4. Personal characteristics
4
Extrovert
Open with great social network
Diplomatic
Adaptable to cultures, situations and
people
Fortitude
Emotionally robust
Responsible
High ability to influence events and
results. Aware of own responsibility
Tolerant
Fundamentally positive in assessment of
people, cultures and situations
7. 7
• Sales and channel management
• Channel development Building
partnership
• Deployment of sales strategies and
implementation
• Contract negotiations
• International negotiations
• Customer relationships
• Goal oriented
• Direct sales B2B
• Consumer sales
•
Skills and qualifications
Sales and contracts execution
8. Skills and qualifications
Sales and contracts execution
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Mindset
Understanding correlation between solutions
and customer needs
Understand
The market, business model, key drivers and
cultural influences
Develop
Strategic partnership with customers.
Understanding local business practices
Establish
New revenue streams
9. Results oriented
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• Understands correlation between the
drivers in the industry and business
• Clear and comprehensive targets everyone
can relate to, and implement into sales
process
• Avoid problem escalation, enabling
resources for development
• Optimization of the result according to
potential
• Appropriate decisions in relation to targets
and lead forward to desirable result
Skills and qualifications
10. Entrepreneur
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• Established businesses both local and
international
• Developed business operations in sales
and development of products and services
• Obtained venture capital
• Monitored and controlled business activity
• Developed strategy for organization,
services and content
• Developed strategy for sustained growth
and profitability
Skills and qualifications
11. Analytical innovation
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• Introduced new effective distribution channels
within established industry
• Successfully been in the forefront of the digital
revolution
• Constantly looking for new ideas and opportunities
• Analytical development based on numbers,
trends, market and local adaptation
• A measured approach to innovation:
• Idea clarification
• Idea development
• Market introduction
• Growth
Skills and qualifications
12. Marketing
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• PR - by putting relevant issues on the public
agenda
• Strong partnership and marketing activities with
retail customers and partners.
• Direct activities in large projects
• Focus on perceived value
• CRM activities
• Use of efficient market platforms, particularly
within digital, and social network arena
• Local activities and presence
Skills and qualifications
13. Activity process
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Goals
What will we achieve?
Which KPI´s?
Analyze
Target reached?
What was done correctly?
What errors?
Within KPI and cost target?
What did we learn?
What to be changed?
What can we learn about
people cooperation between
company and its customers
Planning
When?
Budget
Project plan
Conceptualize and develop
Which instruments?
Which platforms?
Present
all involved persons /
departments / partners
Revision
Check list
Carry out
According to plan
and check list
14. 14
• Senior executive positions leading
organizations, for more than 25 years
• Willingness to change organization
and behavior to meet local and
changing conditions
• Adaptive towards marked and needs
• Carried through ongoing restructure
processes
• CEO for more than 10 years
• Diplomacy and operations
Skills and qualifications
Operations management
15. Leadership
«Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people."
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William Arthur Ward
Inspire People
“The mediocre teacher tells. The
good teacher explains. The superior
teacher demonstrates. The great
teacher inspires.”
Empower
People
"Leadership is the ability to guide others
without force into a direction or decision
that leaves them still feeling empowered
and accomplished."
Lisa Cash Hanson
Lead Change
“It is not the strongest of the
species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most
responsive to change.”
Charles Darwin
Shared Vision"Leadership is having a vision,
sharing that vision and inspiring
others to support your vision while
creating their own."
Mindy Gibbins-Klein
Leadership
18. What do I bring?
With my experiences from extremely competitive and innovative industries, I seek all the time for change and new opportunities
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Industry knowledge
Through 25 years as a challenger in the
distributor and service market, in IT, Telecom &
Entertainment, Video production, Broadcast
Interest in technology
My interest in technology, has always been to
see the opportunities created by new
technologies, both user- and business-related
Business models
At any time to challenge existing models
to see if these can be done better,
easier and more profitably
Customer focus
Diplomacy in deciding what customers want,
and understanding changes that affect the
business and provide new opportunities
Energetic
I am engaged and energetic. I seek to
influence my surroundings. I´m engaged and
passionate about what I do
Possibilities
I like working for a company that wants expand
its horizons.
