Both trainees and old-timers learn new things

The operating environment of public procurement is unique: it is strictly regulated, while constantly evolving. This makes working with procurement interesting. Nea Kreivi was on an internship at Hansel from September to December 2025, and Anne Majalampi has been employed by the company for 45 years. Both find it inspiring to be able to learn new things all the time.

Nea, a bioinformatics student at Aalto University, is interested in data and analytics, which is why she applied for an internship in Hansel’s analytics team. Nea’s main project was to develop an information model that combines data retrieved from different sources and makes its processing easier.

“Building a new information model was completely new to me. I learned the methods needed and got to know how to use a new platform,” Nea says.

Anne has been working at Hansel for decades in numerous positions, and she is well-versed in joint procurement. For the last fifteen years, she has enjoyed helping customers. As a procurement specialist, Anne comments on customers’ requests for tenders for minicompetitions and also prepares them together with customers in MinikisaPlus projects. In addition, Anne is involved in the preparation of new joint procurement procedures and the customer working group.

“The work still teaches me a lot of new things. In 2025, for example, I got to participate in the preparation of a very extensive occupational healthcare tendering process. Usually, I only work with a couple of customer representatives, but now the cooperation involved more than twenty experts,” Anne describes and reminds us that despite years of work experience, one’s own competence must be continuously maintained as the regulation of procurement increases.

Success with a good team

Colleagues receive a lot of praise from both Nea and Anne. The analytics team has had a laid-back atmosphere, and Nea found it easy to ask questions and get help:

“My ability to solve different problems and combine information from different sources has really improved when working with truly skilled Hansel employees,” Nea says happily and now also knows how to use more technical tools than at the start of her internship.

Anne also appreciates the opportunity to learn from her colleagues. She mentions, among others, the lawyers who organise training and are also involved in each project in the procurement support team.

“It is a good thing that the lawyers are involved in the work, reviewing matters and, for example, preparing procurement contract templates. This is how we ensure that things are correct,” Anne sums up.

Whether the perspective into public procurement is from four months or more than forty years, one thing is obvious – working with public procurement is meaningful for society. Nea says that after her internship, she understands much more about all the things that public administration is procuring. Anne also points out that working on various projects has been interesting over the years and provided a good view of public procurement.

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