General Manager Arabic

George Antar

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Executive Profile

Business Executive capable of defining a business vision, and transforming an operation to its future state. Identify and design the necessary business structures to implement and validate solutions. Address all the business organizational and technological engines in a small to medium size business environment.

Professional Experience

March 1997 to August 2014

Tech-Seal Products – Schaumburg, IL, General Manager, VP Operations and Owner Tech-Seal manufactured and supplied cap liners and cap seals to the closures and caps industry. Business sold in August 2014.

Core Accomplishments at Tech-Seal Products, Inc.

Organizational restructuring:

• Transformed a one man show shop into a departmentalized manufacturing environment, structured with senior and middle management layers.

• Developed Mission Statement, Business Principles and Quality Statement

• Lead ISO Process from Inception to certification

• Designed Standard Operating Procedures for all manufacturing processes

• Restructured the Drug Master File for the corporation compliance with the FDA

• Implemented the usage of ERP software for manufacturing/accounting to improve the accuracy of business execution, analytics and reporting while generating transparency and effective tracking

Operations Management:

• Empowered operators to participate in the continuous improvement

• Trained staff in defining proper root cause analysis and corrective actions

• Achieved performance excellence and received achievement awards for on time delivery, below minimum rejections, competitive pricing and customer satisfaction Entrepreneurial Accomplishments:

• Consolidated 2 manufacturing facilities

• Business Succession Planning & Execution

• New trading subsidiaries, for supply chain Risk Management. Global Converting Distribution LLC was established in 2013, to import Aluminum foil rolls, mainly from China. Global converting supplied convertible foil to the North American Flexible converting industry, while maintain safety stocks for Tech-Seal’s business.

• Developed patents for various liners and seals applications. George Antar

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Business Development:

• Capitalized on a product mix at the end of its cycle, while launching a new product mix

• Invested in newer technologies and phased out the old ones

• Rolled out a new Product mix with a higher profit margin family of products Skill Highlights at Tech-Seal Products, Inc.

General Management: Sales, Operations, Inventory, Purchasing, Costing, P&L ownership. Manufacturing and quality control processes: Flexible lamination roll to toll, solventless, solvent/water base, hot melt coating, various substrates: paper/foil/film/foam/pulpboard. Flexo-printing, slitting, rewinding.

Business Analytics, ERP Software Systems, Strategic Planning, Continuous improvement, Six Sigma Champion, Process Improvement.

May 2013 to June 2014

Global Converting Distribution, LLC – Schaumburg, IL. President and Owner Global Converting supplied imported Aluminum Foil mainly to the Flexible Packaging Converting Industry in North America. Business sold in June 2014

June 2015 to February 2022

EGI Group, LLC – Northbrook, IL. General Manager and Owner EGI Group LLC, acquired a Hallmark retail cards and gifts shop in Northbrook, Illinois. The business underwent a complete restructuring from floor remodeling, to new system software and inventory management as per the Hallmark corporate structures. Skill Highlights at EGI Group, LLC

General management: Redefine customer needs, assess and confirm vendors, establish safety stocks, forecast seasonal purchases based on history, streamline inventory, promote customers rewards program.

Education

Bachelor of Science & Agricultural Engineering 1984 American University of Beirut – Beirut, Lebanon

With Distinction

Languages

English, Arabic, French

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