Export Coordinator Marjaana Maunumäki, who has worked at Best-Hall for 10 years, is inspired by the international nature of her work. As her career has evolved, her job description has changed, and she will soon face new challenges as her job description expands even further into international offer calculation and sales.
Marjaana Maunumäki, who works in exports at Best-Hall, will be facing new opportunities in the autumn when her parental leave substitution in rough-cut capacity planning comes to an end and her job description becomes focused solely on export sales.
A career in international trade was Maunumäki’s dream from an early age.
Maunumäki, who had studied business administration, first applied for a job at Best-Hall in 2011. Her parental leave was coming to an end and she was interested in a job in a medium-sized international company. At the time, the vacancy was for a substitute financial assistant, which led to a permanent position in accounts payable and fixed assets management. In autumn 2018, she switched over to rough-cut capacity planning and the position of project coordinator.
“I first worked on building projects in Finland. After a few months I moved on to become an export coordinator for international projects and, within a year or so, I moved on to my current job in offer calculation.”
Export coordinator sells and schedules
As an export coordinator, Maunumäki calculates offers for buildings to be delivered abroad, plans project schedules and liaises with clients. Maunumäki enjoys the versatility of the job.
“In addition to the basic details and conditions at the building site, the offer calculation is largely based on statistics. Information from previous projects helps with matters such as calculating how long it will take to design and manufacture the building and what the installation costs will be. Material and transport costs must also be taken into account.”
Once the schedule and budget are clear, Maunumäki prepares an offer for the building.
“My experience in rough-cut capacity planning and project management has helped in the calculation of offers. I can outline a project’s design, manufacturing and installation schedule fairly quickly. The accounts payable side, on the other hand, gives me an understanding of the financial monitoring of the project.”
The international work environment requires good language skills. From an early age, Maunumäki studied as many languages as was possible in her small, rural school.
“It’s a great feeling when you understand the needs of a client thousands of kilometres away and can help them with your work.”
Satisfied clients make the work meaningful
As her duties become more focused on international sales in the autumn, Marjaana Maunumäki feels that all of her previous tasks will help her in her future work.
In addition to the international nature of her work, Maunumäki also enjoys working in cooperation with marketing. Keeping the whole project on track and serving the client are the rewards for her work.
“The best thing is when we combine our efforts and find the best solution for the client.”
Photographs of finished buildings around the world make Maunumäki particularly happy.
“When a building is finished and I’m given a photo of the site, I often get a truly special feeling. It comes from knowing how many steps, from offer forms to the final touches, have been carried out, and the building somewhere out there, like in Austria, is finally finished. It feels great to be able to take Finnish expertise out to the world.”