”Mika is a collaborative, result-driven leader with global operational and development experience, strategic thinking skills and excellent capability to integrate operations, IT processes and business performance.”
Special skills
Leadership and general management
Communication and influencing•Strategic thinking and planning
Networking and stakeholder management
Transformation and change management
Operations Management and Operational Excellence
Logical and transparent decision-making
Leading with example
Strengths
Capability for helicopter view and strategic thinking.
Recognized theoretical and practical leadership in operations.
Experience from business transformations, e.g. delivery chain re-engineering and ramp-ups/ramp-downs/relocations globally, outsourcing/insourcing/offshoring of operations.
Experience also from projects in emerging countries.
Understanding how to integrate processes with sophisticated IT in different environments but with global harmonization.
Relevant experience
Extensive leadership experience from industrial operations and development in a listed, globally operating market leader company, as well as in a mid-size, highly valued, and successful fast-growing company.
Experience in leading the change in multiple international production or distribution ramp-ups/ramp-downs/ relocations, IT/OT/SCM/warehouse process implementations, sustainability and contingency developments.
Education
Master of Science (Industrial Management), Helsinki University of Technology
MBA modules of ”Global Strategy”, ”Strategic Foresight”, “Finance” and “Analytics and Data Strategies” in the Aalto Executive Education
Several Executive training modules in IMD (Lausanne), Columbia Business School (NY) and London Business School (London)
Certified Board Member, Chamber of Commerce, Finland
