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Heikki Saarela

Store Manager

42years • Hämeenlinna

Summary

I'm experienced retail business professional. During my long career, I have learned a lot about finance, team-working, business development and leadership. I'm social and hard-working person with good sense of humor and I'm always willing to learn something new. My mission is to be a result- and development-oriented employer who creates value and long-lasting results for the company. I am used to work with crucial KPI's as well as develop business by analyzing the sales and trends. I have recently graduated as a Bachelor of Business Administration from Häme University of Applied Sciences.

Skills

marketingAccount ManagementProcurementAccountingBusiness DevelopmentShopper ActivationBrand ActivationRetail ActivationcrmSales And Pricing StrategySellingSocial SellingTeam Leadinge-commercePresentationsMS-ExcelMS-WordMS-PowerPointPower BiGoogle AdwordsSAP FIsharepointMailchimpWordpressMagentoAdobe Indesign

Experiences

Accounting and Marketing Intern

09-2016 - 03-2017 Working as an intern in Häme University of Applied Sciences. Work included different projects in business development, marketing and accounting. Building schedules for projects, having negotiations with partners and executing plans. My tasks included following themes: - Assistant teacher in accounting courses - Business Development - Project management - Marketing - Negotiations

Store Manager

08-2012 - 08-2017 SalesWorking as a store manager in the medium-size grocery store. Work included leading, making retail and shopper activation, developing the business in all levels and negotiating with stakeholders. Yearly turnover development was between 5-10 %. I participated in several pilot projects which developed logistics and order systems. My tasks included following themes: - Procurement - Marketing - Business development - Leading - Brand, retail and shopper activation - Sales and Pricing strategy

Sales Department Manager

11-2007 - 08-2012 SalesWorking as a salesperson and sales department manager in the grocery store. Work included sales, retail activation, customizing food departments and developing own entrepreneurship skills. Different departments developed actively with trend, season and sale changes. My tasks included following themes: - Sales - Department development - Procurement - Marketing - Entrepreneurship studies - Retail activation

Education & training

Hamk Häme University Of Applied Sciences

2015 - 2017 Hämeenlinna, Hämeenlinnan seutukuntaAccounting / Management control, Marketing, Sales, Corporate governance, Accounting / Management control

K-Institute

2009 - 2010 Vantaa, Finland, VantaaSales, Corporate governance, MarketingEntrepreneurship studies for Kesko Group.

My soft skills

Innovative
Enterprising
Analytical
Communicating

Languages spoken

  • Finnish

    Native language

  • English

    Professional

  • German

    Intermediate

  • Swedish

    Professional

Extra-professional Experiences

Part of the board and in charge of the fan merchandise

The Finnish National Team Supporters' Association
02-2016 - 02-2018

Working for The Finnish National Team Supporters' Association as a volunteer since February 2016. Taking part of the board meetings and selling fan merchandise in the Finnish National Team football matches and online store. Websales have grown over 100 % on the second year of my responsibility. Sales have developed through marketing efforts in Social media and Mailchimp. My main responsibilities were: - Marketing - Sales - Business development - Social media - Pricing strategy

My dreams

After graduating

My dream is to move abroad and work there. I would love to find a vacancy from Central-Europe.

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