Húsasmiðjan
Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir is an accomplished operations manager currently employed at Húsasmiðjan since March 2023 and co-founder of Blue Water Kayaks, which specializes in kayak, SUP, and accessory sales and rentals in Iceland since May 2021. With a background in project management as a Project Contact Manager at Landspitali University Hospital from October 2017 to March 2023, Þorgerður managed Oracle purchasing systems and contract administration. Previous experience includes serving as a Global Procurement Buyer for Mattel from October 2005 to July 2017, where procurement support was provided for key indirect marketing categories, and as a Visual Merchandiser at Robinson May from 1999 to 2006, ensuring compliance with corporate visual merchandising standards. Þorgerður holds a degree from Bifröst University, earned between August 2020 and May 2022.
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Húsasmiðjan
Húsasmiðjan is the leading hardware and home improvement chain in Iceland. Also the oldest operating hardware store in Iceland. Húsasmiðjan has 16 hardware stores all around the country and holds a leading market share and a very strong corporate identity. Furthermore, Húsasmiðjan runs 10 garden centers under the brand name Blómaval associated with Húsasmidjan, as well as 5 wholesale stores Ískraft (specialty stores for electrical professionals) and H.G. Guðjónsson (kitchen fittings). 32 units in total. Húsasmidjan is a market-oriented sales and services company that provides, sells and distributes goods and services. It serves professionals as well as the general public all over the country and provides it´s customers with complete solutions for the construction business and runs it‘s own warehouse and distribution center designed to serve the whole country. Húsasmiðjan is part of BYGMA Gruppen Since 2012 Húsasmiðjan is part of BYGMA Gruppen, one of the leading supplier of construction and DIY products in Scandinavia (see further: www.bygma.dk) with 93 business units and 2.100 employees in Scandinavia. Milestones 1956 Húsasmiðjan established by Mr. Snorri Halldórsson, born 1911 at Magnússkógar in the "Dalir" of Western Iceland. An active master builder he built many renowned buildings in Reykjavík such as the National theatre and the University cinema.