM_Games https://www.linkedin.com/company/otm-games Start-up exploring as OTM Games was planning the new best Fantasy Sports game series. We aimed to start with NHL and move forward with other sports. I was responsible for everything. I had overall P&L responsibility from the planning to the very end. #AreYouOnTheMove??? #RUOTM??? www.otmgames.com https://www.facebook.com/OTMGames https://instagram.com/OTM_Games https://twitter.com/OTM_Games https://www.linkedin.com/company/otm-games



Storage IT Oy

• Finland
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Channel Sales Manager

  • 2014 - 2015

  I was responsible for Storage IT Oy´s sales channels following and implementing ways to sell our products to their B2B customers. I was category manager of cloud products, managing portfolio for our resellers and commercializing actions. Followed and implemented ways to sell. Adjusted the portfolio to be suitable for our sales channels was important part of my work. #CategoryManagement #Pricing #Cloud #CloudServices #CloudServer #SalesManagement #B2B During my work I attended the… Show more I was responsible for Storage IT Oy´s sales channels following and implementing ways to sell our products to their B2B customers. I was category manager of cloud products, managing portfolio for our resellers and commercializing actions. Followed and implemented ways to sell. Adjusted the portfolio to be suitable for our sales channels was important part of my work. #CategoryManagement #Pricing #Cloud #CloudServices #CloudServer #SalesManagement #B2B During my work I attended the 'Business Talent Asia 2014 FEC' Program, which was organized by the TalentGate and supervised by Finnish Labour Office. It was a fixed 7-month training program which continued until I was hired elsewhere. Achievements: Created a tool for resellers to calculate an offer to every kind of customer for cloud server or cloud drive service in 13 seconds. Made the services understandable for non-IT people for example by designing a video advertisement and boosted the sales. Show less I was responsible for Storage IT Oy´s sales channels following and implementing ways to sell our products to their B2B customers. I was category manager of cloud products, managing portfolio for our resellers and commercializing actions. Followed and implemented ways to sell. Adjusted the portfolio to be suitable for our sales channels was important part of my work. #CategoryManagement #Pricing #Cloud #CloudServices #CloudServer #SalesManagement #B2B During my work I attended the… Show more I was responsible for Storage IT Oy´s sales channels following and implementing ways to sell our products to their B2B customers. I was category manager of cloud products, managing portfolio for our resellers and commercializing actions. Followed and implemented ways to sell. Adjusted the portfolio to be suitable for our sales channels was important part of my work. #CategoryManagement #Pricing #Cloud #CloudServices #CloudServer #SalesManagement #B2B During my work I attended the 'Business Talent Asia 2014 FEC' Program, which was organized by the TalentGate and supervised by Finnish Labour Office. It was a fixed 7-month training program which continued until I was hired elsewhere. Achievements: Created a tool for resellers to calculate an offer to every kind of customer for cloud server or cloud drive service in 13 seconds. Made the services understandable for non-IT people for example by designing a video advertisement and boosted the sales. Show less



Infratek

• Norway
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Key Account Manager

  • 2013 - 2014

  I was responsible for signed accounts and my task was to sell all sorts of security services (for example cctv, intrusion and access control also with work time control), loss prevention, customer calculation and heat / stop mapping services to retail and industrial customers. My tasks also included to develop the sales and to build the partner network in Finland. Employment was terminated due to financial and production reasons 3 weeks before the whole BU was sold to a new owner. I was responsible for signed accounts and my task was to sell all sorts of security services (for example cctv, intrusion and access control also with work time control), loss prevention, customer calculation and heat / stop mapping services to retail and industrial customers. My tasks also included to develop the sales and to build the partner network in Finland. Employment was terminated due to financial and production reasons 3 weeks before the whole BU was sold to a new owner.