19. Recommendations
A selection of recommendations
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« Helgesen was sales manager at
Commodore Computers Norway AS when I
was CEO of Datatec Office and Data AS.
We were at the time, one of the largest IBM
and Commodore dealers in Bergen and
delivered computer equipment and
services to corporate customers in and
around Bergen. We worked closely with
Øystein for several years and had our
biggest growth with Commodore during
this period. This is not least the
cooperation with Øystein got a good
understanding of what were our key
business drivers and how our business
worked. Commodore was at that time
mainly aimed at consumer sales, but
Øystein ensured that we as a business to
business dealer received the support and
follow up, which was necessary for us to
deliver these PCs according to the high
quality and standards we were known for.
Øystein was an active discussion partner,
an excellent salesman and not least
pleasant person with high ethical
standards, which made our work together
both prosperous and profitable.»
Edgar Tjelle
Daglig Leder i
Fagdata Bergen AS
«I met Oystein , when I was in Packard
Bell . I was at the head of the european
Product marketing , pricing and business
development . Oysten was at the head Of
our scandinavian subsidiary . during those
years we have made together the best ever
revenue at Packard Bell going through the
1 billion US $ revenue barrier . Oystein is a
leader , With strong sales and marketing
skills, with a high sense of strategy»
Jean Michel Luquot
Directeur Général Europe /
EMEA chez Altierre
Jamie Muir
IT and Business Consultant
«A business executive is a complex being.
It requires a range of skills and
knowledge. Knowledge is required of
product, the market and competition.
The skills needed are more subtle and
harder to define but no less important. The
ability to listen, to motivate, to counsel, to
lead, to educate are all needed to be a
truly good and effective leader.
Blending knowledge and skills defines a
professional business executive. As a
direct report to me for a number of years I
am confident in saying that Oystein
Helgesen meets this standard.»
Dag Rønsen
CTO at TheMoon
«I have had the pleasure to work with
Øystein in Homebase AS and several other
business ventures prior to this. Øystein is a
highly energetic and focused business
developer. There are several crucial skil
sets necessary to take a Great idea to a
Commercial success. Market analysis,
market positioning, Hands-on sales &
marketing and excellent people skills. All
highly present with Øystein. All these came
together in Homebase, and was crucial to
our success. In addition he is not one to
give up when the going gets tough, and
the going always gets tough. He is a
valuable asset to any venture involved in
product and market development. And he
is also a very very nice guy :-)»
«I have had the pleasure of working with
Øystein in two companies, Packard Bell
NEC and Homebase. I know Øystein to be
an enthusiastic and goal oriented manager.
He is a salesperson to the bone and can
sell sand in the desert! Øystein has an
unique ability to see the strengths and
abilities of others and challenge them to to
reach new goals. Øystein is a sosial person
with a great sense of humor»
Camilla H. H Gulsett
Communications Advisor
and Marketing Manager
20. ReferencesSee our work over the years
Jamie Muir
Vice President and General
Manager for Packard Bell UK,
Middle East and Nordic
Countries.
Erik Dahl
Chairman of the Board in
Homebase aLer GET takeover,
and CFO in GET. We planned and
carried through a cost efficiency
plan to reduce cost in Homebase
Roger Müller
Head of Media and MarkePng in
Swiss Football league. Together
we planned and carried through
the implementaPon of Medibank
to all the clubs in Super League
and Challenge league
Gunlaug Egeland
CEO Varanger KraL Utvikling.
Homebase was the main partner
and supplier of IPTV in Varanger
ByneU. Together we developed
markePng strategies and
acPviPes to increase volume and
ARPU
Eldar Patrick Sofienlund
Sales director in Homebase.
Eldar and I worked close
together during my Pme as
partner and business developer,
and CEO of homebase.