Jonne Honkanen
About
Jonne Honkanen is from Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Jonne works in the following industries: "International Trade & Development", "Wholesale", "Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing", and "Automotive". Jonne is currently Group CEO & Managing Director at Dieta Oy, located in Helsinki Metropolitan Area. In Jonne's previous role as a Managing Director, Finland & Baltics at Tecalemit Oy, Jonne worked in Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland until Sep 2025. Prior to joining Tecalemit Oy, Jonne was a Vice President & General Manager at Wihuri Oy Tekninen Kauppa and held the position of Vice President & General Manager at Vantaa, Southern Finland, Finland. Prior to that, Jonne was a Chief Operations Officer at Wihuri Oy Tekninen Kauppa, based in Vantaa, Southern Finland, Finland from Jul 2019 to Jan 2020. Jonne started working as Aftersales & Product Support Director at Wihuri Oy Tekninen Kauppa in Vantaa, Southern Finland, Finland in Dec 2016. From Jan 2014 to Dec 2016, Jonne was Managing Director at Volvo Trucks, based in Moscow, Russian Federation. Prior to that, Jonne was a General Manager at Volvo Trucks, based in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation from Aug 2010 to Dec 2013. Jonne started working as Sales Director at Volvo Finland Oy in May 2009.
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Jonne Honkanen's current jobs
Jonne Honkanen's past jobs
Head of Business Division Wihuri Oy Technical Trade operating in Finland, Estonia & Russia. Division represents several global premium brands as John Deere, Mazak, Linde, Eberspächer, Bobcat etc. Wihuri Oy Technical Trade delivers High quality brand solutions based on machines and vide variety of services through network of 20 branches/production facilities . Division covers Domestic Sales and Services and 3 subsidiaries. P&L ownership of 4 business units: 1. Domestic Sales and Services (Finland) 2. Vilakone Oy (Production of Wille municipal machines in Loimaa and St.Petersburg) 3. Marine Diesel Finland Oy (Globally operating marine engine service provider) 4. Wihuri OÜ (Authorized John Deere importer/dealer in Estonia) Strategic planning, target setting and daily operations incl. support functions. P&L +300M€ / Headcount +800 Key achievements: - Annual growth 2020-2021 +30% per year - Project ownership of 2 M&A projects/integrations - Significant divestment project (+100M€ turnover) - Leading organization through major transformation and change Board memberships: - The Association of Finnish Technical Traders - Wihuri OÜ - Marine Diesel Finland Oy
Operational (incl. P&L) responsibility of Division Wihuri Oy Technical Trade operating in Finland & Russia. Division represents several global premium brands as John Deere, Mazak, Linde, Eberspächer, etc. Wihuri Oy Technical Trade delivers High quality brand solutions based on machines and vide variety of services through network of 10 branches/production facilities . Division covers Domestic Sales and Services and 2 subsidiaries. During my time in this position we recreated new strategy during divestment of Caterpillar business in Finland and negotiated John Deere authorization in Finland. P&L ownership of 3 business units: 1. Domestic Sales and Services (Finland) 2. Vilakone Oy (Production of Wille municipal machines in Loimaa and St.Petersburg) 3. Marine Diesel Finland Oy (Globally operating marine engine service provider) Strategic planning, target setting and daily operations incl. support functions. Key achievements: - New aggressive growth based strategy and moving from construction segment to agricultural - Succesful divestment of Caterpillar-business - Launch of John Deere authorized import and dealership from press release to operations in 5 months
During this position I was responsible for managing Aftersales operations of Caterpillar construction and mining-, Linde forklifts and municipal machines in Finland. We achieved strong growth in mature market and especially historically record high profitability. Organization was covering Finland with 7 Service Centers. P&L ownership: 1. Part Sales 2. Workshop and Field Service 3. Service Contracts Strategic planning, target setting and daily operations incl. support functions. P&L 45M€ / Headcount 250-300 Key achievements: - Improved relations and sales with key mining customers - Significant improvement of the profitability
Head of Volvo and Renaut Truck Sales and Service operations in Russia’s Central, North-West and Ural Federal Districts (based in Moscow). Central Federal District represents over 30% of total Russian economy and is the most significt single Federal District and driver for Russian economy. During my time in the position market decreased dramatically after annexation of Crimea, which lead to significant restructuring gross the company. Over the period Ural Federal District and and North-West Federal Districts were included in my organization. Left this position due to family reasons when returning to Finland. P&L ownership: 1. Sales of new and used trucks 2. Three Volvo Truck Centers 3. Network of 10 local Service Partners Strategic planning, target setting and daily operations incl. support functions. P&L 200M€ / Headcount 150-250 Key achievements: - Market share was increased, and profitability was kept during significant market decline. - Company restructuring was implemented successfully and respectful way towards employees. - Succesful Key Customer acquisition especially among food production customers
Head of Volvo and Renaut Truck Sales and Service operations in Russia’s North-West Federal District (based in St.Petersburg). Volvo was traditionally market leader among Western brands in this Region and we kept the position. During my period in this position market recovery was strong and bottlenecks were capacity related both in production and employees. We managed with my very professional team to expand Volvo’s strong position in the Region. P&L ownership: 1. Direct Sales of new and used trucks 2. Volvo Truck Center, St.Petersburg 3. Network of 8 local Service Partners Strategic planning, target setting and daily operations incl. support functions. P&L 120M€ / Headcount 150-200 Key achievements: - Sales increased by 300% with only 20% S&A cost increase while strong market recovery 2011 - Most profitable Volvo Truck Center operations in Europe 2012 - Succesful expansion to 3 regions with Direct Sales and Service partners Board Memberships: - Volvo Truck Center Sweden 2011-2013