Experience

Orkla Suomi
• Supply Chain Director

  • May 2019 - Present


Meira Oy

• Finland
• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production and Logistics Director

  • Jan 2015 - May 2019

  Responsible for Supply Chain and all Operations at the two factories, Coffee Factory and Spice Factory for Meira Oy. Member of the Company Management Team with 8 direct reports and an organization of 120 employees. Responsible for operational and investment budget covering production, maintenance, quality, product development, logistics and purchasing. Chairman for the Safety Committee. Merging to factory organizations, working strongly with continuous improvement and Lean principles.

• Factory and Logistics Director

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

  Responsible for all operations at the Coffee Factory and Logistics department for Meira Oy. Member of the Company Management Team with 7 direct reports and an organization of 75 employees.

• Factory Director

  • Dec 2012 - Sep 2013

  Responsible for all operations at the Coffee Factory. Member of the Company Management Team with 6 direct reports and an organization of 50 employees.



Suomen Nestle Oy

• Factory Manager

  • Jul 2007 - Dec 2012

  Heading the site (factory and distribution centre) with 140 employees producing for domestic market and exporting 50% of production volume to more than10 different countries. Responsible for the factory budget (operational- and investment budget). Chairman for the Factory Management Team and member of the company steering committee for Finland. Participated as member of Nestle Group Audit in other factories with focus on Asset Management and Safety. During this period the factory has… Show more Heading the site (factory and distribution centre) with 140 employees producing for domestic market and exporting 50% of production volume to more than10 different countries. Responsible for the factory budget (operational- and investment budget). Chairman for the Factory Management Team and member of the company steering committee for Finland. Participated as member of Nestle Group Audit in other factories with focus on Asset Management and Safety. During this period the factory has significantly reduced the customer complaints and the quality defects. Implemented the Food Safety Standard (ISO 22.000), the Environmental Standard (ISO 14.001) and the Occupational Health and Safety Standard (OHSAS 18.001). The Injury rate has decreased and the amount of unfulfilled orders has decreased while the production volume has increased more than 20%.

• Factory Technical Manager

  • Mar 2007 - Jul 2007

  Head of technical department. Responsible for site maintenance and handling of investment projects. Active member of the Factory Management Team in Turku factory. Responsible for Development of Site Safety and Security. Consultant for the GLOBe (SAP) implementation in Turenki ice cream factory.

• Project Engineer

  • Nov 2005 - Feb 2007

  Member of the SAP Globe implementation team for the Nordic Market in the Technical & Production stream. Implementing the GLOBe System (SAP) to the Nordic factories (Turku, Hamar and Helsingborg). Main responsibility in Asset and Maintenance Management.



JohnsonDiversey

• United Kingdom
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing

• Technical manager

  • 1998 - Oct 2005

  (2002-11/2005) Head of Technical Department including Technical Customer Service in Finland. Responsible for technical projects at customer sites and internal projects. Company Safety Officer and Chairman of the Safety Board. Responsible for implementing SAP system to Technical Customer Service Department. Member of the Technical Network Group within JohnsonDiversey for the Europe – Middle-East – Africa region. (2000-2002) Head of Technical Department and Maintenance Department. Responsible… Show more (2002-11/2005) Head of Technical Department including Technical Customer Service in Finland. Responsible for technical projects at customer sites and internal projects. Company Safety Officer and Chairman of the Safety Board. Responsible for implementing SAP system to Technical Customer Service Department. Member of the Technical Network Group within JohnsonDiversey for the Europe – Middle-East – Africa region. (2000-2002) Head of Technical Department and Maintenance Department. Responsible for the maintenance budget and investment projects for the detergent factory in Turku. Technical Consultant for the factory in Denmark. Member of the Auditing Team for ISO 9000 and ISO 14001. Member of the Safety Board. Active member of the team handling the closing of the detergent factory in Turku 2002. (6/1998-2000) Process Engineer Start-up of the new automation system Unix/PLC for the liquids mixing and packing process. Developing of the production processes. Adapting new formulations for the production processes. Show less (2002-11/2005) Head of Technical Department including Technical Customer Service in Finland. Responsible for technical projects at customer sites and internal projects. Company Safety Officer and Chairman of the Safety Board. Responsible for implementing SAP system to Technical Customer Service Department. Member of the Technical Network Group within JohnsonDiversey for the Europe – Middle-East – Africa region. (2000-2002) Head of Technical Department and Maintenance Department. Responsible… Show more (2002-11/2005) Head of Technical Department including Technical Customer Service in Finland. Responsible for technical projects at customer sites and internal projects. Company Safety Officer and Chairman of the Safety Board. Responsible for implementing SAP system to Technical Customer Service Department. Member of the Technical Network Group within JohnsonDiversey for the Europe – Middle-East – Africa region. (2000-2002) Head of Technical Department and Maintenance Department. Responsible for the maintenance budget and investment projects for the detergent factory in Turku. Technical Consultant for the factory in Denmark. Member of the Auditing Team for ISO 9000 and ISO 14001. Member of the Safety Board. Active member of the team handling the closing of the detergent factory in Turku 2002. (6/1998-2000) Process Engineer Start-up of the new automation system Unix/PLC for the liquids mixing and packing process. Developing of the production processes. Adapting new formulations for the production processes. Show less



Fundia Dalwire OyAb, Rautaruuki Group

• Project Manager

  • Jan 1996 - Jun 1998

  (1997-6/1998) Responsible for the Production Planning and Environmental Affairs. Project Leader for the development of the ISO 14001 system. Member of an International Product Development team. (1996-1997) Graduate work/trainee. Building and implementing a simulation program for the production process for optimization of the production planning. Building and implementing a production database to support the production planning. (1997-6/1998) Responsible for the Production Planning and Environmental Affairs. Project Leader for the development of the ISO 14001 system. Member of an International Product Development team. (1996-1997) Graduate work/trainee. Building and implementing a simulation program for the production process for optimization of the production planning. Building and implementing a production database to support the production planning.