“Paula has an exceptionally wide and practical experience and understanding on business processes and interactions between business, people and IT. She is a committed leader full of energy to reach the agreed goals together with her team.”
Special skills
ERP projects from project initiation to planning, implementation and deployment, roll-outs as well as later system upgrades.
End-to-End business process development and management, Supply chain management and development
Business changes and transformations in various situations; mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, outsourcing reflected in systems, processes and organization
Leadership and management
Program and project management
Organizational change management and leadership
Communication and presentation skills
Well-thought-of speaker in events
Strengths
Execution oriented; leads projects and people systematically and with proven results; practical mindset, feet on ground, hands on work, integrity
Analytical mindset; ability to see the big picture, identify interactions and dependencies between business areas, IT and people
People skills; working easy with different organization levels and stakeholder groups; leading through challenging changes, persistent when needed, flexible where needed.
Strong communication and change management skills
Relevant experience
Over 15 years of experience in process development and business and IT project management, e.g.
Global ERP upgrade and ERP Rollouts to India and China for an industrial engineering company:
Implementation of Carlsberg global business transformation program BSP1 at Sinebrychoff
Integration of Sinebrychoff IT into Carlsberg solutions and services
Supply Chain Process Development Director at Tikkurila Oy
Demand Supply Planning Director at Tikkurila Oy
Project Lead for Supply Chain in Nestlé GLOBe SAP implementation at Nestlé Finland frozen and non-frozen business units
Project Lead for Order-to-Cash in Valiojäätelö M&A to Nestlé
Education
Master of Arts (Russian, German, Pedagogics), Helsinki University, Finland (2000)
Certified in Process Management
Certified SAFe 4.0 Agilist
•HHJ (Hyväksytty Hallitus Jäsen) i.e., CBM (Certified Board Member)
