Virpi Manninen

Experience

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  Smartech Oy/Synopsys Finland Oy

  Feb 1998 - Jul 2002

  Administrative Assistant

  I started as a secretary in Smartech Oy. After acquisition in 1999 the company name changed to Synopsys Finland Oy and my title changed to Admisintrative Assistant. Main job was to be assistant for General Manager and take care of assistant services for ~40 persons. Job included overall office maintenance, support and administrative tasks like:• Travel arrangements, purchasing, co-ordination of events• Employee functions and benefits related matters• Internal communications (intranet etc.)The first one and half years the tasks included also invoicing, making payments and working with outsourced accounting services. Daily work included also communication with the mother company in the US and the other sites worldwide. I also run the employee satisfaction survey once a year (development, analysis and follow up of activities). I also gained experience in acquisition process and merger of two companies. My main achievements in this postion: well established assistant role, tasks and ways of working. Keeping up the good spirit and nice working environment by taking care of assigned tasks, arranging well organized parties and serving all with positive attitude. Show less

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  Nokia

  Aug 2002 - Apr 2014

  In Solutions Manager role in Care Content Management I continued the support video work as a video domain owner, being the key contact for video related matters, concentrating on operational development and building stronger co-operation with vendors and internal stakeholders like regional Care teams and Nokia Design. I also worked with digital marketing, social media and online publishing teams.The main tasks were: • operational development• concept development with offering management• co-operation with stakeholders (internal and external) • solving problems and supporting operative project teamAchievment in the area of support videos: Nokia support video concept and process – got the new concept deployed and operations running in “business as usual” mode, got the most challenging production related problems solved and developed a production cycle for operations together with the internal team and video vendor.Latest responsibility area at Nokia Oyj since October 2013 was in project management domain and the tasks as Solution Manager have included e.g. process development and maintenance (process owner) as well as development of ways of working and the role of Project Manager together with operative line managers. Show less From 2008 till spring 2012 I managed user guidance documentation projects, delivering content for printed user guides found in the product sales packages, to in-device user guide/application, as well as for online support channels providing self-help for consumers. Main achievement as Project Manager for Nokia services (e.g. Maps, Music, Store, Ovi services at that time) – created and developed user guidance project management process and ways of working for services area in the time when all service product programs were not so well organized and it was a bit of a challenge to cater user guidance documentation for different stakeholders.Since April 2012 my responsibility area was consumer support video creation and delivering consumer support videos to YouTube channel. Nokia took a new support video concept in use during 2012 and my role was to take care of concept deployment to operative work. The job had two streams: project management and concept and process development. Project management tasks included: • leading the project team• scheduling content creation and localization • budget planning, resource and requirement management• project progress follow-up, risk managementDevelopment tasks included: • concept development with the vendors and Nokia Design• developing processes, ways of working, guidelines • communication with different stake holders, internal and external Show less The position in Operational Excellence team consisted of the following main responsibilities: • Managing Nokia Research Center (NRC) project reporting (~ 100 projects/programs)• Tool support for reporting tool users (Program and Project Managers and Team Leaders, Unit Heads)• Development of project/scorecard reporting tools and processes for NRC including user support and training tasksI also had a role as SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) facilitator and managed NRC internal controls activities. Tasks included e.g. instructing Controllers to use the new internal controls tools.Main achievements during the years 2007 and 2008 at Nokia Research Center are related to scorecard reporting – project reporting section development and deployment: creating instructions, training users to use new tools and managing user support so that it was possible to get reliable, up-to-date and high quality information to support management decisions etc. Another achiement being in the area of Nokia Research Center internal controls – renewal of SOX testing and reporting process and ensuring process deployment into the organization by training the controller team to use the tools and processes in their work. Show less The position in NRC Operations & Development team consisted of the following main responsibilities: • Managing NRC project reporting (~ 100 projects/programs)• Tool support for reporting tool users (Program and Project Managers and Team Leaders)• Development and deployment of new project/scorecard reporting tools and processes for NRC including:o user instructions creation o training for program/project managers and team leaders globally (training tour/hands-on training in spring 2007: Finland, Germany, China, Japan, USA and online training sessions in autumn 2007) Show less

  • Solutions Manager

    Feb 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Project Manager

    Oct 2008 - Jan 2013

  • Sr. Business Analyst, Reporting&Int.Controls

    Apr 2008 - Sept 2008

  • Specialist, Portfolio Operations

    Jan 2007 - Mar 2008

  • Research Controller / Business Analyst, Business Control

    Jul 2004 - Dec 2006

  • Senior Assistant

    Aug 2002 - Jun 2004
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  Microsoft

  Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

  Solutions Manager

  Continue to work in project management domain and in addition in the field of quality management.

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  Digipalvelutoimisto Tremedia

  Aug 2015 - now

  https://www.tremedia.fi/Business development and strategic planning - based on Lean thinking and idea of continuous improvementManaging and developing a portfolio of accounts- relations management & communication, support for customer service- sales and contract management, providing cost estimates & analysis- planning, scheduling and ensuring project delivery and results, aiming at the best possible qualityProject operations management- requirement management, project planning, work allocation and resourcing- project steering and support for project teams, follow-up, risk managementMember of management team- management coaching- providing data and business analysis to support and guide decision making - recruitment process owner, management and coordination of recruitment process Show less Development of project management practices, processes and tools > introducing LEAN thinking, continuous improvement and tools to improve daily work. Project operations management- requirement management, project planning, work allocation and resourcing- project steering and support for project teams, follow-up, risk managementMember of management team- management coaching- providing data and business analysis to support and guide decision making - recruitment process owner, management and coordination of recruitment process Show less

  • Key Account Manager

    Oct 2017 - now

  • Project Manager & Business Analyst

    Aug 2015 - Sept 2017
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  ELIXIA Finland

  Sept 2018 - now

  Grouptraining Instructor

  LesMill's BodyCombat instructor, Pilates Instructor, Barre Instructor, Strength and Cardio Training Instructor

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  Virpi valmentaa

  Aug 2023 - now

  Wellness Coach

  Wellness coaching services for groups and individuals, private and business customers.