George Issa, BUSINESS DIRECTOR

George Issa

BUSINESS DIRECTOR

KGL Holding

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
Experience
24 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 10 Months

BUSINESS DIRECTOR at KGL Holding
  • Kuwait
  • January 2011 to August 2020

Oversee strategic initiatives, and partnerships with an aim to accomplish organisational objectives. Identify and acquire potential opportunities related to supply chain services, subsidiaries, and affiliates. Coordinate crucial tenders and projects for process enhancements and programme launches.
•Fostered and strengthened relations with multi-national contractors for joint projects.
•Enhanced business outputs by ensuing alignment of KGL’ subsidiaries, affiliate capabilities, and services.

DIVISION MANAGER at Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim & Sons. W.L.L, Kuwai
  • January 2004 to January 2010

Automotive: (Chevrolet and Cadillac )

Dealership Manager
  • January 2002 to January 2004

Developed and implemented an integrated range of marketing concepts to promote the facility; improving merchandising standards and stock movements, service acquisition and retention, as well as sales training and coaching.
•Directed, oversaw, monitored, and evaluated the activities of all sales personnel. Ensured optimum levels of motivation and productivity.
•Coordinated all marketing and communication initiatives for all our brands.
•Conducted product overview presentation to the clients with emphasis on the new products. Set up sales routes, identified prospective customers and followed up with them.
•Managed sales and operating budgets, monitored performance to budget parameters.

Ordering and Operating Manager
  • January 1998 to January 2002

Managed, distributed and monitored the movement of thousands of vehicles per year between company locations and clients destinations, with due relevance to stock and capital management, and vehicles and warehouses operations, and other associated transportation logistics.
•Ensured to obtain the best competitive support (deals, packages, prices, production and delivery dates) for retail, fleet, lease and export sales.
•Shared negotiations with manufacturers on all business related issues including planning for dynamic new products, price positioning strategies, incentive campaigns and sales targets.
•Supported operations forecasting process, allocation of resources and performed business analysis to identify and recommend sustainable long-term cost reductions and profit improvements for various operations.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at Lebanese American University
  • February 2021

Business Strategy INSEAD, Kuwait - Art of Negotiation John Hopkins, Kuwait Retail Excellence Harvard Business School, Kuwait Member of the American Business Council of Kuwait

Specialties & Skills

Team Player
Team Building
Cost Analysis
Strategic Sales & Marketing
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
NEGOTIATION
AUTOMOTIVE
MARKETING
PRICING
RECRUITING
STRATEGIC
SUPPLY CHAIN

Languages

English
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