MY WORK: BUSINESS SUPPORT MANAGER
Epiroc’s greatest asset is our employees. We take pride in offering them an outlet for their creativity in order to provide the best possible value to our customers.
Gustaf Höök Andreas Hylthén
“I love all international contacts” Lena Andersson likes working internationally and seeing the clear results of her work. As Global Business Support Manager, the whole world is her workplace, and she leads a team that plays a key role when the Surface division does business.
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had already worked with interour rigs are shipped out in the world. national contacts when I started Another important task is ensuring at Atlas Copco 22 years ago. Still, that we are trade compliant – for inthe change of jobs was a big thing, stance, with respect to sanctions – and because I moved to a big compareviewing contracts to minimize the ny with long traditions. I started risk for the company. off as Marketing Assistant and eventually also became Area A TYPICAL WORK DAY involves many meetings, and I often work late due to Manager for France and Spain. About ten years ago, I became team leader LENA the different time zones. It’s a matter of being structured and understandand then head of Global Business Sup- ANDERSSON Age: 60 port in the division. The team consists Job: ing cultural differences, but I love all Global Business Support of eleven people – most of whom are Manager, Örebro international contacts and using my based in Sweden, but we are also pres- Joined the company: 1998 language skills. And it’s fantastic seeing one’s co-workers grow and become ent in India, China, Japan and France. Best part of the job: “Working internationally. I like feeling that proactive – and be able to help Epiroc And we act as a link between Epiroc’s I am part of the world” drive home important orders. global sales organization and our various product companies. When I am not working, I spend In practice, responsibility for the Forecast-to- time with family and friends or spend time in my cotdelivery process entails: being in close contact with tage close to Örebro. I find working in the garden, takCustomer Centers around the world, gathering prog- ing long walks in the woods and fishing to be peaceful. noses for production planning, responding to deliv- Just like reading books. And I like to travel, especially ery times, handling orders and, of course, making sure to big cities. Contrasts make life more fun.”
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Mining & Construction | No. 02 | 2020