Telia

• Sweden
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Group Manager

  • 2011 - 2013

  My responsibility was to manage and to develop the Sonera Shop-in-Shop concept as well as reach goals on new subscriptions, retention and customer loyalty with mobile phone and broadband subscriptions. I had overall P&L responsibility for the whole channel. I worked closely together with other sales channels to achieve set targets. Also I worked in close co-operation with company´s Offering and Product Management in developing One-Company approach and solutions. We introduced TeleFinland… Show more My responsibility was to manage and to develop the Sonera Shop-in-Shop concept as well as reach goals on new subscriptions, retention and customer loyalty with mobile phone and broadband subscriptions. I had overall P&L responsibility for the whole channel. I worked closely together with other sales channels to achieve set targets. Also I worked in close co-operation with company´s Offering and Product Management in developing One-Company approach and solutions. We introduced TeleFinland as SiS´s other brand while we continued to sell Sonera brand subscriptions as well. Achievements: We changed our channel´s sales process during first three months. We started systematically follow who had sold what with-in each customer profile group. Renewed, upgraded and increased our mobile device selection and doubled or tripled 3 of the most followed KPIs with-in 6 months. We were able to raise the total sales with almost a quarter compared the previous year although we closed almost half of our Shop in Shops during Q2. We dropped cost price of new subscription sales significantly and improved the efficiency very much. Channel was on pace to double the new subscription sales in 2013 vs. new subscription sales in 2011. Show less My responsibility was to manage and to develop the Sonera Shop-in-Shop concept as well as reach goals on new subscriptions, retention and customer loyalty with mobile phone and broadband subscriptions. I had overall P&L responsibility for the whole channel. I worked closely together with other sales channels to achieve set targets. Also I worked in close co-operation with company´s Offering and Product Management in developing One-Company approach and solutions. We introduced TeleFinland… Show more My responsibility was to manage and to develop the Sonera Shop-in-Shop concept as well as reach goals on new subscriptions, retention and customer loyalty with mobile phone and broadband subscriptions. I had overall P&L responsibility for the whole channel. I worked closely together with other sales channels to achieve set targets. Also I worked in close co-operation with company´s Offering and Product Management in developing One-Company approach and solutions. We introduced TeleFinland as SiS´s other brand while we continued to sell Sonera brand subscriptions as well. Achievements: We changed our channel´s sales process during first three months. We started systematically follow who had sold what with-in each customer profile group. Renewed, upgraded and increased our mobile device selection and doubled or tripled 3 of the most followed KPIs with-in 6 months. We were able to raise the total sales with almost a quarter compared the previous year although we closed almost half of our Shop in Shops during Q2. We dropped cost price of new subscription sales significantly and improved the efficiency very much. Channel was on pace to double the new subscription sales in 2013 vs. new subscription sales in 2011. Show less



Elkjøp Nordic AS (part of Currys plc)

• Norway
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Nordic Buyer Vision / Entertainment

