Olli Syrjälä

• Managing strategic projects related to procurement and internationalization of Foodello, Fiksuruoka.
• Projects include, for example, the creation of our own private label lane, 'F-products,' which consists of products made from food production sidestreams.

• Recruiting and leading a team of 6 procurement specialists and 2 merchandisers, main focus on scaling product range with surplus batches.

• Started as a category manager in Finland for pet food, confectionery, pantry, and sports and health categories.
• Since 2021, Market entry responsible - Procurement.
• Responsible for opening supplier relations and preparing procurement operations in new markets (Netherlands and Belgium).

• Assistant in five different courses in the Department of Industrial Management.

• As a trainee, my responsibility was to handle order lines and contact suppliers from all over Europe.

• Yrityspäivät is the largest networking and recruitment event targeted to university students in Finland
• I worked as a member of the event organizing group.

Master's thesis on hold since start of the full-time work in Fiksuruoka-Foodello 2020

Major: Production and Supply Chain Management
Minor: Software Engineering, German (optional)

Erasmus studies in Munich for summer semester 2019

Major: Industrial Engineering
Minor: Production Systems and Networks
Bachelor's thesis: Improving consumer food choice factors with Supply Chain Management.