Katri Mikkola

Experienced Planning, Purchasing, Material Management and Compliance Specialist with experience in Planning, Purchasing & Supply, Materials Management, Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance, Quality Control and Quality & Environmental Management systems. Areas of expertise include Purchasing, Warehouse and Project Management, SAP and ERP, Planning, Problem Solving, Materials, Supply, Quality Control, and Regulatory Compliance. Personal strengths include continuous improvement, problem solving skills, and networking and collaboration skills.

PURCHASER at WALKI CONSUMER OY (2023-12 – 2026-01)

Raw material purchasing for flexible packaging materials manufacturing

• Managing a portfolio of over 1000 material codes from over 20 suppliers
• Member of management team

SECONDARY PACKAGING MATERIAL SPECIALIST at BAYER OY (2023-03 – 2023-10)

Job alteration leave substitute. Plant Process Technology Engineer responsible for managing the secondary packaging materials and processes to improve quality and productivity as a local SME at Supply Center Turku. Responsible for development and optimization of GMP-compliant packaging concepts and supporting test runs as a member of the global Packaging Development team.

• Quickly adapted to new field of industry
• Utilized previous work experience from the fields of Data Integrity, Product Line Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Management

LOGISTICS, 3RD PARTY COORDINATOR at EXXONMOBIL FINLAND OY AB (2019-06 – 2022-11)

3rd party warehouse operation and 3P assessment management, TUKES compliance support, stock level, dead stock and shelf life management, complaint handling, coordination of reconciliation, stock count and customs clearance process of imported products

• Improved shelf life management process and identification and monitoring of slow movers

PRODUCTION PLANNING, DEPLOYMENT PLANNER at EXXONMOBIL FINLAND OY AB (2013-09 – 2019-05)

Planned finished products replenishments for two warehouses, planned raw material replenishments, managed inventory and optimized inventory planning settings

• Created cost savings by finding root causes behind shelf life expiration cases

LABORATORY PROJECT LEAD at EXXONMOBIL FINLAND OY AB (2010-03 – 2013-08)

Planned and executed Quality control laboratory relocation to temporary off-site location. Designed laboratory extension.

LABORATORY SUPERVISOR / QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER, FINLAND at EXXONMOBIL FINLAND OY AB (2002-01 – 2010-02)

Managed Quality Control Laboratory operations, maintained product formulations and managed batch testing and release process. 6-8 subordinates

QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER at MOBIL OIL OY AB (1999-06 – 2001-12)

PRODUCT TECHNICAL COORDINATOR at MOBIL OIL OY AB (1996-04 – 1999-05)

Chemical Engineering, Technical Chemistry – Åbo Akademi University

Environmental, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering – University of Kansas

Professional Teacher Education – TAMK