Harri Saari

Background

About Harri Saari

I am energetic and inspiring leader loaded with strong natural born winning and competitive mind set. I have proven track record of success in diverse businesses including both domestic companies and international companies with matrix organizations. I adapt myself easily to new situations/ businesses. I process quickly complex business environments and build easily the big picture of the business including strategic guidelines and focus areas. As a practical hands on type of a person I convert smoothly the strategic framework into tangible KPI's and concrete actions across the organization. I smoothly utilize different market, customer, category and consumer insights in leading the daily business and capitalizing new potential ideas & concepts to inspire customers and add value to mutual business. I smoothly navigate across different functions inspiring and encouraging to work united towards common goals. I love to challenge and contribute the business. My internal flame is really burning when selling and presenting new ideas, concepts and solutions to convince people about the superiority of the solution I can offer to solve the challenge. I lead the daily business through my positive, sales driven and target oriented personality straight and consistently empowering and committing the organization to work as a one. I perceive quickly the areas for improvement and implement determinedly the needed changes by utilizing my change management and transformational leadership skills. I have a solid track record of making a step change in the business and get people involved and committed to make the change. Winning and success motivates me to continuously improve the performance and take challenges. I am inspired by challenges where I can in dynamic atmosphere utilize my analytic and structured approach to business to contribute the strategy, lead the execution with P/ L accountability and feed my passion to sell solutions, influence and convince people through open social interaction and genuine customer dialogue. Key areas to highlight my expertise are winning & competitive mind set, change management, sustainable growth, communication, inspiring leadership, team building & motivating, engaging organisation, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Business, P/ L accountability, international business, retail, Food Service, business strategy, channel strategy, customer strategy, portfolio strategy (brand extensions and line extensions), CRM, SOP, Innovations.