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Jón Óskar Hinriksson

Jón Óskar Hinriksson

Gothenburg

Summary

Personal profile: I´m self-motivated and I aspire to motivate others. I´m experienced in project management and leadership roles. I´m an eager learner and numbers come easy to me. I have been fortunate to work in different roles which have enabled me to grow both as an individual, employee and as supervisor. I´m very ambitious, proactive, reliable, and diligent. I have proven to work well under pressure, and I have good communication skills which help me to get along with my co-workers as well as external customers, building strong a long-lasting relationship.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Head of Supply

01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Chain Hetero Europe s.l
  • Primary point of contact for existing customers throughout Europe and various manufacturing sites in India
  • Order management and fulfilment
  • Provided supervision, training and performance management to department personnel
  • Budgeted effectively and making sure that financial objectives are achieved
  • Led negotiations of service contracts such as shipping, warehousing and EU-testing
  • Supported continual improvement projects for the group to increase efficiency and provide better services
  • Provided recommendations to upper management to resolve issues related to quality, timelines and budget
  • Handling customers´ complaints
  • Collaborated closely with other departments to reach company objectives.

Head of Customer

01.2010 - 01.2015
  • Teva)
  • Managed to reduce the air shipments from 50% of all shipments down to 10% by air within 2 years - rest by sea
  • Responsible for a team of 10 employees to support all aspects of the department’s operations such as packing materials, the master production records, business and launch co-ordination
  • Maintained strong relationships with both own brand and third-party clients
  • Overseeing the complete order process including issuance of invoices and pack lists
  • Managed export activities to own brand customers
  • Budgeting and follow up
  • Engaged in continual improvement projects with heavy emphasis on lean philosophy
  • Led cross-functional teams and drove successful alliance management to ensure seamless handover where the businesses overlapped.

Business Manager Brammer plc

01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Accountable for the overall business operations in Iceland
  • Revenues tripled during my tenure
  • Set up the warehouse at Alcoa site in Reydarfjordur (Iceland)
  • Alcoa Fjardaal was the second largest account after British Nuclear Group for the Brammer
  • Group at the time
  • Responsible for 12 employees.

Project Manager

Medis
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • Led launch projects across multiple complex supply chains
  • Developed and implemented logistics and distribution strategies to support production, EU- release and distribution, when Medis started working with an Indian CMO for the first time
  • Aligned closely with global manufacturing sites, internal stakeholders and customers
  • Managed teams of direct reports as well as cross functional teams in matrix organisations
  • Key role in successful new product launches through the years for B2B customers, ensuring first to market position for them
  • Improved processes for order handling and dealing with third party suppliers
  • Worked on product transfers to balance the workload between manufacturing sites.

Managing Director

Rymi ehf
01.1999 - 01.2004
  • Turned the business around from a loss-making business to profit making during my tenure
  • Focusing on improving margins, better prices from suppliers, increasing sales price, finding optimal order size/frequency and reducing cost
  • Issued new marketing materials and website, strengthening the company’s position among key players on the market
  • Streamlined the business model, achieved higher turnover and increased the service level at the same time
  • Responsible for 12 people.

Managing Director

TD
01.2017
  • Williams & Halls ehf
  • Responsible for the overall business: o Human Resource
  • O Financial plans and forecasting
  • O Financing and overseeing communications with our lenders
  • O Business Development and supplies from CMOs
  • O Pricing
  • O Supply related matters
  • O Turnover has tripled since I joined the company 6 years ago
  • Implemented the new corporate identity and overall strategy
  • Single-handedly set up and maintain the unique serialization system from a-z for the company which has been mandatory in Europe since February 2019.

Education

M.Sc. - Management

University of Bifrost
01.2014 - 01.2015

B.Sc. - Logistics

University of Reykjavik
01.1997 - 01.2000

Economics

Menntaskólinn við Sund
01.1989 - 01.1993

Skills

Microsoft Office – experienced userundefined

Accomplishments

  • Chairman for Vikingur handball club in Reykjavik 2012-2015
  • Played handball in my younger years and trained younger kids
  • University of Reykjavík, diploma, How to run small and medium size companies
  • 2010
  • Dale Carnegie, general seminar 2000
  • Dale Carnegie, sales seminar
  • 2001, Dale Carnegie, assistant to a teacher for general seminar
  • 2003
  • Bonus supermarket – worked there while at school and on holidays from 1990 to1997
  • Assistance Shop Manager
  • Built my own home (house) from the ground up 2004-2005
  • Hobbies:
  • Travelling and outdoor living
  • Carpentry etc
  • Weightlifting, running etc
  • Social work.

Timeline

Managing Director

TD
01.2017

Head of Supply

01.2015 - 01.2017

M.Sc. - Management

University of Bifrost
01.2014 - 01.2015

Head of Customer

01.2010 - 01.2015

Business Manager Brammer plc

01.2008 - 01.2010

Project Manager

Medis
01.2005 - 01.2008

Managing Director

Rymi ehf
01.1999 - 01.2004

B.Sc. - Logistics

University of Reykjavik
01.1997 - 01.2000

Economics

Menntaskólinn við Sund
01.1989 - 01.1993

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