Aino Saari

Experience

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  Finnish Tax Administration / Helsinki Area Tax Office

  May 2010 - Sept 2010

  Tax Clerk

  Handling individual taxpayers’ tax returns and giving guidance on Personal Income Tax.

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  Finnish Tax Administration / Helsinki Area Tax Office

  May 2011 - Sept 2011

  Assistant Senior Tax Clerk

  Handling large shareholders’ tax returns. Taxation of capital gains and losses from shares, real estate and other property. International taxation of salaries, pensions and capital gains.

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  Finnish Tax Administration / Helsinki Area Tax Office

  May 2012 - Sept 2012

  Senior Tax Clerk

  Taxation of self-employed business owners. Giving guidance on Personal Income Tax and Investment Income Tax. Managing companies’ VAT registration and preliminary taxation registration.

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  Finnish Tax Administration / Uusimaa Corporate Tax Office

  May 2013 - Sept 2013

  Senior Tax Clerk

  Handling limited companies’ tax returns and monitoring financial statements for compliance with tax requirements. Giving guidance to corporate taxpayers on Business Income Tax.

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  Finnish Tax Administration / Uusimaa Corporate Tax Office

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  Senior Tax Clerk

  Handling corporate taxpayers’ tax returns and giving guidance on Business Income Tax. Providing assistance to taxpayers on clarification of tax practices and application of tax laws. Helping companies understand their tax obligations and encouraging voluntary compliance. Providing legal expertise to internal and external stakeholders. I was also responsible for marketing and promoting a new web program to existing clients.

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  Freelance

  May 2014 - Dec 2015

  SEO Consultant

  Helping website owners generate traffic, improve rankings and make their websites more profitable. Creating, editing and arranging content for websites.

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  Unilever

  May 2016 - now

  The Responsible Business team is part of Business Integrity within the Legal Function.- Responsible for leading strategic projects in areas of Human Rights / Responsible Business.- Creating a positive social and environmental impact through responsible business practices and ethical leadership.- Supporting the development and implementation of the RPP (Responsible Partner Policy) compliance programme as a global coverage model, including mergers and acquisitions and all Unilever group companies in the global markets.- Global subject matter expert in Human Rights, Labour Standards, Health & Safety, Business Ethics and Environment, with matters relating to Responsible Business.- Compliance and risk management (e.g. factory audits, supplier screening).- Leading and supporting mitigation of most critical SMETA audit findings directly with suppliers. Show less - Responsible for leading and driving strategic programs in Europe, Middle East and Africa Procurement organization, in close partnership with Procurement Leadership team.- Partnering several Finance and Procurement teams across portfolio and categories as well as interacting with Supply Chain leadership as appropriate in order to ensure the delivery of overall Procurement Targets and Materials Financial targets.- Keeping procurement teams in line with the long-term procurement vision.- Develop, support and lead necessary strategic improvement programs within Procurement. Show less Responsible for procurement and portfolio management of repacking services for the European market across all business categories (home care, personal care, food, refreshments).- Effectively managing significant spending.- Cost model management.- Nominated business owner of internal repacking application. - Providing training for internal and external stakeholders.- Analyzing and identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements and cost reductions.- Working in cross-functional teams to realize organizational mission and goals.- Supplier performance improvement (tools, process and delivery).- Vendor base realignment.- Contract drafting, negotiation and compliance. Show less

  • Responsible Business Assistant Manager – Global – Business Integrity

    Jul 2021 - now

  • Strategic Program Assistant Manager - EMEA

    Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Procurement Specialist - Repack Services Europe

    Nov 2017 - Jun 2020

  • Marketing Procurement Officer, Marketing & Business Services

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

  • Pricing Specialist, Sales & Reconciliation

    May 2016 - Jun 2017