We recruited new top experts

Hansel welcomed twelve new employees in 2018. The most common job titles at Hansel are tendering consultant and category manager, but there are also experts in many other fields. Jussi Ratsula started as a lawyer in April, and Anne Sores started as a development manager and Tiina Luoma as a service manager in August. All of the new employees were interested in how things are done in Finland’s largest procurement unit.

On the basis of the experiences gained during their first months at the company, Anne, Jussi and Tiina all state that the best thing about their work is working with an extensive network. They are all closely involved with the other Hansel employees and customers. As the owner of the Hilma project, supplier and stakeholder cooperation are also very important in Tiina’s position.

Bar held high

For Tiina, who has been involved in IT projects for a long time, the members of Hansel’s digital services team were already familiar from the time she cooperated with them on a dynamic purchasing system of the Energy Authority and the Hanki service.

“We truly have a top team, and you can do your own work very freely,” Tiina rejoices.

She was attracted to Hansel because of the opportunity to participate in the demanding reform of the widely known Hilma and a promise of the utilisation of latest technologies.

Anne also praises the level of expertise available in-house.

“You always get help, no matter how difficult a question you have to tackle. As an enthusiastic developer of procurement, that is really a huge thing for me.”

Anne is eager to assist customers even in challenging projects and for her, meeting new people every day is the best thing about her work.

Work that is worthwhile

Jussi, who has been working with public procurement throughout his career, says that the quality of work is just as high as he expected it to be in Hansel. He has been working with separate tendering projects realised for customers.

“There is an open and energetic atmosphere and plenty of good, ready-made materials and operating models that you can use in your work,” Jussi says.

All three start the year 2019 with great enthusiasm. Anne will be able to start work in earnest, as sales of the procurement as a service product to smaller agencies starts. Jussi will expand his job description to joint procurement tendering and Tiina has started work on the agile Scrum method with the team of coders working with the development of Hilma.