  • 2010 - 2011

  Temporary maternity leave substitute. Buying small TVs (<32”), digital set-top boxes and projectors for Nordic market (Elkjøp and Lefdal Norway, Elgiganten Sweden and Denmark, Gigantti Finland, PC City internet-shop Sweden, Markantalo internet-shop Finland) and buying DVD-movies to Finnish market. When being responsible of a category the tasks included among other things purchasing the goods to our central warehouse and selling them to our chains in Nordics, following the stock turn,… Show more Temporary maternity leave substitute. Buying small TVs (<32”), digital set-top boxes and projectors for Nordic market (Elkjøp and Lefdal Norway, Elgiganten Sweden and Denmark, Gigantti Finland, PC City internet-shop Sweden, Markantalo internet-shop Finland) and buying DVD-movies to Finnish market. When being responsible of a category the tasks included among other things purchasing the goods to our central warehouse and selling them to our chains in Nordics, following the stock turn, creating product codes to different systems, spreading information about products and the strategy with them in our Intranet, pricing the goods, planning and executing sales campaigns in Nordic countries, seeking deals and negotiating better prices and terms, controlling the sell-out –prices from our central warehouse, planning the range for each chain and different size stores. With DVD-movies my tasks included controlling the whole process including price negotiations, agreeing suppliers´ marketing contributions, planning and making sales campaigns, choosing the range for stores. Working languages were Norwegian, Swedish, English and Finnish. Achievements: I was part of team of three people who bought almost 1 million TVs to the Nordic market. At best in Finland we had over 40 % market share in January 2011. Show less Temporary maternity leave substitute. Buying small TVs (<32”), digital set-top boxes and projectors for Nordic market (Elkjøp and Lefdal Norway, Elgiganten Sweden and Denmark, Gigantti Finland, PC City internet-shop Sweden, Markantalo internet-shop Finland) and buying DVD-movies to Finnish market. When being responsible of a category the tasks included among other things purchasing the goods to our central warehouse and selling them to our chains in Nordics, following the stock turn,… Show more Temporary maternity leave substitute. Buying small TVs (<32”), digital set-top boxes and projectors for Nordic market (Elkjøp and Lefdal Norway, Elgiganten Sweden and Denmark, Gigantti Finland, PC City internet-shop Sweden, Markantalo internet-shop Finland) and buying DVD-movies to Finnish market. When being responsible of a category the tasks included among other things purchasing the goods to our central warehouse and selling them to our chains in Nordics, following the stock turn, creating product codes to different systems, spreading information about products and the strategy with them in our Intranet, pricing the goods, planning and executing sales campaigns in Nordic countries, seeking deals and negotiating better prices and terms, controlling the sell-out –prices from our central warehouse, planning the range for each chain and different size stores. With DVD-movies my tasks included controlling the whole process including price negotiations, agreeing suppliers´ marketing contributions, planning and making sales campaigns, choosing the range for stores. Working languages were Norwegian, Swedish, English and Finnish. Achievements: I was part of team of three people who bought almost 1 million TVs to the Nordic market. At best in Finland we had over 40 % market share in January 2011. Show less



Dixons Carphone

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Services Manager - Finland

  • 2007 - 2010

  I was responsible for Gigantti´s (18 own stores + 16 franchise stores) and Markantalo´s (23 stores) product insurance and credit category in Finland. Tasks included among other things following and improving finance and product insurance sales, training the sales people, planning and activating sales campaigns, co-operation with insurance and finance providers and negotiating yearly contracts with them, yearly budgeting process and then reaching and topping the targets during fiscal year. I was… Show more I was responsible for Gigantti´s (18 own stores + 16 franchise stores) and Markantalo´s (23 stores) product insurance and credit category in Finland. Tasks included among other things following and improving finance and product insurance sales, training the sales people, planning and activating sales campaigns, co-operation with insurance and finance providers and negotiating yearly contracts with them, yearly budgeting process and then reaching and topping the targets during fiscal year. I was a trainer in every sales and product training held in Finland for sales people, department and store managers as well as to other supervisors. I also participated in many Nordic trainings held around Nordic countries. Achievements: I changed the culture of selling product insurance and finance in Finland. During my first year (05/2006 – 04/2007) I challenged the existing KPI and changed it in Finland. Rest of the Nordics followed as I was to teach my more experienced colleagues and superiors how we work. We beat the always growing budgets each year no-matter one year we closed down Markantalo. With 2 x two hour trainings we were able to quintuple Finland´s biggest mixed retail store´s computing insurance turnover SOB. In November 2009 same store had 5 year TV-insurance as Brown goods department’s most sold single product when measured in units. Show less I was responsible for Gigantti´s (18 own stores + 16 franchise stores) and Markantalo´s (23 stores) product insurance and credit category in Finland. Tasks included among other things following and improving finance and product insurance sales, training the sales people, planning and activating sales campaigns, co-operation with insurance and finance providers and negotiating yearly contracts with them, yearly budgeting process and then reaching and topping the targets during fiscal year. I was… Show more I was responsible for Gigantti´s (18 own stores + 16 franchise stores) and Markantalo´s (23 stores) product insurance and credit category in Finland. Tasks included among other things following and improving finance and product insurance sales, training the sales people, planning and activating sales campaigns, co-operation with insurance and finance providers and negotiating yearly contracts with them, yearly budgeting process and then reaching and topping the targets during fiscal year. I was a trainer in every sales and product training held in Finland for sales people, department and store managers as well as to other supervisors. I also participated in many Nordic trainings held around Nordic countries. Achievements: I changed the culture of selling product insurance and finance in Finland. During my first year (05/2006 – 04/2007) I challenged the existing KPI and changed it in Finland. Rest of the Nordics followed as I was to teach my more experienced colleagues and superiors how we work. We beat the always growing budgets each year no-matter one year we closed down Markantalo. With 2 x two hour trainings we were able to quintuple Finland´s biggest mixed retail store´s computing insurance turnover SOB. In November 2009 same store had 5 year TV-insurance as Brown goods department’s most sold single product when measured in units. Show less



