Sales

Østlandet (eastern Norway) and Sørlandet (southern Norway)

Susana worked as a technician for 14 years before moving on to sales in 1999 and joining RS in 2011.
With her technical background, Susana offers great support to our customers and has good insight into
and understanding of the customer's everyday life. At the same time, she also challenges the status quo
where there is a need to reduce costs. With her deep insight into RS’ offerings, she will quickly identify
how this best can be tailored to the individual's needs, corresponding to the solutions provided by RS;
be it in electronics, automation, fishing, offshore. In her spare time, Susana devotes herself to family,
friends, ice-bathing and other outdoor activities

Vestlandet (western Norway) from Egersund to Kristiansund

Gorm handles the customers in the area Vestlandet. When doing business with Gorm you can be sure to get the right solution the first time. He has a broad experience – from the retail business to a position as Purser. Gorm attaches great importance to an open and equal dialogue as well as working closely together with his customers. Gorm is born and raised in Oslo but has also lived in Belgrade and Malmö. When not helping RS customers Gorm is being creative with coding and programming.

Meet our man in Western Norway, Lars Barstad: He has a long and exciting past in sales and technology.
Lars has a wonderfully enthusiastic personality that becomes evident when you meet him in person.
Lars will be happy to pay you a visit, to help you as a customer optimize and consolidate your purchases.

Nord-Norge (northern Norway) and Trøndelag

Shafee is originally educated as an electrician but found out that his real passion is about sales and service and not least meeting and identifying the customer’s needs. He brings great experience from both sales and service and latest from RS Customer Service Team. Shafee is quite persistent meaning that the customer will always get the best solution – this is what keeps Shafee motivated. He is a great listener and enjoys walking that extra mile for the customer.

When Shafee is not in the office solving the customers’ challenges, he enjoys spending time with family and friends – and very important not to forget to mention football.

This is Robin, our External Sales Executive stretching all the way from the middle of Norway to the top within our beautiful northern parts. He always meets his customers with a big smile and great curiosity. Robin brings with him a Bachelor’s degree in Innovation and Business Development. He has a very versatile background professionally, stretching from Key Account Management in the area of ITS and Parking, HR & recruitment, public tenders within the complexity of fiber and broadband solutions to several years as a HVAC tech. He has a well developed understanding of business as a process, and focuses to always ensure that all parties involved are satisfied. When he is not taking care of our customers he enjoys action thrilled activities, family adventures in the woods or relaxing on the sea.

Give him a call, he would love to come and visit!

Corporate Account Manager

Value for you as customer and a close working relationship are key elements in Atle’s daily work. He thrives with solution selling and strives to find the right solution ensuring value for the customers, both technically and commercially. Atle used to work as an electrician but his hunger for new knowledge took over and he decided to become an engineer in Computer Engineering. Following Atle has worked as a System Engineer, sales engineer, project manager, country manager Iceland, among other things.

When Atle is not working he likes to watch football – and has finally realized that he is better as a spectator than playing himself. He is also very fond of music and goes to concerts as often as possible, and finally he is the father of four children.

Internal Corporate Account- & Bid Manager Scandinavia

Malene handles the administrative tasks from the office in Copenhagen, and together with the local Corporate Managers she supports the largest Scandinavian customers. Malene is a team player, as they jointly create successful trade agreements for both customers and RS components. With her high energy level, a good mood is created, and you can not get past without getting a laugh along the way. In addition to her work, Malene studies HD Communication and Strategy at CBS.

When time is not spent in the office or at the school desk, she is out on the water in the family sailboat, in the gym, or with friends and family.

Based in the Copenhagen office, Kenneth supports our major customers together with the local
Scandinavian Corporate Account Managers. Kenneth has worked at RS for many years and has
a deep knowledge of customers and the services offered by RS. Kenneth's great passion - in
addition to happy customers - is being a supporter of a certain successful Danish football club –
come hell or high water. Kenneth’s day is  made when there’s a win-win situation between the
customer and RS.

Sales Director Scandinavia

Claus is responsible for sales activities in the three Scandinavian markets. With a background as an
electrician and 16 years of experience in sales and sales management in the industry, Claus is your
best sparring partner when it comes to optimizing the clients' business. To top it all off, he's always in
a good mood and always ready to lend a hand.

When Claus is not in the office in Copenhagen or on the road with the sales force in Denmark, Norway
or Sweden, he relaxes with mountain biking and golf in Northern Zealand, and when conditions allow
for it, he goes skiing with the family.

Customer Operations Director Scandinavia

Rikke is our Customer Operations Director Scandinavia, which means she is always focused on giving our
customers excellent service and even an extraordinary experience when in contact with Customer Service,
our local Technical Support Team, our Supply Chain. Besides that Rikke is our "trouble shooter" and she
doesn't quit until she found a solution.

Rikke is based in the Copenhagen office, where her high energy level, dedication, and happy smiles are
highly valued and highly contagious. Rikke has a 110% focus on customer satisfaction. She is solution-
oriented and never gives up. Rikke's calendar is always full. When she is not at work, it’s her family,
friends, the summer house, travel and running that are on the top of the agenda.