Gigantti Oy

• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sales Support

  • 2006 - 2007

  Responsibilities and tasks were the same as in Financial Services Manager job except I was only in charge for Gigantti and I also had responsibility for all the accessory sales.

• Department Manager

  • 2003 - 2006

  I was responsible for Brown Goods (TVs, home-theaters, MP3-players, etc.) sales in Gigantti Jyväskylä. I had staff responsibility and I was a member of store leader group. As one of three Finns I participated in International Trainee Program 2004 – 2005 – program which was held European wide by DSG International plc and Elkjøp Group. Achievements: I was accepted into the International Trainee Program as 1 of the only three who were not store managers or sales managers. I lead my… Show more I was responsible for Brown Goods (TVs, home-theaters, MP3-players, etc.) sales in Gigantti Jyväskylä. I had staff responsibility and I was a member of store leader group. As one of three Finns I participated in International Trainee Program 2004 – 2005 – program which was held European wide by DSG International plc and Elkjøp Group. Achievements: I was accepted into the International Trainee Program as 1 of the only three who were not store managers or sales managers. I lead my department making the second most profit in the most important season although we were only number eight in turnover ranking due to operating in lot smaller region. With these actions changed the culture of selling accessories and other add-ons in whole Finland. We also changed the culture for pricing the goods in store.

• Salesman

  • 2000 - 2003

  As a salesman I covered for department manager when needed and selling goods in Brown Goods department. It includes TVs, stereos and hifi systems, DVD-players, MP3-players, VCRs and accessories belonging to these products. Achievements: As a salesman I was store´s best salesman, among other things I reached 7 digit sales as the first salesman ever in Jyväskylä and was making the most profit at the same time.



GWS Pikval Oy

• Vaajakoski, Finland

• Dispatch department worker

  • 2000 - 2000

  Responsible for collecting orders and shipping them to customers abroad, working at the factory in Vaajakoski, Finland Responsible for collecting orders and shipping them to customers abroad, working at the factory in Vaajakoski, Finland



The Coca-Cola Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Merchandiser

  • 2000 - 2000

  Responsible for ordering soft drinks to stores (small stores to hypermarkets) and keeping the department in good order, arranging promotions, working in Jyväskylä region. This was a fixed term summer job. Responsible for ordering soft drinks to stores (small stores to hypermarkets) and keeping the department in good order, arranging promotions, working in Jyväskylä region. This was a fixed term summer job.



Yle

• Finland
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporter

  • 1999 - 1999

  Reporting once a week to Yleisradio´s radio station called RadioMafia (now YleX) about university life in Ohio, USA. This was a contract work for fixed period. Reporting once a week to Yleisradio´s radio station called RadioMafia (now YleX) about university life in Ohio, USA. This was a contract work for fixed period.



Kuljetusliike Taipale Oy

• Jyväskylä, Finland

• Delivery truck driver

  • 1999 - 1999

  Responsible for delivering all kinds of goods (0,1 - 3000 kg) in Jyväskylä region. Responsible for delivering all kinds of goods (0,1 - 3000 kg) in Jyväskylä region.